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adcb · Guest

First i must explain that coming from a novel background this AD stuf is a
little new to me but i am likeing it so far, Aside from this problem.

Server - Win 2k3 Standard, Clients - Win XP pro SP2

I have created the active directory with all the users split into OU's for
each department. Each user is on a roaming profile connecting to a drive on
the server, this all works.

What i simply want to do is have the network application drives map
automatically on logon.

I have created the logon script for one department an tested that it works
on the client machine by running it from the shared location on the server
(sysvol\....etc) which it does. However i cannot get the thing to execute
automatically on logon.

I have tried putting the unc adress of the script in the user properties
(\\esen-server\sysvol\esengroup.local\scripts\edit.vbs). I have tried
defining a gpo for the Edit OU to run that particular script (both by giving
it the unc address in gpo editor, and simply browsing by to the file, as this
gives the drive address (c:\windows\..etc))

Neither seems to work. I am at a bit of a loss as to what to do next. I
cannot believe it is that complicated and it must be something stupid i am
doing wrong, but i just cannot figure it out.

Btw the only local profile on the client machine is the administrators one,
dont know if this makes a difference

mr-data · Joined: 25 Oct 2006 Posts: 1

I would like to follow this discussion, as I am currently also working with AD, and trying to make a script run at logon, WITHOUT having to assign it toeach user.

As for my setup:

Server: MS Win Server 2003 Standard Edition.
Clients: MS Win XP Professional.

Both machines are installed with only one local account, the Administrator. The script I am trying to run is a .bat (batch)-file, which runs fine when activated manually.

Jeremy Blud · Joined: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 1

You both should have a look at Desktop Authority. This tool can solve your problems. With Desktop Authority we've set different drive mappings during logon for some groups of users. An Interesting option - we can hide mapped drives from win explorer & my computer. It's useful when you are configuring drive mappings for use by applications only (not for browsing). To run a special script at logon this tool has a lot of settings. As you want - you can assign it to specific users.

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