Logon.bat query

[speckytecky]

Apologies in advance folks if the following question seems dreadfully naive to many of you. We have a Win2K server and Win XP Pro SP2 workstations the latter have been suffering slow log on over recent months, I suspect this is since the logon.bat file was altered to read:

 

#echo off

net use lpt2: \\wcs-server01\BrotherH /yes /************\***********

net use lpt3: \\its21\BrotherH /yes

net use m: \\wcs-server01\test /yes

net use S: \\wcs-server01\Shared /yes

 

I do want to define a default printer and alternative printer. The default is connected to the server so would be \\wcs-server01\Brother hl-5130 series

the alternate is a network attached printer and comes up as

\\wcs-server01\HP Officejet Pro K550 Series

 

I can see that clearly the net use lpt3: \\its21\brotherH is erroneous now as that workstation no longer has any printer connected.

 

I’m not sure why net use lpt2 & 3 appear, why is it 2 and 3 – the workstation I’m sending this message from has the brother coming up as lpt1 and the HP as a TCP/IP port which I have reserved at the server as **.***.**.***?

 

I’m also unsure what I’d need to write to get the correct printers listed in the file.

Edited September 3, 2008 by speckytecky

[Geoff]

I recommend Rics VBS printer script for setting up printers.

 

http://www.edugeek.net/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=404

[tarquel]

I know this isn't much help but have you tried using a kixtart script instead to map your printers on logon?

 

The managability makes it so easy to use...

 

If you would like, I could send you mine as an example, and then all you would need to do is call the kixtart script into the logon.bat like this:

 

\\yourlogonserver\NETLOGON\kix32.exe \\yourlogonserver\NETLOGON\theprinterscript.kix

 

While the scripting language can do all sorts, I only use it for printer driver installation and port assigning during logon.

 

http://www.kixtart.org

 

Commands like http://www.kixtart.org/index.asp?p=commandRef#_Toc146265719 are what you would need, but if it looks all to confusing, I can post up or PM you my script as an example.

 

Regards

Nath.

[speckytecky]

Crumbs, that all seems complicated and way beyond my current ability! Rick Charlton kindly built a vbs script which I currently use on individual workstations to change printers. Would I be right in thinking that if I have that vbs file in the Netlogon folder on the server and list it in the logon.bat file that it would run ok from there, if so what would I need to write in the logon.bat file to achieve this?

 

As to my existing logon.bat file would I be OK to just take the incorrect line out?