Users in a Workgroup

[Brett]

Is it possible to add users to local user groups from
another pc in the workgroup? It seems that this should be
possible but when I go to look in another location I only
see my own pc. I dont have any other problems accessing
any of the other pcs on my network. Or seeing them via
browser or unc path. But when I try to add a user to a
group and select 'location' all I see is my pc name...
none of the others... Is this just possible on a domain?

[Ron Lowe]

"Brett" > wrote in message
...
> Is it possible to add users to local user groups from
> another pc in the workgroup? It seems that this should be
> possible but when I go to look in another location I only
> see my own pc. I dont have any other problems accessing
> any of the other pcs on my network. Or seeing them via
> browser or unc path. But when I try to add a user to a
> group and select 'location' all I see is my pc name...
> none of the others... Is this just possible on a domain?


You can only refer to local machine accounts in a workgroup.

So to let another user from another machine connect, you need to set up a
user account on your machine which matches the user's account on the other
machine.

Maintaining concurrent user accounts does not scale well, and a domain
permits on machine called the Domain Controller to hold a single central
user account database.

Once a PC joins the domain, then you can select either local users or users
from the domain in the Location selection.

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Best Regards,
Ron Lowe
MS-MVP Windows Networking

[Brett]

Thanks Ron... What kind of problems do you run into while
running concurrent accounts? Should I not do this?

[Ron Lowe]

"Brett" > wrote in message
...
>
> Thanks Ron... What kind of problems do you run into while
> running concurrent accounts? Should I not do this?


No problems, just the administrative chore of keeping them all set up
correctly.

This doesn't scale well on a large network, hence the need for domains
on large networks with many servers and many users.

--
Best Regards,
Ron Lowe
MS-MVP Windows Networking

[Ron Lowe]

"Brett" > wrote in message
...
>
> Thanks Ron... What kind of problems do you run into while
> running concurrent accounts? Should I not do this?


No problems, just the administrative chore of keeping them all set up
correctly.

This doesn't scale well on a large network, hence the need for domains
on large networks with many servers and many users.

--
Best Regards,
Ron Lowe
MS-MVP Windows Networking

[Ron Lowe]

"Brett" > wrote in message
...
> Is it possible to add users to local user groups from
> another pc in the workgroup? It seems that this should be
> possible but when I go to look in another location I only
> see my own pc. I dont have any other problems accessing
> any of the other pcs on my network. Or seeing them via
> browser or unc path. But when I try to add a user to a
> group and select 'location' all I see is my pc name...
> none of the others... Is this just possible on a domain?


You can only refer to local machine accounts in a workgroup.

So to let another user from another machine connect, you need to set up a
user account on your machine which matches the user's account on the other
machine.

Maintaining concurrent user accounts does not scale well, and a domain
permits on machine called the Domain Controller to hold a single central
user account database.

Once a PC joins the domain, then you can select either local users or users
from the domain in the Location selection.

--
Best Regards,
Ron Lowe
MS-MVP Windows Networking