Test out Kixtart...it rocks! On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:29 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]>wrote:
> Just that adding the action to the logon script seems to drag the logon a > bit, which my users are sensitive to. That's probably because I'm doing it > in batch, though. I'm a script-o-saurus :-) > > > On 17 March 2011 14:26, Cameron <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Scheduled Task? Seems like you're making a mountain out of a mole hill. >> How is that better than tying to the logon process that they have to do >> anyways? >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:06 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> I'm maybe thinking something like that is better than tying it to the >>> logon process, yes. Probably a scheduled task on a DC or some such like. >>> Obviously targeted to a group to avoid picking up admins and the like. >>> >>> >>> On 17 March 2011 14:05, Guyer, Don <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> How about running a script against AD that queries that setting, to >>>> look for any empty values? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *Don Guyer* >>>> >>>> Windows Systems Engineer >>>> >>>> Datasafe Platform >>>> >>>> Enterprise Technology Group >>>> >>>> *Fiserv* >>>> >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> Office: 1-800-523-7282 x 1673 >>>> >>>> Fax: 610-293-4499 >>>> >>>> www.fiserv.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *From:* James Rankin [mailto:[email protected]] >>>> *Sent:* Thursday, March 17, 2011 9:52 AM >>>> >>>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >>>> *Subject:* Re: Good way to prevent logon under certain conditions? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> That's the way it's done. I just want some way of making sure that it * >>>> is* set to head off the support calls that may ensue if some user gets >>>> missed (because they will get some ugly errors). I could do it with a quick >>>> batch command but I was just wondering if anyone knew of anything >>>> different. >>>> >>>> On 17 March 2011 13:45, Guyer, Don <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Why not just set their home drive in AD? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *Don Guyer* >>>> >>>> Windows Systems Engineer >>>> >>>> Datasafe Platform >>>> >>>> Enterprise Technology Group >>>> >>>> *Fiserv* >>>> >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> Office: 1-800-523-7282 x 1673 >>>> >>>> Fax: 610-293-4499 >>>> >>>> www.fiserv.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *From:* James Rankin [mailto:[email protected]] >>>> *Sent:* Thursday, March 17, 2011 4:45 AM >>>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >>>> *Subject:* Good way to prevent logon under certain conditions? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I have some users that I don't want to be able to log on to the system >>>> unless they have a valid home drive set. Is there any way anyone can think >>>> of to achieve this? 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