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Many thanks for the reply. I might need to post another thread but can you help to start with please? Is there a way to create a script that will also create a schedule task to run a batch file on shutdown? To give a full explanation...I need to copy a file (script) from the server to the client. The script will also need to create a schedule task to run the script on shutdown that has just been copied to the client.

I need a script to copy a file from the server to a client machine and next time it is run it will check to see if the file is present. If it has already copied then the script will check and not copy the file down again copy /Y "\\DomainController\Share$\File Location" "C:\\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\" This is what I have so far

Are you using cached login? I haven't looked at setting this up before so any additional information would be great.

Thanks for the advice. I will look at this as a last resort. I was hoping to come an alternative.

They do need to install printers and add the laptops to their home network.

Yes this is what we need to do.

We have a laptop scheme where students have their own school laptops and have a local and domain login. We need to restrict the logon to the local account when the student are in school. We have looked at changing proxy setting etc within the school but it is not just the internet we wish to stop them from accessing. We need to restrict their access to local account. There is a group policy under computer policies to only allow certain accounts to login, this restricts the student from logging in locally (as we only allow administrators, domain admins and other group to login) but we need this policy to be removed on shutdown. This is because they take the laptop home from school and need to login locally. So the policy get applied within the school's domain but not when they turn their machine on at home (as there is no way for the machine to access the domain) so does not apply the restriction. We have looked at a script to allow account access during certain times but we need to allow access during the holidays and this may not be manageable. This has become an urgent issue that needs to be solved. Many thanks for any help or advice.

How would I add the run as into the batch with an account with elevated privledges

Running as a batch file. I could add it to the login script that maps the network drives.

That works a treat. Having to use dual times and the 15:00-09:00 works. What is the best way to deploy? It needs evelated permissions to run on Windows 7 and Vista.

Steve Tested and works great. Looking to run this script when the user logs into their laptop. Assuming the GP would be a user configuration --> log on script on the machine? Or would this be on the user?

The command - Net User %USERNAME% /time:m-f,09:00-15:00 works, but sets 09:00-15:00 as the allowed login time...Is there a way to set this as the disallowed login time?

If I created the script Net User %USERNAME% /time:m-f,09:00-15:00 this could work. Think testing is in order!! I could create this as a login script and then a few days before a holiday I could run Net User %USERNAME% /time:all

The naming method is that their domain username is the same as their local username.

Thats great help Steve. Each local account has a different user name. How would this be scripted?

Yes. Restrict the local account. The local account needs to be restricted during school hours but avaliable during holiday periods and after school.

As a school we have a laptop scheme were students can purchase a laptop on a 3 year period. Students can login to these on the domain and their own restircted local accounts. Laptops are taken to and from school on a daily basis and used in lessons and at home. The laptops are connected to the schools wireless network. The laptops are running a range of OS from XP to Windows 7. How can we restrict laptops so they cannot login during specified hours of the days? This restriction will then need to be moved or changed when a holiday period starts.

Is there a way to monitor exchange for e-mails containing explicit messages being sent internally? Is there a way of accessing individual e-mail inboxes using the Management console of Exchange 2007?

We are using roaming profiles. We do not use GPO to redirect the start menu.

If you look at the attachment you will see that whenever a member of staff logs in they receive this Start Menu. The Start Menu contains incorrect Shortcuts. I do not know where I can change these Shortcut as I believe they are held in the profiles. Any ideas how I can change these shortcuts?

I have heard great things about Home Access Plus and am looking forward to seeing it up on our Windows Server 2008 R2 system. Is there any advice people can give? I am struggling with editing the web.config file.

Are you using Home Access Plus?

Are you using Studywiz eLocker Mapping? I have seen on the Studywiz website that this is an extra.

We are running a server 2008 R2 file server which stores all user data. We do not use sharepoint, we use Studywiz for our VLE. We are looking to make it possible for students to access their files and folders from home, but not via Remote Desktop. What solution are you using?