Bryan, We use VB script on our 9x clients all the time, I have a batch file that checks if its installed, installs it if its not then call the vbs script, if your interested I'll send you a copy.
regards David. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryan Schlegel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 3:07 AM Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Logon Scripting I only wish I could use vbscript.... 95 and 98 machines are the bain of my existence. -----Original Message----- From: Sargent Joey E [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 9:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Logon Scripting I have not seen anyone mention using Vbscript or Wscript. That is what I use and it has been successful for what I need to do, but does perl offer more than Vbscript? I do know that the Vbscript is touch and go when it comes to NT 4.0 machines, but works on all W2K machines. I would be interested if someone who knows both could give some comparison. Thanks, Joe S. -----Original Message----- From: Ken Cornetet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 1:19 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Logon Scripting KixStart is pretty handy. It has several features that make it easy to use as a login script language. It's simple enough that even non-programmers should be able to pick it up easily. In my humble opinion, however, KixStart peters out pretty quickly when attempting to do much more than map drives. Developing anything other than trivial scripts gets complicated quickly. If you aren't afraid of programming, I'd recommend doing your login scripts in Perl. Perl and the Win32 extensions have a bit of a steep learning curve, but it's well worth it. -----Original Message----- From: Bryan Schlegel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 8:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] Logon Scripting Still debating on what kind of scripting to use for Logins. PDC is a 2000 Server, in Native mode. Ideally I would use the startup login script in Group Policy for the whole domain, minimizing all administration. However I only have about 10% of my machines on Windows 2000 Professional and my understanding of GPO's is that this won't work on any of the 95/98 clients. Clients are all Win 95/98/2000 and I don't see myself upgrading all the client machines anytime soon. It seems to me from what I have been reading that Kixtart is the way to go because this is the only way I can map folders by associated group memberships. It also looks like it ads a lot of functionality is very scalable. My ultimate goal is to have one logon script, should I explore Kixtart as a one script solution? Is this a realistic goal with older OS clients? I have about 250-300 machines on the network. Right now everyone has a unique .bat file, setup by the previous administration and it is really starting to get to me. Thanks for any of your comments or suggestions, I am definately open to exploring any and all options out there. -Bryan List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
