Save it as .vbs and just run it by either double clicking it or typing its name at a command prompt. If you're using Outlook then it's possible that it will have removed all the line breaks - "extra line breaks in this message were removed" will appear at the top - tell it to put the line breaks back and you should be OK.
It could be run as a machine startup script using group policy but I think some of the other ideas are better - I suspect that some people have such cluttered desktops that they won't find the correct icon (and you can't say "look for the my computer icon" because it's no longer there!! Steve -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cothern Jeff D. Team EITC Sent: 15 February 2005 03:37 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Display Computer Name on Desktop I don't know a lot about scripting or vbs. But can I take the below Lines of text starting at CONST and paste that into a notepad and save it as .vbs does that work or do I need to use some vbs program? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Devan Pala Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 2:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Display Computer Name on Desktop The code would help right.....8-) Const MY_COMPUTER = &H11& Set objNetwork = CreateObject("Wscript.Network") objComputerName = objNetwork.ComputerName Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application") Set objFolder = objShell.Namespace(MY_COMPUTER) Set objFolderItem = objFolder.Self objFolderItem.Name = objComputerName ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Salandra, Justin A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: <[email protected]> CC: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [ActiveDir] Display Computer Name on Desktop Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 13:41:15 -0500 I have a question, is there a way to display the computer name on the desktop either through a login script or via GPO? Justin A. Salandra MCSE Windows 2000 & 2003 Network and Technology Services Manager Catholic Healthcare System 212.752.7300 - office 917.455.0110 - cell [EMAIL PROTECTED] List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
