I have a laptop that I use at home in a small network that uses a workgroup.
I am thinking about taking the kaptop to work, but there I would have to join
a domain. If I do that I'm not sure it will still work on my home network
(which will still have a workgroup). Does anyone know for sure?

In news:A6785AB8-E606-4A7C-AF7B-D9E3A4B0AF54@microsoft.com,
Ken Roberts <KenRoberts@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> I have a laptop that I use at home in a small network that uses a
> workgroup. I am thinking about taking the kaptop to work, but there I
> would have to join a domain. If I do that I'm not sure it will still
> work on my home network (which will still have a workgroup). Does
> anyone know for sure?

Not natively possible to switch back and forth, and not necessary.

If you need to join the domain, do it - then on your home network, you can
just pass the credentials along when trying to map drives, etc.

www.netswitcher.com is a third party option. I tend to avoid it.

Personally, if this is your own laptop, I wouldn't put it on your company's
domain. That's just me.