New Update changes workgroup!

I installed the upgrade yesterday, and after I rebooted
this morning my workgroup name changed to MSHOME. (And yes,
I installed the upgrade and not the CD install)

Anyone having same behavior?

Strange! It did not change the workgroup on all my
computers, only one XP Home directly wired to the router --
the one's using a wireless card were not affected,
including XP Home and older 520 cards.

I am going to upgrade the 9x boxes now ^_^

>-----Original Message-----
>I installed the upgrade yesterday, and after I rebooted
>this morning my workgroup name changed to MSHOME. (And yes,
>I installed the upgrade and not the CD install)
>
>Anyone having same behavior?
>
>.
>

Do you mean the Wireless network name (SSID) of the MN-700 changed to MSHOME
or the Workgroup name of the PC?

The Update Wizard does not have the ability to change the Workgroup name.
Restoring to Factory Defaults on the MN-700 will change the SSID to MSHOME.

--
Neel Malik
Program Manager
Microsoft Corporation

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.



"lilo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:23dc01c47025$c21392a0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I installed the upgrade yesterday, and after I rebooted
> this morning my workgroup name changed to MSHOME. (And yes,
> I installed the upgrade and not the CD install)
>
> Anyone having same behavior?
>

Probably it's Samba's fault (or it's cache). The Workgroup
name was changed, not the SSID.

This is my original settings (I also did some troubleshooting):
- All machines with all patches (of course ^.^)
- MBNU disabled (not in startup group)
- Workgroup name COMPANY_NAME
- I have XP, Win 9x, and debian (linux) boxes running
- One of the debian boxes is running Samba (file and
printer server for Windows)
- The Samba box is set to Workgroup COMPANY_NAME
- The Samba box is the master browser for the LAN

On the wired machine where the workgroup name changed:
- No software firewall or ICF running at time of upgrade
and after the reboot
- File and Printer Sharing disabled on the Local Area
Connection Properties dialog box

In addition:
- The Samba box cached MSHOME as additional Workgroup
name and was broadcasting it!!

Does the install or the MBNU looks up available workgroups
on the LAN, and tries to *assign* a workgroup or *fix* the
workgroup name? In that case it didn't pick the right
workgroup name.

The thing is that I have the same settings, but with ICF
enabled and UPNP and DHCP client services disabled on a
wireless PC and it did not change the workgroup. So the
wifi card, ICF, UPNP, and/or DHCP client must have affected
the behavior.

>-----Original Message-----
>Do you mean the Wireless network name (SSID) of the MN-700
changed to MSHOME
>or the Workgroup name of the PC?
>
>The Update Wizard does not have the ability to change the
Workgroup name.
>Restoring to Factory Defaults on the MN-700 will change
the SSID to MSHOME.
>
>--
>Neel Malik
>Program Manager
>Microsoft Corporation
>
>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.
>
>
>
>"lilo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:23dc01c47025$c21392a0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I installed the upgrade yesterday, and after I rebooted
>> this morning my workgroup name changed to MSHOME. (And yes,
>> I installed the upgrade and not the CD install)
>>
>> Anyone having same behavior?
>>
>
>
>.
>