Domain to Workgroup file transfer

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I am trying to move some scheduled tasks to a new virtual server. I have been using robocopy for several years on a PC running XP and windows 7. The server is on the domain, the PC is in a workgroup. I can move files from the PC to a domain server(not the one running robocopy), but I cannot copy files from the server to the PC. The PC folder is shared with everyone. No settings have changed on the PC in several years. The PC processor cannot handle all the "fun network stuff" our IT guys want to run. Logging on to the domain is not an option. This process worked well until I tried to run it from the server. The host file contains the IP and Workgroup_PC name.
Sample:
robocopy "\\domain_server\Folder_1\Folder_2" "\\Workgroup_PC\Folder_1\Folder_2" /XO /XF *.U* *.V* *W.* /R:1 /W:10
 
Solution
On the workgroup PC, you net to login to domain ..

net use \\server\g$ /user:domain1\user1 *
robocopy \workgroupfolder\*.* \\server\g$\uploads /XO /XF *.U* *.V* *W.* /R:1 /W:10

then disconnect with

net use \\server\g$ /delete