nice :) Greg -----Original Message----- From: Chris Berry [mailto:compjma@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 9:22 PM To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [windows2000] This is cool Ok, had to share this, pretty nifty: Step 1: Create a batch script called ip_address.bat in your scripts folder ipconfig > y:\admin\ipconfig.out setx ip_address -f y:\admin\ipconfig.out -a 6,14 -m I used y:\admin as the temp dir because our users have their My Documents folders redirected to y:\ and we added the admin folder so we could store things they need to follow them around, you can replace it with something else if you do things differently. Step 2: Edit the following registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID\{ 208D2C60-3AEA-A2D7-08002B30309D}\<no name> delete the key, then recreate as REG_EXPAND_SZ instead of REG_SZ change the value from My Network Places to %IP_ADDRESS% My Network Places Step 3: Add ip_address.bat to your list of logon scripts If you deploy this domain wide, you can have any user give you their IP address nearly without effort by telling them to look at their My Network Places icon. NOTE: Editing the registry is dangerous, if you make a mistake and didn't make a backup first, don't come crying to me as I will merely heap scorn upon you. *grin* Chris Berry compjma@xxxxxxxxxxx Systems Administrator JM Associates "We are successful when our bosses wonder what it is we do all day." -- Tim Mullen _________________________________________________________________ Help protect your PC. Get a FREE computer virus scan online from McAfee. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 ******************************************************** This Week's Sponsor - RTO Software / TScale What's keeping you from getting more from your terminal servers? Did you know, in most cases, CPU Utilization IS NOT the single biggest constraint to scaling up?! Get this free white paper to understand the real constraints & how to overcome them. SAVE MONEY by scaling-up rather than buying more servers. http://www.rtosoft.com/Enter.asp?ID=147 ********************************************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm ******************************************************** This Week's Sponsor - RTO Software / TScale What's keeping you from getting more from your terminal servers? Did you know, in most cases, CPU Utilization IS NOT the single biggest constraint to scaling up?! Get this free white paper to understand the real constraints & how to overcome them. SAVE MONEY by scaling-up rather than buying more servers. http://www.rtosoft.com/Enter.asp?ID=147 ********************************************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm