James \(MCP\)
July 16th 04, 05:41 PM
You can only ever be a member of one domain or AD. You
can (as the system administrator) set up a trust
relationship between two or more domains, and therefore
your domain or AD membership never changes, regardless of
your phyisical location, but you are able to log on in
the satellite office.
To Regain your old settings you need to do the following
steps:
1. Remove the computer account from the new (win2000)
domain using the Network ID wizard.
2. Log in as the computer administrator and rename any
profile folders that correspond to your username in
Documents and Settings. (This ensures you get a fresh
copy of your profile from the server and don't overwrite
your only good copy)
3. Connect to the original domain using the Network ID
wizard. (Restart as requested)
4. Log on to the original domain using your original
username and password. (This will pull your old profile
down from the network and your setting should return)
Hope this helps.
James
>-----Original Message-----
>I have a multi domain and workgroup working environment
>with my XP Pro laptop where I need to log onto several
>domains and a workgroup. My original domain was on a SBS
>2003 server and all was good. However, am I away to a
>branch office and have tried to log onto the domain
there
>(Win2000 Server) (which I have a user account on also
but
>under a different computer name, user name and domain
>name). Attempting to change my computer name and Domain,
>I lost all my connectivity to the original domain and
>also lost my desktop settings and all the user profile
>information such as application licenses and
>customizations. When I tried to copy those settings from
>the original domain profile, it now shows it as an
>unknown domain (in the user profiles d-box)and will not
>allow me to copy it to a new profile. Moreover, I cannot
>rejoin the original domain to retrieve my original
>profile settings (I am away from the physical site for
>some months but had a working VPN connection before all
>this happened). It's as though, when I tried to logon to
>a different domain (or even just the alternate user (on
>this computer) all my settings, connections and
workspace
>self destructed...within 5 seconds. Someone in MS seems
>to be part of the Mission Impossible team with this kind
>of diabolical arrangement. So my question is, how can I
>get back to where I was, connected to my original domain
>via VPN and thereby (hopefully) retrieve my original
>desktop and settings? And how can I prevent this from
>happening when I try to gain access to my branch office
>network? Any help will be very much appretiated.
>Rgds,
>RMcDld
>.
>
can (as the system administrator) set up a trust
relationship between two or more domains, and therefore
your domain or AD membership never changes, regardless of
your phyisical location, but you are able to log on in
the satellite office.
To Regain your old settings you need to do the following
steps:
1. Remove the computer account from the new (win2000)
domain using the Network ID wizard.
2. Log in as the computer administrator and rename any
profile folders that correspond to your username in
Documents and Settings. (This ensures you get a fresh
copy of your profile from the server and don't overwrite
your only good copy)
3. Connect to the original domain using the Network ID
wizard. (Restart as requested)
4. Log on to the original domain using your original
username and password. (This will pull your old profile
down from the network and your setting should return)
Hope this helps.
James
>-----Original Message-----
>I have a multi domain and workgroup working environment
>with my XP Pro laptop where I need to log onto several
>domains and a workgroup. My original domain was on a SBS
>2003 server and all was good. However, am I away to a
>branch office and have tried to log onto the domain
there
>(Win2000 Server) (which I have a user account on also
but
>under a different computer name, user name and domain
>name). Attempting to change my computer name and Domain,
>I lost all my connectivity to the original domain and
>also lost my desktop settings and all the user profile
>information such as application licenses and
>customizations. When I tried to copy those settings from
>the original domain profile, it now shows it as an
>unknown domain (in the user profiles d-box)and will not
>allow me to copy it to a new profile. Moreover, I cannot
>rejoin the original domain to retrieve my original
>profile settings (I am away from the physical site for
>some months but had a working VPN connection before all
>this happened). It's as though, when I tried to logon to
>a different domain (or even just the alternate user (on
>this computer) all my settings, connections and
workspace
>self destructed...within 5 seconds. Someone in MS seems
>to be part of the Mission Impossible team with this kind
>of diabolical arrangement. So my question is, how can I
>get back to where I was, connected to my original domain
>via VPN and thereby (hopefully) retrieve my original
>desktop and settings? And how can I prevent this from
>happening when I try to gain access to my branch office
>network? Any help will be very much appretiated.
>Rgds,
>RMcDld
>.
>