Recently setup our AUP to be agreed or not at login problem is even though I've set the GPO to do sync scripts windows loads up fully before they agree or disagree is there any way of stopping windows logging in fully until they've chosen agree or disagree?
Any help with this would be much appreciated!
Wes
How about if they disagree they get logged out? With some sort of countdown if they ignore the window?
Are your scripts assigned with Group Policy or on the User Account?
@Geoff: Funny you should say that but it has that functionalitysadly thoguh if they don't click on anything then they still have complete access to windows but with the AUP displayed on screen all the time.
@ajbritton: Scripts are assigned as Login Scripts under User Config in a Pupils GPO.
Wes
Tricky. Is you message making itself System Modal? Usually system modal windows are in front of everything else and cannot be ignored.
I could set it up as User Script via their account if that would help in a solution?
Do you know how I could make the mouse stay in the current VB progs window (The Login script for the AUP is actually a VB prog) That way even if it does show up they can't actually get to anything else!
Nope it's not Modal.
Wes
I just tried a VB 5CCE app with a dialog box system modal and it did not work. I think the idea about capturing the mouse is a good one but I don't know how to do it.
It might be worth trying the script on a user account to see if it makes any difference.
This almost does the mouse restriction ... http://www.vbaccelerator.com/tips/vba0001.htm
You might be able to do it with a Kixtart script. There is documentation here mentioning attributes that can be placed on a message box such as super system modal and topmost window!
I wrote a little program a long time ago that people could use on vanilla 9x / CC 2.3 systems - VB app to display an always on top dialog that loaded a nicely formatted RTF AUP from the server, disabled special key combinations (alt tab/ctrl alt del etc) and trapped the mouse in the application until it was agreed to, or logged off if the user clicked disagree.
Never managed to get it up to scratch on NT4/2K/XP as the APIs for restricting the mouse didn't seem to work... Haven't managed to find an equivalent since - most can be alt tabbed out of, or zapped with the program manager
Now I can't remember does a user hive have a RunOnceEx key.
If so this might be place to put a call to the script. This will produce the desired modal effect.
I take it this script will be new users to the network or a particular machine. If so then put it in the HKCU of the Default User profile.
Task Manager is disabled Ctrl Alt Del disable is not possible without replacing a windows file or two with yours. Or buy a program that does this. If it could always come to the front and keep focus (unable to to minimize too?) that would do it I think?
Wes
Well I just want it continually coming up if they haven't actually agreed to the policy if they disagree of course it will log them out I suppose Geoff's idea of a countdown then logout is a very good possibility just have to make sure that the countdown is long enough for them to read the AUP!
5 Minutes?
Wes
As if they'll read it! Try 30 seconds. Any longer and you'll have people confused.
You could use AutoIt to do that. It's great for manipulating existing Windows. It also has an AdLib function which will do things on a regular predefined basis.
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