[windows2000] Re: Pause timer for batch files?

On Mon, 24 May 2004 13:46:54 +0100, Mark Cook wrote:

>Problem is that AIDA32 is a win32 gui which when launched from a script will
>run seperatly to the command prompt !
>
>Try using 
>
>START /WAIT <rest of command line to launch AIDA32>
>
>Doing this will cause the AIDA32 process to start and the logon script to
>pause until it completes !

Aha! Thx, will try immediately!


>-----Original Message-----
>From: Sorin Srbu [mailto:Sorin.Srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
>Sent: 24 May 2004 13:46
>To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [windows2000] Re: Pause timer for batch files?
>
>On Mon, 24 May 2004 13:37:12 +0100, Mark Cook wrote:
>
>>How are you creating the report ?
>
>Using Aida32 on each client. I tell the client to run the locally
>installed aida32.exe, and to save the report to a server-share.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Sorin Srbu [mailto:Sorin.Srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
>>Sent: 24 May 2004 13:39
>>To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: [windows2000] Re: Pause timer for batch files?
>>
>>On Mon, 24 May 2004 13:26:29 +0100, Mark Cook wrote:
>>
>>>Have emailed you off list with one, just knocked up for you in about one
>>>minute :-)
>>
>>Thx, tried it, won't work. I mean that the timer works but the
>>sleep.exe induced pause doesn't allow the report to be created.
>>However, if I put the pause-statement back, it works. Wonder why...
>>
>>Thx though for the exe!
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Sorin Srbu [mailto:Sorin.Srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
>>>Sent: 24 May 2004 13:21
>>>To: Windows2000 Mailing List
>>>Subject: [windows2000] Pause timer for batch files?
>>>
>>>Hi all,
>>>
>>>I'm trying to make a hard- and software audit on our domain
>>>computers with free software. Aida32 if somebody is interested...
>>>
>>>Anyway, I'm trying to tell the clients to make an audit when the
>>>computer starts up (using a stratup script), but this failed for
>>>whatever reason, so I resorted to adding the script to the login
>>>scripts-feature in a GPO.
>>>
>>>Now, it works, but seem to have some problems with the command
>>>window closing to fast, as it works if I put a pause statement in
>>>the end of the script. To minimise user input, ie pressing a key to
>>>unpause the script which some users find difficult and dangerous,
>>>I'm speculating whether there is a "pause timer" of some sort, that
>>>I can tell to pause for some 30 seconds and then continue w/o the
>>>user input.
>>>
>>>The script I'm running is a simple batch script, no vbs or similar
>>>at all.
>>>
>>>Does anybody know of a simple timer that would do what I want?


BW,

Sorin

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