SBS and Laptop user

Dear all,

I have SBS2000 with 30 user, 2 of the users want to use their laptop in the
office but after office hour they like to use the laptop at home aswell.
Can I know the best practice or option for them pls?
If I add a them in to the server then, How can them use the laptop at home
with single profile?

Pls help
Regards
Anver

Dave
Sun Dec 05 12:47:09 CST 2004

As long as the laptops are running Windows 2000 or XP Professional, I would
join them to the office domain. When the users are not connected, Windows
2000 or XP Pro will let them log in to their normal profiles using "cached
credentials" even though they are not connected to the office network.


"Anver" <Anver@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2828E528-224E-486F-9360-1282070CA723@microsoft.com...
> Dear all,
>
> I have SBS2000 with 30 user, 2 of the users want to use their laptop in
> the
> office but after office hour they like to use the laptop at home aswell.
> Can I know the best practice or option for them pls?
> If I add a them in to the server then, How can them use the laptop at
> home
> with single profile?
>
> Pls help
> Regards
> Anver

Kevin
Sun Dec 05 13:10:34 CST 2004

and, if you have a different set of network connection or configuration at
home vs work, look into a product like multi network manager.
--
Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]
"The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are seldom long"


"Anver" <Anver@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2828E528-224E-486F-9360-1282070CA723@microsoft.com...
> Dear all,
>
> I have SBS2000 with 30 user, 2 of the users want to use their laptop in
> the
> office but after office hour they like to use the laptop at home aswell.
> Can I know the best practice or option for them pls?
> If I add a them in to the server then, How can them use the laptop at
> home
> with single profile?
>
> Pls help
> Regards
> Anver

N
Sun Dec 05 14:39:32 CST 2004

And further to Kevin's remarks, remember that you can always set up an
alternative network configuration in the properties of your Internet
Protocol. We have users who successfully log off our office network and take
their laptops to their home networks with no problems but they did have to
be shown how to manually change the firewall client and the right box to
click for IE.
N. Hughes

"Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]" <kweilbacMVP@gte.net> wrote in message
news:%23MkRa4v2EHA.1192@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> and, if you have a different set of network connection or configuration at
> home vs work, look into a product like multi network manager.
> --
> Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]
> "The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are seldom long"
>
>
> "Anver" <Anver@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2828E528-224E-486F-9360-1282070CA723@microsoft.com...
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I have SBS2000 with 30 user, 2 of the users want to use their laptop in
>> the
>> office but after office hour they like to use the laptop at home aswell.
>> Can I know the best practice or option for them pls?
>> If I add a them in to the server then, How can them use the laptop at
>> home
>> with single profile?
>>
>> Pls help
>> Regards
>> Anver
>
>

Anver
Mon Dec 06 01:05:02 CST 2004

Dear all,
Thanks for the response, Can I do some thing like this - When they are at
Office let then join to the domain but for home create a separate user and
password on the laptop and keep the same profile for both user - is there a
way like this or it is a stupid idea(please excuse me)

pls advise
Anver


"N. Hughes" wrote:

> And further to Kevin's remarks, remember that you can always set up an
> alternative network configuration in the properties of your Internet
> Protocol. We have users who successfully log off our office network and take
> their laptops to their home networks with no problems but they did have to
> be shown how to manually change the firewall client and the right box to
> click for IE.
> N. Hughes
>
> "Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]" <kweilbacMVP@gte.net> wrote in message
> news:%23MkRa4v2EHA.1192@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > and, if you have a different set of network connection or configuration at
> > home vs work, look into a product like multi network manager.
> > --
> > Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]
> > "The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are seldom long"
> >
> >
> > "Anver" <Anver@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:2828E528-224E-486F-9360-1282070CA723@microsoft.com...
> >> Dear all,
> >>
> >> I have SBS2000 with 30 user, 2 of the users want to use their laptop in
> >> the
> >> office but after office hour they like to use the laptop at home aswell.
> >> Can I know the best practice or option for them pls?
> >> If I add a them in to the server then, How can them use the laptop at
> >> home
> >> with single profile?
> >>
> >> Pls help
> >> Regards
> >> Anver
> >
> >
>
>
>

Kevin
Mon Dec 06 06:59:10 CST 2004

Well, it all depends on what they want to do with the laptop at home. But it
certainly isn't necessary - and may be more confusing to the user.

