Yes -- Vista doesn't show you only computers in your own Workgroup.
However, by keeping the same workgroup name from home, that does mean XP
machines at school won't see *you*. That may or may not be what you intend.
;-)
"This is so annoying....." <Thisissoannoying@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message news:3C632842-A090-4EC0-B052-A4B38B362828@microsoft.com...
> 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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