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What a load of garbage. – John Gardeniers Jul 9 '10 at 9:54
Note that forum post is from 2002, and references a Win 2000 domain. Hopefully the vast majority of people are running at least 2003 DCs, ideally with AD and DNS linked, in which case AD is resolved via straight to DNS/DHCP and workgroup just queries the local subnet. – GAThrawn Jul 13 '10 at 15:52
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If a workgroup and a Windows domain have the same name, and are on the same network then you'll have name resolution problems when looking for the domain.

If the names are different there shouldn't be a problem.

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How so? I have a domain and a workgroup at home with the same name and have no problems. I do this so that I can browse all machines from the network. My workgroup doesn't cause problems for my domain and my domain doesn't cause problems for my workgroup. – joeqwerty Jul 9 '10 at 13:19
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Yeaah, I also was in doubt because domain and workgroup names are resolved quite differently and independently – Геннадий-Ванин Jul 9 '10 at 15:38
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I know that there used to be master browser issues because the machines in the workgroup could try and take over as the master browser for the domain. This may have been fixed by name. With a small domain you may not see the problems if they haven't been fixed by Microsoft. – mrdenny♦ Jul 9 '10 at 23:52

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