Connect Work Laptop to Home Desktop

Since there's problems with accessing from laptop to desktop, try the opposite. Can you access a share on your laptop from your desktop? As long as you have local admin rights on your laptop you would right click on "My Computer" and choose map network drive. Enter the proper path. \\your_laptop\c$  or \\your_laptop\sharename
Click the highlighted text that says Connect Using a different user name.
Your should enter your user logon info for your laptop.  yourdomain\username and of course your password. Click ok and it should open the mapped folder.

Other things to consider.
First make sure file sharing is enabled and disable your XP firewall for the moment.
http://www.petri.co.il/enable_simple_file_sharing_in_windows_xp.htm
If you're prompted for your usename password of your desktop it would be:
computername\username   not   workgroup\username

Even simpler is to enable remote access on the XP desktop and install the remote accesss client on the W2k desktop.

How are you connecting between the two machines? VPN?

like what "craylord" says, good advice.

This as well.

  From the XP, are you able to see the 2000 Server through the network?
If so, can you see the Shares? If you can, then when it ask you for a logon.
Use your "2000 Server" Logon name, and password.

This will allow you to access the shares.

Good Luck
Carrzkiss

I am able to share files the other way (from my desktop I can see folders on my laptop). When I do this, as craylord indicated, I get prompted for my username and password, and I'm able to successfully logon using my work domain account. However, when I connect from laptop to desktop, no login prompt is displayed, just the message "\\home-desktop is not available. There are currently no logon servers available to service the logon request."

On my desktop, I have the "internet connection firewall" disabled under the advanced tab of the network connection properties. I have individual folders configured for sharing, where do enable file sharing for the entire machine?

Can I perform directory browsing using remote access? I'm connecting between the two machines using IP addresss assigned by a wireless access point.

I can see the desktop machine from my laptop under "My Network Places->Entire Network->Microsoft Windows Network->Workgroup->Home-desktop". But when I click on "Home-desktop" that's when I get the "no longer servers available" message (and there is no prompt for a logon).

Setting it up as a mapped drive (where I could specify logon credentials) got it to work. I split the points (gave craylord 1 more point since he provided the first response).

Don't mean to be picky but I thought you didn't want to join the desktop to the domain or unjoin the laptop from the domain? Isn't that what carrzkiss "Accepted Answer" is about? You asked about sharing files (via shares). Just curious when my advice is what you followed to solve your question. Just curious.

Oh that and because carrzkiss stated:

like what "craylord" says, good advice

I did actually mean to select your answer as the accepted one but I goofed. It doesn't appear to be something I can undo on my own and I didn't think it was that big of a deal. If you're not happy with the point distribution, I'm sorry you feel that way but I thought both of you made valid contributions.

Opike;

  What was the Point split?
  For carrzkiss:
  For crayloard:
  That you assigned.
  I will be more then happy to through some points to Craylord.
Since he is unhappy with the goof that you had made
That everyone makes every once in a while in this place.

  No one is perfect right?
I never had no one get upset over this before, in the questions that I have asked
Where I goofed and Accepted the wrong person and assisted the other person.

It happens, it is just that you click the wrong [check] box beside the persons
Name that you last assign the points too.

No biggy.,
Just let me know the true point split,
And I will give Craylord the difference.

Take Care
Carrzkiss

I'd appreciate it, but I'm not upset. I just was curious if he did what you suggested carrzkiss, that way if I encountered a similar question down the road then I would know which advice to give them. :)

No problem.

  I have done this before in posts where the points got missed up,
So it is not a problem with me doing it for you.

Take Care
Carrzkiss

The part where I initially messed up was in selecting the response that was to be designated "Accepted Answer" and the one that was to be the "Assisted Answer". This setting is actually separate from the point total and has no bearing on it.

For assigning the points, I gave craylord 63 and carrzkiss 62. When I assign points to response(s), I try to take into consideration the amount of effort expended as well as the contribution to the final solution. So even though it was the "drive mapping" suggestion that eventually fixed my problem, I felt a distribution of points was warranted. However if you guys want me to submit a request to EE to have the points changed, I'm wiling to do that.

Actually, it is a problem...it's called points passing and is a violation of the user's agreement.
In situations like this, where the questioner feels that he/she has made an error in grade or points, the way to deal with it is to post a link to the question in community support and let the mods make any change.

63 craylord
62 Carrzkiss

  That is not a huge stretch. The only issue would be the "Assisted & Accepted"
So Opike.

  Do as JConchie, has adviced, and post a question in Community Support
And let the Mods throw everything around to the right person(s)

Take Care
Carrzkiss

I submitted a request in the support forum to have the assisted and accepted answers switched. Sorry for the confusion...

It is no problem what so ever Opike.

  But it will help people out that have a similuar problem.
To know what resource helped you in the post.

Take Care and no worries, and I am sure that Craylord feels the same way.

Carrzkiss