Friday, October 15, 2004

Enterprise Logon Scripts

Enterprise Logon Scripts

A 76 page Word Doc all about logon scripts...

Here's the table of contents.

"Introduction 4
Choosing a Logon Script Solution 8
Comparing Logon Scripts with Alternate Solutions 12
Understanding When Logon Scripts Do Not Run 16
Configuring Client Computers 20
Assigning Logon Scripts 23
Assigning Group Policy Logon Scripts 23
Assigning Domain User Logon Scripts 28
Assigning Local User Logon Scripts 33
Writing Logon Scripts 35
Testing Logon Scripts 36
Encoding Logon Scripts 38
Recording Logon Script Data 40
Appendix A: Logon Script Tasks 42
Determining the Computer Role 42
Retrieving User and Computer Names 44
Retrieving OU and Site Names 48
Determining Group Membership 50
Mapping Network Drives and Connecting to Printers 51
Determining the Operating System Version 54
Checking for Service Packs and Hot Fixes 54
Retrieving Members of the Local Administrators Group 56
Disabling the Guest Account 58
Checking Service States 58
Retrieving System Information 60
Taking Inventory of Installed Software 62
Working with Special Folders 65
Enumerating Autostart Programs 68
Listing Shared Folders 69
Appendix B: Sample Logon Script 71
Appendix C: Debugging Scripts 73"

Logon scripts have been around for about forever, but this looks like a good source for some updated info on them.

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