Join domain without connecting to it

[Vini]

I have a french colleague over from our france office, he is IT illiterate and whilst here, needs to be connected to our domain, but once home needs to be connected to the fr domain.

is there a way for me to setup his fr domain prior to him leaving so that when he gets home he can connect without issues?

trying to connect to the domain now results in "unavailable to join/find network domain" it doesnt help having a french version of windows to.

Annuler!

[Dougal]

Which OS are you guys both running?

[Vini]

server 2003 both domains and both xp pro, cept his is frog.

[Dougal]

Lol.

The only thing I can think of (without testing) is to make a network CD using the XP wizrd on his machine, create it as a CD.

Set his machine to your settings, then before he goes pop the CD back in and restore his original settings.

[Vini]

too late, ive removed him from his FR garbage. though i do have other frenchies here... maybe i could get there settings... worth a try, though theyre all in board meetings all day so cant really interrupt.

any other ways round it?

[Dougal]

Not if you have removed the original information...

You know you could just install the language pack to make it english?

[Vini]

more hassle than its worth, id have to dig out the disc and then install it, luckily, ive messed with the domain settings that much i know where to go. (and im sat next to a uk xp)

[Dougal]

Just make a Network CD from your mahcine and run it on the FR one.

Should be fine.

[Vini]

but... wont that connect to the UK domain?

presumably i need to get the settings off a pc which has access to the desired (FR) domain?

[Vini]

also, how does one create a network disc without reconfig'gin the network?

[Dougal]

IIRC it keeps your current settings through the wizard, or just copy the settings from anotehr machine

[Vini]

i know what the settings should be, domain.fr i know the key and password etc, but it wont join cos it cant see it.

i have access to a french guys pc who has the .fr domain settings, i could copy them, but dont know how... without opening them and reconfiguring - which i couldnt do because if i tried to hit apply it would say cannot find .fr domain...

i just need to be able to create a network disc by hitting a button.

[Jiff Lemon]

What domain resources does he need to access?

If its just a share, why not simply map a drive to it using alternative logon credentials?

[jonjayal]

You can use domain shares by using the following username/password format
User: <domain>\<username>
Passsword: <password>

where domain is the name of your domain, username is a user in your domain and password is that users password. This should work for all printers too, and outlook.

Jon