mdlbear | Stupid goddamn Windows (Reply)

After spending a couple of hours worth of trial-and-error searching, it seems that the dialog box for changing the node name and workgroup of a computer running Windows XP is no longer part of the network connection dialog -- the one with the list of protocols -- but hangs off a menu labeled "Advanced". Grump. My problem is that I know too much.

Meanwhile, the chaoswolf has gotten her new computer to see the local workgroup by setting up a VPN?? Weird. (It's true that our network topology is, um, unusual. I'm guessing that the VPN config stuff lets her search for workgroups, and be part not only of the "local" one she's misconfigured, but of the "remote" one as well.) But it ain't broke, so I'm not going to run around the house trying to fix it.

For reference purposes, the current name of the household Windows workgroup is "Workgroup", not "STARPORT" the way it used to be. Meanwhile, if you want to be able to browse around your network neighborhood the way you used to be able to, install Xandros.