RE: [ActiveDir] GPO setting query

[Todd Povilaitis]

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We use the Remote Scripting technique instead.

 

Our scripting implementation for such simple things is somewhat complex - ADSI/ADO to get a list of machines from the directory based on an LDAP filter, WMI to open and close the remote registry for remote scripting, Remote Scripting itself to run a script similar to the one below, and the FileSystemObject to record a log file and/or ADO to insert results into a database log.  This job is then scheduled to run via AT or Task Scheduler at specified intervals.

 

Going this way allows us to PUSH (administrator context / active) items to where we want them to go rather than initiate a PULL (user context / passive) which can only go where the user has permissions as they describe here using a logon script.

 

I have to agree with the statements in the second paragraph, though.  Not sure why we promote ignorance of basic PC skills.

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Rochford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 09:28
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] GPO setting query

Put something like the following in a startup script for the OU (or the whole domain as appropriate) This creates an icon for Word on the desktop - set things like workingdirectory to your own preference.

 

I have to say I think that this is a *really* bad idea - I would say it's much better to either teach your users how to make their own shortcuts (and put them on the quick launch bar for preference!) or time how long it takes these people to minimise (or even close) what they're currently running to get at the desktop shortcut and compare that to the time taken to get to the start menu :-)

 

Set oShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
sDesktop = oShell.SpecialFolders("desktop")
Set oShellLink = oShell.CreateShortcut(sDesktop & "\Microsoft Word.lnk")
oShellLink.TargetPath = "c:\program files\microsoft office\office10\winword.exe"
oShellLink.Description = "Microsoft Word - word processing package"
oShellLink.WorkingDirectory = "c:\"
oShellLink.iconlocation = "c:\program files\microsoft office\office10\winword.exe,0"
oShellLink.Save

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 08 December 2003 11:18
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [ActiveDir] GPO setting query

Anyone know if there is a GPO setting in w2k server for w2k machines, that will allow me to put a shortcut or two on everyones desktop? The management have decided that clicking on Start/Programs etc is too time consuming, so they want shortcuts to all the commons apps on the users desktops, but it will take forever by hand.

 

Ideas ?

 

Olly