Changing Workgroup Without Booting

[Christopher Borbach]

Hello!

Is there a way in Windows XP Pro to change the Workgroup witout rebooting
the computer?

Thanks for any hints - Christopher

[Marc Reynolds [MSFT]]

No sorry, but changing the workgroup requires a reboot.

Thanks,
Marc Reynolds
Microsoft Technical Support

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Hello!

Is there a way in Windows XP Pro to change the Workgroup witout rebooting
the computer?

Thanks for any hints - Christopher

[Christopher Borbach]

Thank you for the prompt answer!

But I'm not willing to give up: May my next question is a bit silly and I
don't really think that ist's possible: Is there a way to join several
workgroups? The problem I have is the following (and seems to be very
simple): I want to print to a printer which is attached to a pc of a
different workgroup and I may also want to exchange some files with pc's of
different workgroups. - Sound's easy doesn't it?

Thank you - Christopher

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> No sorry, but changing the workgroup requires a reboot.
>
> Thanks,
> Marc Reynolds
> Microsoft Technical Support
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> Is there a way in Windows XP Pro to change the Workgroup witout rebooting
> the computer?
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> Thanks for any hints - Christopher
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[Sharon F]

On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 09:48:41 +0100, Christopher Borbach wrote:

> Hello!
>
> Is there a way in Windows XP Pro to change the Workgroup witout rebooting
> the computer?
>
> Thanks for any hints - Christopher

No. Changing the workgroup name requires a restart. I'm not sure where
you're headed with this or if it will help but there is a place in the
TCP/IP properties that allows "Alternate Configurations" for systems that
operate on more than one network.

--
Sharon F
MS MVP - Windows Shell/User