Hi Folks:
Here's an interesting one -- my 11-station network signs into a domain on a
2003 server. They are all xp pro stations and they log on fine using the
network wizard.
Then came Vista Business.
I thought I'd give 'er a whirl. None of the MS patches worked, DNS tweaking,
assigning a fake MAC address, etc. COULD NOT find domain server.
Answer: I told the computer that it was not in a domain called WIDGETS but
a workgroup called WIDGETS (domain changed to protect the innocent) and
everything works!!! I have access to shared resources, I can see and use
all computers on the domain, etc. I can do anything and everything that a
computer registered on the domain can do.
Question: so what's the downside to my work around? Anybody have any
thoughts?
--gary r. tennesen
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