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-----Original Message----- From: Richard Sumilang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 1:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Printer Script Do you recommend any online sites or books to use as reference to write these VBScripts? On Tuesday, July 15, 2003, at 10:20 AM, Roger Seielstad wrote: > Probably don't need to remove it. > > I'd suggest maybe adding a line to check to see if it exists already > and > only map the printer if it doesn't. That's generally a good practice. > > Your next task should be to rewrite your login script to be 100% > VBScript, > just to make it all cleaner. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP > Sr. Systems Administrator > Inovis Inc. > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Richard Sumilang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 12:41 PM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Printer Script >> >> >> Awesome, that worked! Since this is a login script, should I >> then have >> a logoff script that removes it when the user signs off or will it >> automatically be removed when they sign off? I just wan't to >> avoid any >> possible errors like it saying when the user logs back in next time >> that the printer already exists or having it duplicate itself >> when the >> user logs back in because it runs the login script again. >> Maybe I don't >> have to worry about this? >> >> >> On Tuesday, July 15, 2003, at 04:09 AM, Roger Seielstad wrote: >> >>> Ahh - simple. Save the .vbs file in the logon scripts >> directory, and >>> add >>> this line to your existing logon script: >>> >>> Cscript.exe %0/../addprinter.vbs >>> >>> That should do it. (That's a zero not an oh, although I >> could be wrong >>> there) >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP >>> Sr. Systems Administrator >>> Inovis Inc. >>> >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Richard Sumilang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 1:51 AM >>>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Printer Script >>>> >>>> >>>> If I save it as a .vbs how can I have a login script and >>>> visual basic >>>> script run during login? >>>> >>>> >>>> On Monday, July 14, 2003, at 06:42 PM, Rick Kingslan wrote: >>>> >>>>> Bingo! ;-) >>>>> >>>>> Rick Kingslan MCSE, MCSA, MCT >>>>> Microsoft MVP - Active Directory >>>>> Associate Expert >>>>> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >>>> Bryan Schlegel >>>>> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 8:21 PM >>>>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Printer Script >>>>> >>>>> Save it as .vbs >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Richard Sumilang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 9:17 PM >>>>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Printer Script >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I tried that and it didn't work. I took it out of the bat file and >>>>> tried it manually and I got this error... >>>>> >>>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> --------- >>>>> - >>>>> ------------- >>>>> C:\Documents and Settings>Set WshNetwork = >>>>> CreateObject("WScript.Network") >>>>> >>>>> C:\Documents and Settings\>WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection >>>>> "\\AnotherComputer-27\HPLaserJ" >>>>> 'WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection' is >>>>> not recognized as an >>>>> internal or external command, operable program or batch >>>>> file. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> C:\Documents and Settings\>_ >>>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> --------- >>>>> - >>>>> ------------- >>>>> >>>>> This is how my bat file looks like >>>>> >>>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> --------- >>>>> - >>>>> ------------- >>>>> net use Q: \\Server\Shared >>>>> >>>>> Set WshNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network") >>>>> WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\ >>>> AnotherComputer-27\HPLaserJ" >>>>> WshNetwork.SetDefaultPrinter "\\ AnotherComputer-27\HPLaserJ" Set >>>>> WshNetwork >>>>> = Nothing >>>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> --------- >>>>> - >>>>> ------------- >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I am running Windows 2000 Server and all clients are >>>> Windows 2000 Pro. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> - Richard S. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Monday, July 14, 2003, at 04:38 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> This should work: >>>>>> >>>>>> Set WshNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network") >>>>>> WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection >>>> "\\YourPrintServer\PrinterName" >>>>>> WshNetwork.SetDefaultPrinter "\\YourPrintServer\PrinterName" Set >>>>>> WshNetwork = Nothing >>>>>> >>>>>> If you put that in a login script. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Sincerely, >>>>>> >>>>>> D�j� Ak�m�l�f�, MCSE MCSA MCP+I >>>>>> www.akomolafe.com >>>>>> www.iyaburo.com >>>>>> Do you now realize that Today is the Tomorrow you were >>>> worried about >>>>>> Yesterday? -anon >>>>>> >>>>>> ________________________________ >>>>>> >>>>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of >>>> Richard Sumilang >>>>>> Sent: Mon 7/14/2003 3:42 PM >>>>>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>> Subject: [ActiveDir] Printer Script >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Has anyone wrote a script to connect a user to a shared >>>> printer on the >>>>>> network when the log in? 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