[gptalk] Re: Vista in Win2k3 domain - VBS Logon scripts?

Darren-
 
I just came across this little tidbit in the technet Vista forums.
People seem pretty p.o'd regarding this answer to login scripts in
vista. People seem to be thinking that you now need two scripts to just
run one. Any thoughts on this?
 
Michael
 
         Sorry about the delay. Here's an explanation of what you are
seeing and the 
official recomendation. 

Explanation for what you are seeing and workaround : 

By default Group policy service executes scripts in an elevated mode.
There 
are some scripts like 'Map network drives' that would need to be run in
UAP 
mode. In order to launch such scripts in a UAP context from an elevated 
process, you can leverage the Task scheduler API. Here is a sample
script: 
Launchapp.wsf 

Usage: cscript launchapp.wsf <AppPath> 


If the user wants to run a GP logon script Script-UAP.wsf and requires
it 
to run in UAP context because it is mapping drives for the user then,
create 
another script Launch-Script-UAP.wsf which will just use the sample
script 
above to launch Script-UAP.wsf in UAP mode. Deploy this script as GP
logon 
script. 

I'm attaching the LaunchApp sample script too. 

This change will also be communicated via KB, Vista GP document or 
otherwise. 

Let me know if you still have issues. 

Thanks, 
Prashanth 
Vista Remote File Systems. 
 

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Michael-

What happens if you set the logon scripts to run hidden (using policy)?

 

Darren

 

 

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Thanks Darren,

 

I just checked the Minasi boards and couldn't find anything there. I'll
keep googling and trying to see what's going on. I had not yet checked
the event log so perhaps something is in there as well.

 

I should have made my problem more clear. The VBS scripts are logon
scripts that basically map drives. Nothing too fancy.

 

Thanks again! Let's hope there is a solution besides the "will be
supported on Longhorn server group policies".

 

Michael

 

 

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Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 12:59 PM
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Subject: [gptalk] Re: Vista in Win2k3 domain - VBS Logon scripts?

Michael-

My guess is that this is a UAC issue. I have heard it come up once
before with Vista. Not sure though-I will try to dig some more.

 

 

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On Behalf Of Michael Pietrzak
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 12:53 PM
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Subject: [gptalk] Vista in Win2k3 domain - VBS Logon scripts?

 

Hello all-

 

I am now running Vista in my windows 2003 domain and one of the first
things I noticed was that my VBS scripts that normally run on XP are no
longer being processed. 

 

Now is the problem stemming from the fact that the script is set in a
GPO and the Vista box can't interpret it or is it a security issue in
Vista that I have to dig through to allow it to run.

 

Thanks guys in advanced for any thoughts.

 

Michael

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