[windows2000] Re: Poll
- From: "Sullivan, Glenn" <GSullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 09:21:43 -0400
Nope. The Kixtart files are all in the netlogon share.
There is a Kixtart RPC Service of some sort that you can install on a DC
to allow Win9X clients to be able to use the InGroup functions, and
other RPC-information-based functions.
But nothing on the clients.
Neither for WSH... unless you are like me and still have some old
machines out there, in which case it's not installed at all.
Glenn Sullivan, MCSE+I MCDBA
David Clark Company Inc.
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From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bill Beckett
Posted At: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 8:52 AM
Posted To: Windows 2000
Conversation: [windows2000] Re: Poll
Subject: [windows2000] Re: Poll
Quick question on kixtart...does it have to be installed on each client?
-----Original Message-----
From: Sullivan, Glenn [mailto:GSullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 11:22 AM
To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [windows2000] Re: Poll
My logon script is a VBS file, with a mix of some of the others.
Let me explain:
There is an identical copy of the VBS file both in the netlogon
shares of the DC's (for down-level clients) and in a GUID directory for
the "logon script" GPO.
Anyone Win2K or higher runs the script from the GPO. There is
90% of the workstations.
But, I had to deal with the other 10%.
So, I created a .BAT file (since that is the only one that I can
guarantee will run on any system from Win95 up) executes a Kixtart
script. This script:
1. Checks to see if the OS is Win2K or above... if so, exit,
since the script will run from the GPO.
2. Assuming we are on a down-level client, it checks to see if
the Windows Script Host 5.6 is installed. If not, it installs it.
3. The it checks to see if the Directory Services client is
installed. If not, install it.
4. If either 2 or 3 were installed, reboot.
5. If neither 2 or 3 were installed, call the .VBS login script.
This batch file is assigned to everyone in ADU&C in the "Login
script" variable.
Now, no matter which machine they log onto, the same script is
run. And once my last Win9X/NT4 machine goes away, I just remove the
"Login script" setting from the user properties, and the GPO script
takes over as normal.
All of this was to take advantage of GPO Login scripts. That
and I had a user who was creatively using CMD.exe on my terminal
services to do things that I didn't want him to, but when I restricted
the permissions on CMD.exe, the original, .BAT only login script did not
work anymore.
HTH,
Glenn Sullivan, MCSE+I MCDBA
David Clark Company Inc.
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From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bill Beckett
Posted At: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 10:16 AM
Posted To: Windows 2000
Conversation: [windows2000] Poll
Subject: [windows2000] Poll
If I may bother the list for a quick poll. What do you use for
scripting (logon, etc)...
Kixtart
Shell Scripting
WSH
Other
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