Im being silly............

[IanT]

I've just re-written a few logon scripts.....both a .bat and .vbs file.

 

The logon script applies perfect on my computer ONLY for some reason......but if i go to another pc or laptop nothing, I know this is a silly problem!!

 

any ideas?

[FN-GM]

What does the script do?

[strawberry]

could we see it? my guess is that it will have a local reference on it.

[IanT]

Maps network drives

[FN-GM]

Please can we see the code as there could be variations in code.

[IanT]

Here we are, bog standard it is:

 

 

 

@echo off

Net Use I: \\shackleton\IT

Net Use H: \\shackleton\Home\%username%

Net Use Y: \\yoda\data

Net Use P: \\shackleton\ReceptionPlasma

Net Use S: \\skinnerssims\SIMS

Net Use G: \\shackleton\UTILS

Net Use M: \\shackleton\MediaShared

[FN-GM]

change it to, it should work then. You will need to use the full DNS name.

 

@echo off
Net Use I: \\shackleton.domain.local\IT
etc....

 

Another option would be to use the IP address instead of the server name.

[IanT]

I've never had todo that before.

 

 

Ian.

[FN-GM]

you will now becuase of the trust i am in a forest with 10 domains and we have to do it.

 

you might also have to set forwarding DNS servers

[IanT]

change it to, it should work then. You will need to use the full DNS name.

 

@echo off
Net Use I: \\shackleton.domain.local\IT
etc....

 

Another option would be to use the IP address instead of the server name.

 

Nope, didnt work.

 

Ian.

[kmount]

Take the echo off, and run the script visibly on a workstation other than your own.

 

If your default dns suffix is set correctly you shouldn't need the full name.

[DrPerceptron]

Where does teh script run from?

[IanT]

I've gone onto a laptop, logged on as me..........

 

I run the batch locally and runs fine but still not applying when logging on

 

(and yes I have put it all in the AD and GP etc)

[penfold]

Have the drive letters already been assigned for something else on other machines? Maybe from an old script?

 

EDIT: Ignore me - updated whilst replying

[IanT]

nope, no network drives are connected or anything, no old ones.

[Jobos]

Any error messages

[kmount]

GPUPDATE /FORCE /BOOT

 

If it still doesn't work, you want to use GPRESULT to find out why.

[IanT]

Any error messages

 

 

nope, im going to do the GPRESULT next.

 

Ian.

[penfold]

Are you running more than 1 script at logon? I think you can change then to run syncronisly (spelling:confused: ) Have you got this in the user logon script or as a group policy in the Users OU?

 

I used to put mapped drives in the logon scripts rather than group policies. Have you tried applying it to the logon scripts to see if it makes a difference?

[jamesb]

Can you manually set up the drives on machines other than your own using those commands?

[IanT]

Can you manually set up the drives on machines other than your own using those commands?

 

 

 

Yup, very odd

[jamesb]

Is there anything particularly odd about your machine? Is it in a seperate OU, set to ignore inheritance of group policies or anything similar?

[DrPerceptron]

I would enable visible logon scripts

 

User > Admin Templates > System > Scripts

 

see what the script has to say about it.

 

I am having a similar issue when using Cisco VPN Client, I can connect and ping everything manually, but as soon as I ask a script to do it, it just provides me with Error 53 - Network path not found. Haven't found a fix but it is only effecting one laptop.

[strawberry]

how are you calling the script? does it work if you run it manually?

[IanT]

Got it working now!

 

thanks guys!