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is there anything i need to register at the server end? admin scripts in iis ?

BGINFO is great for this as well as displaying other stuff on users desktop. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Miscellaneous/BgInfo.mspx

ok done that ben still no joy ??

have doen some trial and error with the user (moved him out of the locked ou )and it still thows up the same error mesage that my passswords don't meet the complexity rules?

have tried del /q "%userprofile%\desktop\*.*" before the copy commands which works ok but its a bit messy (the users can see the old shortcuts getting replaced).

hi chaps i managed to get the batch file to work, but have a slight problem in so much as it rembers that the shortcuts are there for each log on? can i get to only put the shortcuts there whilst logged on and then have them deleted on log off?

okey dokey chrish thanks mate i think i'll stick with the bat files then.

is there any speed benefit that i can gain by converting my login batch files to vbs if so where can i get some good syntax examples for mapping drives, printers based on location etc. I have a fairly good grasp on batch file syntax but none at all on many other scripting launguages.

Hi ITwombat thanks for the input mate a.we deployed manually, so msi transforms a non-starter b. hadn't thought about doing it on machine start up? i use redirected desktops would this still work? (i need to try i suppose) c. Already thought of this one (checked the difference between installs, which is office and office11 this works well). thanks again.

Hi all we currently operate in mixed office mode so i want to try and create a script that will work out what version of office is installed on the pc and copy the correct office shortcuts to the desktop from a server share. At present i use redirected start menus, and desktops and just copy two sets of shortcuts (office 2000 & office 2003) and the users have to work out which is installed so far i have put a file on all the office 2000 machines called office2000 and created the following: if exist "c:\office2000 goto office2000" copy "\\servername\share\desktop2003\*.*" "%userprofile%\desktop\" :office2000 copy "\\servername\share\desktop2000\*.*" "%userprofile%\desktop\" :end But it copys them all over ? its late on a friday night and i'm missing something simple but what anyone? cheers as always in advance.

i agree with mark hidecalcs is brilliant for this

very locked down practically no access (no drive access, start menu, custom shell etc) is there anything in particular that this user will need access to in terms of being able to reset the passwords? i'll do some trial and error with the ou and user if you think thats whats causing the problem.

i created a user called passwordreset (added him to admin users after locking down the Ou i placed him in)

Ben just ran a quick group policy results check and the only password setings being applied are enforce password history enabled and set to three so can't work out why it won't reset the passwords?

Hi ben, ah so its my domain policy thats the problem ok gives me somewhere to look, i tried numbers 1 to 5 in the password settings and still got the same error, i would like ideally to have them given a standard default password (less room for error). This is a really good system by the way especially as i have managed to get the custom shell bit to work so its very well locked down now, is the admin page only available to admin users? where can i set that so its locked down so only i can get access? i have tested it access from some users and it denys access but i'm a bit paranoid...

Hi guys this app looks really great, although i'm having problems with an error that my passswords don't meet the complexity rules, ( i have put in Mixed numbers,lettes 30 characters long and all manner of things) i'm sure its something that i'm doing wrong any one shed any light? cheers as always in advance.

sessions just don't work for us don't ask why cos i'm not sure but it our domain controlers just seem to hold onto them so it gives false feedback.

robM yes that sort of helps and is almost the same as this script (except it writes to access) you still must face the same problem though how can you tell at any given time who is logged on where. for example " has anyone seen student1, yeah i say (having queryed my database for todays log on/log offs) he is sat at that machine in that room" or christ knows but hes not logged on anywhere..

deep breath.... wow ok then where was i oh thats right any one feel like helping me out with this database thing then?? all i want is to be able to set up some sort of query that will get all the info from this already existing very decent way of recording log on/log off etc, the problem that i'm faced with is that it natrually logs everyone that logs on but jsut keeps adding to the records so i need to search for todays records am i making any sense?

so what do we all think about the current situation about reids proposals for the home office then? a joke it was a joke i tell you. thanks all for the lively debate and info i'll pass it on to the student that asked...

Ah yes now i see ben its a fair point (which you make superbly well, now had i gone to college i would have spotted my generalisation first time around) Thanks for all your insights i'll tell them to try and get into plmbing then (via college)

"generalisation" of course it was how do i know what route you all took? is there a standard one ben?

Hi i guess most of you guys are like me and came in to the job through industry and gained qualifications like MCP A+ etc, a question i always get asked by our students who want to be an ICT technician/network manager is what courses they should do whilst at school and subsequently at college, has anyone come via the college route that can give some insight? thanks in advance.

whoah hang on did i miss something??rpc?security contexts? the logon recorder scripts and database provided work very well (fantastically well even) my problem is that i want to query the database so that i can ask it who is sat at what machine at any given time but i don't do access any body out there done anything with this?

oh ok i have this installed and working (i bought it dirt cheap years ago) so will look for this feature in there. i can't remember seeing a feature to limit the amount of users a user can mail at once but i guess i never really looked for that.