[windows2000] Re: Scripts Hang... And my solution
- From: "Sullivan, Glenn" <GSullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:46:33 -0400
I thought some of y'all might appreciate that...
This is the same network where every computer had a publicly routable
ICANN assigned IP address assigned to it, with no real firewall in
place.
Needless to say, this has been the least of my issues... 5 Full days
and counting to integrate 15 machines total. What a nightmare...
Glenn Sullivan, MCSE+I MCDBA
David Clark Company Inc.
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[mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Greg Reese
Posted At: Thursday, April 12, 2007 2:40 PM
Posted To: Windows 2000
Conversation: [windows2000] Re: Scripts Hang... And my solution
Subject: [windows2000] Re: Scripts Hang... And my solution
that's hilarious. defend the network with notepad. I like it.
On 4/12/07, Sullivan, Glenn <GSullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have been working with our subsidiary to convert their systems
from a
mishmash of barely connected system, into a real domain of
machines. If
there's one thing that I've grown to rely on in my environment,
it is
the ability to script my way into and out of a paper bag,
without
ripping a thing.
But I had a couple of machines that just would not cooperate...
The
VBScript Startup and Logon scripts were the problem.
While most machines had no problem with either Startup or Logon
scripts,
a couple of the machines just refused to run the scripts. They
would
hang for almost exactly 10 minutes at "Running Startup Scripts"
and also
at the point where a logon script would be running. And the log
file
that the scripts create was nonexistent, so I knew that there
was
something wrong...
Some web searching brought me to this KB:
"Startup Scripts May Appear to Hang Windows 2000"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256320
Which points to problems with network authentication... But I
knew that
wasn't it. The scripts were FINE on some machines, and not on
others.
And it's almost the same script that I run here, so I KNEW that
there
were no network calls in it...
So, I decided to try to run the scripts manually at a command
prompt
with Cscript. No problem.
I decided to try Wscript. No problem.
So, I decided that I would look at the processes that were
running on
the machine during these 10 minute "hang" times. Maybe there
was some
kind of insidious spyware/virus/rootkit?
I downloaded the PSTools package from Microsoft (formerly
SysInternals)
and fired up PSList from another machine on the network, to see
what
processes were running.
And there I find, instead of either Cscript or Wscript, NOTEPAD!
Kill Notepad with PSKill, and the hang stops!
Turns out that the former "admin" ran some stupid security
program that
decided that the best way to protect against VBScript viruses
was to
change the default association for .VBS files from Wscript to
NotePad!
And when I tried to export the reg keys from a working machine
to import
into the "hanging" machine, I found that it had associated .REG
files
with notepad as well!?!
So I created a .REG file that restores the .VBS and .REG
entries, and
ran "REGEDIT <filename>.REG" manually, rebooted, and Voila!
Working
scripts!
I just thought I'd share, so that the next time someone is
searching for
"hanging scripts" or something similar, maybe this post will
come up,
and they won't waste the time that I did...
Ciao,
Glenn Sullivan, MCSE+I MCDBA
David Clark Company Inc.
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