Hi everyone!! ,

I have just joined a new laptop running Windows XPPro to a Win 2003 domain.
I would like to access everything that I have installed in the local computer when I am connected to the domain.
Could you please give detailed instructions on how to do this ???

Thank you so much for your help !!

U mean u want to access everything that u have installed in ur laptop?

Thank you Frank for your response !. Yes it is exactly what I need, to access everything that was installed locally in my laptop before joining the domain.

You will be able to access the data or the programs installed in ur
computer even after u join this computer to domain.

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Sorry, I said it wrong !. I want the desktop, Outlook and everything else to look the same either if I'm working locally or connected to the domain.

Note that when u join a computer to a WinServer 2003 domain,
The computer becomes a part of Domain and the users using
that computer can access the resources of AD(Active Directory) eg.
Printer, Data and other stuff.

When u will join ur computer to WinServer 2003 domain, a
domain user profile will be created in ur computer which will be used to log u into ur computer as a domain user.

Otherwise I dont think the ur desktop or any other folder
will have any effect if u join this computer to domain.

Even after joining ur computer to domain, u will have the option to log into ur computer either as a domain user or a local user.

You will only have problem accessing ur programs if the program file
gets corrupted,otherwise u wont have problems.



I hope this is clear