Help needed domains

Sci_Cotic-Ghost · Post by **Sci_Cotic-Ghost** » 07 Feb 2006, 11:46

Hi guys, long time no post & all that.

I need a bit of help with XP sp2 and domain controllers. Alright here's the basics.

I have a laptop that needs to be registered on 2 domains at the same time.

Say the laptop is at company A which is using dhcp, the server has a net profile for that user to log on, use the network and so forth. But at the same time there is company B which is offsite of comapany A. Company B uses dchp aswell and has a net profile and yudda yudda. Both server are 2003 sbs servers.

Now the laptop won't need to comunicate with both domains at the same time, since one is in pe and the other in jhb. What I need though is the ability to switch between domains quickly without changing the domain names in the computer name tab. Sort of like when you logon you get a drop down list with the domain name or local pc name.

Can someone pls give me a hand with this. Thanks

Post by **Anakha56** » 07 Feb 2006, 12:32

hmmm im busy trawling through googles mountain of "wealth" and am not finding much...

BTW if you find the solution can you post it here please am intrested to see what you did...

Post by **Anakha56** » 07 Feb 2006, 12:37

what type of login screen do you use? im presuming classic and not the other one?

Post by **Anakha56** » 07 Feb 2006, 12:55

Read this

does this help any? it gives a link to http://www.globesoft.com for a poduct called Multi Network Manager.

(seems like im the only one helping right now...)

Sci_Cotic-Ghost · Post by **Sci_Cotic-Ghost** » 07 Feb 2006, 13:14

Thanks for the links I'll try them out now. Basicly from what I've read and been told by other IT pro's is that you cannot have 2 domains registered on the same pc for various reasons. So I tried something different, in windows you have something called hardware profiles. I make a copy of the current profile, renamed it to company B. Booted up into comp B set the domain + ip address then restarted. Booted back into comp A, but unfortuatly that did not help as both the ip adress & domain carried over from comp B's profile.

In the meantime I'll look at those links from you, otherwise another option is to dual boot, a big bulky process but it should work anyways. thanks

Brillaint thanks for the link mate!! I'll get that software, since we are going to do this with alot of laptops. Shot mate

Post by **Anakha56** » 07 Feb 2006, 13:19

Could always try this one

soz all i could find...

Sci_Cotic-Ghost · Post by **Sci_Cotic-Ghost** » 07 Feb 2006, 13:22

Thanks mate, I'll get the co to buy that

Post by **Anakha56** » 07 Feb 2006, 13:25

lol company money is always good to use

Sci_Cotic-Ghost · Post by **Sci_Cotic-Ghost** » 07 Feb 2006, 13:27

lol yeah it is

suprisingly it's so cheap, I'm sure alot of admins have to go thought this proccess one day or another. 8O

Post by **Anakha56** » 07 Feb 2006, 13:39

i agree, hence the reason why i wanted to see your solution. let us know how the program worked out for you...

Sci_Cotic-Ghost · Post by **Sci_Cotic-Ghost** » 07 Feb 2006, 13:46

Will do, ordering as I type this.

Sojourn · Post by **Sojourn** » 07 Feb 2006, 13:55

The software we use for this is called netswitcher. I'm sure you can google it. Didnt check what ana gave you, so he might have already pointed you in some direction.

Point is, you wont be able to do this without 3rd party software intervention. @#$%^& Msoft...

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edit - your avvy almost made me think you were skaap !!