[gptalk] Re: Bat File Not Executing.
- From: "Harry Singh" <hboogz@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 19:25:59 -0400
I'll be glad to elaborate.
This is a lab environment and we've implemented a combination of mandatory
profiles and GPO to control User configuration settings. Periodically, the
profile experiences problems and just doesn't load properly. I've ran traces
to see if any network connectivity issues exist between the workstation and
the server where the profile resides and , although i see some collisions, i
don't expect that to be the sole root cause. Instead of delving more time
and resources, we've found by blowing the profile the issues resolve
themselves --- and as i mentioned, this doesn't happen too frequently, only
periodically. Now, the lab machines aren't rebooted or turned off nightly,
so the deleting of profiles on reboot is really a way for us or the teacher
on site to delete the profiles "on-demand". I'm sure there are alternate
ways to get this done, and i'm all ears.
So you're saying i can apply a GPO to an OU that just has computer accounts
?
"To clarify, loopback policy is used when you want user configuration
policies to apply based on where the computer object resides instead of the
user object. " That's still a litte fuzzy to me, could you provide an
example that could help me further put this confusion function to rest for
me ?
Thanks
On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 5:27 PM, Nelson, Jamie <Jamie.Nelson@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Delprof.exe can't delete a specific user profile, you generally tell it
> the max number of days old a profile can be (from last use) and it will
> delete anything older than that. I still don't understand why you want to
> delete it on every reboot though. Maybe you can be kind enough to elaborate?
>
>
>
> Actually, you were right the first time. For startup scripts to run they
> must be applied to OUs containing computer objects. You don't need loopback
> policy or security filtering for that. To clarify, loopback policy is used
> when you want user configuration policies to apply based on where the
> computer object resides instead of the user object.
>
>
>
> Hope that helps. J
>
>
>
> *From:* gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Harry Singh
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 05, 2008 4:13 PM
> *To:* gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [gptalk] Re: Bat File Not Executing.
>
>
>
> Jamie,
>
> Yes, the script is deleting the documents and setting folder. I agree this
> isn't very clean, but I am having trouble in negotiating the delprof
> command line to delete the profile i want under my specific parameters.
> Specifically, i want the profile to be deleted upon every reboot, either
> during the shutdown or, preferably, during the startup of the machine. ?
>
> Secondly, i believe my problem was i was applying the GPO to an OU that
> just had the computer accounts. I realized this can't be done, i'd have to
> apply it to the OU containing the LAB user account ; since only the Computer
> Config is enabled, the script will execute on whatever machine that user
> logs into, correct ? That being said, what should the loopback processing
> setting be on this GPO, if there are no user configured settings on this GPO
> but others ?
>
> Just to clear up any confusion, if i want machine specific settings only to
> apply to computer accounts, i need to:
>
> - Configure the Computer Configuration portion of the GPO.
> - Create a Security Group and add the respective computer accounts to
> this group and add it to the permissions of the GPO with the "Apply" GPO
> permission ?
> - Never apply GPO's to OU's that just have computer accounts
> - Enable loopback processing on a computer oriented GPO if you have any
> USER Confiuration settings in that GPO, otherwise just leave it disabled or
> not configured ?
>
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 4:57 PM, Nelson, Jamie <Jamie.Nelson@xxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> When you say "delete the profile" are you just trying to delete the profile
> folder under C:\Documents and Settings? That doesn't truly dump the profile,
> as there are still some registry keys that have to be cleaned up.
>
>
>
> On that note, I don't think deleting the profiles on startup is a good
> practice, even if they are for what I assume are temporary lab user
> accounts. You're better off creating a scheduled task on the machine to run
> the delprof.exe utility (from the Server Resource Kit) which can delete all
> profiles that have not been used in a specified number of days. Just my
> opinion though. You may have valid reason for doing it that way so please
> don't take offense. J
>
>
>
> As far as the script not executing is concerned, did you place it in the
> GPO's "machine\scripts\startup" folder in SYSVOL or somewhere else on your
> network?
>
>
>
> *From:* gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Harry Singh
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 05, 2008 3:21 PM
> *To:* gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [gptalk] Bat File Not Executing.
>
>
>
> All -
>
> I've added a bat file to the startup script inside of a GPO, the computer
> configuration part of the GPO. The script deletes any profile starting with
> lab* and is suppose to run when the computer is restarted so as to not run
> into any file locks by explorer. However, the folders are not being deleted
> and when i run a gpresult, the script indicates: " This script has not been
> executed"
>
> any ideas ?
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