Hehe...you got my number, I am a serial skim-reader :-) I will rethink to machine name for my wild guess!
On 20 May 2013 14:51, Jonathan Link <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, but the second bullet point... If you're going for the executive > skim, it pays to look at bullet points. :D > > > On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 9:39 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I thought he said user-specific " *I have ONE user where it bombs out >> * " >> >> You could always have a crazy path in the machine name too I 'spose >> >> >> On 20 May 2013 14:37, Jonathan Link <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Yes, but he did say it was machine specific... :D >>> >>> >>> On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 9:24 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> The user probably has some crazy character in their account name like >>>> an "&" or something >>>> >>>> (Just a total guess based on the fact you didn't provide the error) :-) >>>> On 20 May 2013 14:13, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I run this script on all my workstation systems, and it works >>>>> flawlessly for over 500 systems, but I have ONE user where it bombs out >>>>> with an error and AD is not updated. **** >>>>> >>>>> ** ** >>>>> >>>>> Dim ad, objUser, objComputer**** >>>>> >>>>> **** >>>>> >>>>> Set ad = CreateObject("ADSystemInfo")**** >>>>> >>>>> On error resume Next**** >>>>> >>>>> Set objUser = GetObject("LDAP://" & ad.UserName)**** >>>>> >>>>> On error resume Next**** >>>>> >>>>> Set objComputer = GetObject("LDAP://" & ad.ComputerName)**** >>>>> >>>>> On error resume Next **** >>>>> >>>>> strMessage = objUser.CN & ", Last updated:" & Month(Now()) & "/" & >>>>> Day(now()) & "/" & right(year(now()),4)**** >>>>> >>>>> ** ** >>>>> >>>>> objComputer.Description = strMessage**** >>>>> >>>>> objComputer.SetInfo**** >>>>> >>>>> ** ** >>>>> >>>>> I don’t even know what to troubleshoot. This VPN script is applied via >>>>> GPO startup script, and runs only on workstation OS systems as the WMI >>>>> filter is: select * from Win32_OperatingSystem where not (name like >>>>> "%server%"). **** >>>>> >>>>> ** ** >>>>> >>>>> **· **We have other system like this (perhaps slightly >>>>> different software load, it’s a developers’ m machine) that the script >>>>> runs >>>>> on successfully**** >>>>> >>>>> **· **Scripts runs fine for this user if he logs onto a >>>>> different machine**** >>>>> >>>>> ** ** >>>>> >>>>> It comes down to likely some piece of installed software is tripping >>>>> it up, but there is nothing in the event logs.**** >>>>> >>>>> ** ** >>>>> >>>>> Anyone?**** >>>>> >>>>> ** ** >>>>> >>>>> Dave**** >>>>> >>>>> ** ** >>>>> >>>>> ** ** >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> *James Rankin* >>>> Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) >>>> http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> *James Rankin* >> Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) >> http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk >> > > -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk
