Windows 10: Business Laptop User connecting by Internal OR External networks.

I work for a small firm with no real IT support. I recently started the move from a desktop Win 7 machine to a new Win 10 Pro Laptop. Aside from the typical pains of moving this and that over, I now have a new issue. My office has a Network Drive that provides two drives to my machine. While connected in the office it's mapped as "Shares(\\NAS01)(S: )" and "MyUser (\\NAS01\Users)(U: )". When connected via the external VPN they appear as "Web Server's Default Page: port/Shares (T: )" and "Web Server's Default Page: port/Users/MyUser (V: )".

It's annoying but I could live with having dual mappings and remembering which link in Quick Access is from which drive. But I have some software that requires path linking in it's settings that link to folder on each of the two drives (Shares and Users).

I can think of three methods to overcome this:
1) Two user profiles, one for in office, one for out of office, using the proper mapping, and having access to the same user files.
2) Only use the laptop in an "out of office" style, not connection to the internal network, and using a ton of data on a moble hot spot.
3) Have a script (or two) I can quickly run to add/remove the drives as needed.

Does Win 10 have a better method to handle this situation?
Is there a tutorial link I've missed in these archives or elsewhere?
I don't know how to accomplish options 1 and 3, and option 2 could be a miserably slow experience.

Sorry if this has been answered elsewhere.

As a side question, could this be done for my bosses Win 7 laptop.

Thank you.

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Windows 10 question: Can I restrict a User ID to have no access to other NIC based resources from a local PC other than Public ?

Hello Ramon,

The Group Policy settings that you mentioned, only appear to stop the user from changing the properties, not from accessing whatever is normally accessible through that NIC,

I have two NIC (Network Interface Cards) attached to my PC - Internal, and External. The External NIC is connected (eventually) to the Internet. The Internal NIC is connected to a local network that has no internet connectivity.

My PC has several local user accounts. I would like to be able to control which users can access the Internal Network, whilst giving all access to the External Network.

Is that Possible with Windows 10 Pro ?

Thanks,

 

Do I need wires to be connected to the Ethernet?

You don't need wires to connect to the wireless network, except if you are using an extender or access point as a wireless adapter.

• Are you using an internal or external wireless adapter for your laptop?
• Can you send a screenshot of your Network or
  Network Connections.