Again, that's why I suggested the MultiNetwork Manager - as it allows you to
define different network scenarios.
http://www.globesoft.com/software_products_expand.asp?productID=3

--
Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]
"The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are seldom long"


"Anver" <Anver@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1DD28329-510A-47D6-9186-9DBCCF931357@microsoft.com...
> Dear all,
> Thanks for the response, Can I do some thing like this - When they are at
> Office let then join to the domain but for home create a separate user and
> password on the laptop and keep the same profile for both user - is there
> a
> way like this or it is a stupid idea(please excuse me)
>
> pls advise
> Anver
>
>
> "N. Hughes" wrote:
>
>> And further to Kevin's remarks, remember that you can always set up an
>> alternative network configuration in the properties of your Internet
>> Protocol. We have users who successfully log off our office network and
>> take
>> their laptops to their home networks with no problems but they did have
>> to
>> be shown how to manually change the firewall client and the right box to
>> click for IE.
>> N. Hughes
>>
>> "Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]" <kweilbacMVP@gte.net> wrote in message
>> news:%23MkRa4v2EHA.1192@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> > and, if you have a different set of network connection or configuration
>> > at
>> > home vs work, look into a product like multi network manager.
>> > --
>> > Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]
>> > "The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are seldom long"
>> >
>> >
>> > "Anver" <Anver@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:2828E528-224E-486F-9360-1282070CA723@microsoft.com...
>> >> Dear all,
>> >>
>> >> I have SBS2000 with 30 user, 2 of the users want to use their laptop
>> >> in
>> >> the
>> >> office but after office hour they like to use the laptop at home
>> >> aswell.
>> >> Can I know the best practice or option for them pls?
>> >> If I add a them in to the server then, How can them use the laptop at
>> >> home
>> >> with single profile?
>> >>
>> >> Pls help
>> >> Regards
>> >> Anver
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>

Lanwench
Mon Dec 06 21:53:05 CST 2004

Anver wrote:
> Dear all,
> Thanks for the response, Can I do some thing like this - When they
> are at Office let then join to the domain but for home create a
> separate user and password on the laptop and keep the same profile
> for both user - is there a way like this or it is a stupid
> idea(please excuse me)

You can do it, but I would never do it. There's no need.
>
> pls advise
> Anver
>
>
> "N. Hughes" wrote:
>
>> And further to Kevin's remarks, remember that you can always set up
>> an alternative network configuration in the properties of your
>> Internet Protocol. We have users who successfully log off our office
>> network and take their laptops to their home networks with no
>> problems but they did have to be shown how to manually change the
>> firewall client and the right box to click for IE.
>> N. Hughes
>>
>> "Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]" <kweilbacMVP@gte.net> wrote in message
>> news:%23MkRa4v2EHA.1192@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>> and, if you have a different set of network connection or
>>> configuration at home vs work, look into a product like multi
>>> network manager. --
>>> Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]
>>> "The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are seldom long"
>>>
>>>
>>> "Anver" <Anver@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:2828E528-224E-486F-9360-1282070CA723@microsoft.com...
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> I have SBS2000 with 30 user, 2 of the users want to use their
>>>> laptop in the
>>>> office but after office hour they like to use the laptop at home
>>>> aswell. Can I know the best practice or option for them pls?
>>>> If I add a them in to the server then, How can them use the
>>>> laptop at home
>>>> with single profile?
>>>>
>>>> Pls help
>>>> Regards
>>>> Anver