How to logon to a non-domain computer from one in a domain

I've met a rather annoying problem that should be very simple, but I can't seem to figure it out. I have a work laptop that is part of a domain, so my username is foobar\bob. I also have my home computer with no domain, just the username bob. I'm trying to connect to a share on my home computer from my work computer. It's asking me for my username and password, which is bob, but when I type in bob it assumes I mean foobar\bob, which of course doesn't work. I've tried to use hostname\bob, but that doesn't seem to work either...

What can I do here?

Both computers are running Windows 7.

Solution 1:

I had the same problem. I was able to get around this by using the net use command. So basically, I just ran:

net use \\server\share password /USER:username

and then I browsed

\\server\share 

and it worked. username was just the username (no domain part or workgroup needed)

Solution 2:

Try logging in as .\bob

This forces it to use the machine account and not the domain account

Solution 3:

I've just had the same problem after re-installing Windows 7 on my laptop. All of the above answers work, but provide a temporary fix for the issue.

For a more permanent fix, select Control Panel -> HomeGroup, then click "Change Advanced Share Settings"

For the connection type you are using (or all of them), scroll down to "Homegroup Connections" setting, and change the value to "Use user accounts and passwords to connect to other computers"

From now on Windows will use whatever you enter in the logon prompt, rather than prefixing it with your domain name.

Solution 4:

I had this problem and solved it by setting up a homegroup from one of the computers. You do this when you connect to the network - you can go into network settings and click the link that says what type of network you selected. If you select Public like most do then you need to change to Home. You will need to do this from one machine on the network first. Then go into the settings and View/Print the password so you can connect other computers to the same homegroup. This solved my issue as I had the same problem - work computer on domain not allowed to change domain when logging into a networked computer. Homegroup solves this.