Actually, I had figured out that I just needed to set the school's network as
a private network and it worked. Thanks for the link, i'll see how it works
"Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote:
> In article <11817C9C-A096-489B-9233-9EE184605A84@microsoft.com>, This
> is so annoying..... <Thisissoannoying@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
> >Here's the problem. I run Vista Ultimate on my laptop. Now, the fact that
> >it's a laptop means that I use it in different locations - 1. my home 2.
> >school. My home has one workgroup and my school has another. I need to access
> >my home workgroup more often so I have it set for that. But I want to be able
> >to see the computers at my school as well without the hassle of the control
> >panel and then restarting and all that kinda stuff. Is there a way to make,
> >like, workgroup "profiles" and switch between them quickly and easily? thanks
>
> This program lets you store multiple network configurations and switch
> between them easily:
>
> Mobile Net Switch
> http://www.mobilenetswitch.com
>
> I haven't tried it, but according to the web page, it runs on Vista.
>
> However, you don't need to change the workgroup name, even when
> connecting to different networks.
>
> To access another computer, regardless of what workgroup either
> computer is in, click the Start button and type the other computer's
> name in the Start Search box in this format:
>
> \\computer
> --
> Best Wishes,
> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
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