On Mon, 24 May 2004 14:12:03 +0100, Mark Cook wrote: >Weird, try a pause statement after the start /wait etc. etc. to see if it >reports any errors ? The start /wait still runs in the same user context so >should be fine. I'll try it later. FOr now the timeout.exe seems to do what I want. >Still think start /wait is a neater option but hey, if you've got it working >then cool, way to go that man :-) It would be neater, I agree, but sometimes the neat way is not the way. Unfortunately. Have you ever used aida32 with an access-db? >-----Original Message----- >From: Sorin Srbu [mailto:Sorin.Srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] >Sent: 24 May 2004 14:06 >To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [windows2000] Re: Pause timer for batch files? > >On Mon, 24 May 2004 13:56:37 +0100, Mark Cook wrote: > >>If you use it as is AIDA32 will start and the logon script will continue, >>however, if you change it to >> >>Start /wait "%systemdrive%\program files\aida\aida32.exe" /R >>\\max\aida_logs\autoreport_$DATE\$HOSTNAME.csv /NAS /SAFE /NOICONS >> >>then the logon script will pause until the aida32 process has completed, >>then continue. This way you shouldn't even need a sleep command ! > >Just tried, and it won't create a report to the share when using >the start /wait-sequence. Strange... Any ideas as to why? I still >think it's some kind of time-out problem, but can't figure out how >and why. > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Sorin Srbu [mailto:Sorin.Srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] >>Sent: 24 May 2004 13:58 >>To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>Subject: [windows2000] Re: Pause timer for batch files? >> >>On Mon, 24 May 2004 13:45:08 +0100, Mark Cook wrote: >> >>>Are you using >>> >>>START param1 param2 etc. >>> >>>in your login script to start AIDA32 or just AIDA32 without the START >>>command ? >> >>No, just a plain line as below >> >>"%systemdrive%\program files\aida\aida32.exe" /R >>\\max\aida_logs\autoreport_$DATE\$HOSTNAME.csv /NAS /SAFE /NOICONS >> >>Is the "start" statement necessary? Haven't needed it before. >> >>>We used AIDA32 here running from a network share and writing back >>>to a SQL DB with no problem. >> >>Don't have any sql db, but plan to use an access db, if and when I >>get this thing working... 8-/ >> >> >>>-----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? 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