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tazz, I have found that the wallpaper is never usually saved when creating mandatory profiles from my experience, what you could do is create a bitmap of the plain blue background and copy it to the server, then in Group Policy under User Configuration>Desktop turn on Active Desktop and then use the Active Desktop Wallpaper setting in the same folder and put in the full UNC path of the plain blue wallpaper and it will be set, make sure the user has read permissions on the folder the share with the wallpaper. You will end up with that horrible blue around icon labels on the desktop but it will enforce your chosen walppaper and prevent if from being changed

Sorry worded that badly, there is no other real way to achieve this with group policy, so you'll have to set up mandatory profiles for users, with this button removed. Then from the Internet Explorer group policy, enable the policies to remove toolbar customizations and toolbar button customizations, this will prevent the user bringing back the button in Windows Explorer. Hope thats clear

Are there group policy templates that will allow me to control VIsta (and all of its new features) under Windows Server 2003 R2. Have trouble atm as Server 03 isn;t supporting .admx files. Cheers

Are there group policy templates that will allow me to control VIsta (and all of its new features) under Windows Server 2003 R2. Have trouble atm as Server 03 isn;t supporting .admx files. Cheers

I have tried using the group policy to modify the contents of the MY Places pane on a open and save dialog box but it will not apply properly. I want Recent, My Doucments, and My Computer to show on the pane and when I type these into the group policy and fresh it, I logon as a student to find the three Places there but two links to system 32, which then changes to a link to My Computer. It appears that it is constantly trying to fill all 5 Places but I only want the three to show Windows Server 2003 R2 Windows XP Pro SP2 clients <a href= http://www.imagehosting.com/out.php/i1241966_QuickAccessPanel.JPG' alt='i1241966_QuickAccessPanel.JPG'> As you can see, a system32 folder has appeared that, when clicked, opens My Computer. I just wanted My Computer, My Documents, My Music and My Pictures, but Windows apparently wants to fill all the Places. Any ideas?

Not through group policy, the settings for Internet Explorers toolbar do not affect WIndows Explorer (as in the buttons shown) so you would have to make a mandatory profile for your users with that option removed, you could also use the "Disable toolbar customizations" and "Disable toolbar buttons customization" setting to prevent it being added by the user

OK WIll give that a go, still have the user that I made the template from on. Been that to that section of the registry lately to modify the contents of Folder Options, removing Show Hidden Files and Folders etc. I guess it should be something like: \\server\share\%USERNAME%\Favourites

Hmmm, then I'd need to tighten up my GPOs and stop documents, recently used programs etc from being saved and I liked the personalisation. I know I do at the network I use at school. I'm a student btw - setup a mini network at home. I did try the Favourites re-direction .adm template available on this site somewhere but It just made a folder in my GPO but no settings :s

Would that then distribute it to all users made, existing and new? Never thought of that, but am at school so can't get at my server now to try it out :x

Hi, I was wondering does anyone have a script which can help me on my vanilla Windows Server 2003 R2 Network. What I need is a script that will copy the files from a mandatory user profile to a set of folders (named after each user). In my setup each user has their own profile so Favourites, History etc. is carried around wherever they go. However it is bit of a chore manually copying and pasting the profile files for all the users, is there a script available that will do it for me. Also, when I create a user's home directory I then paste in a copy of My Music, My Pictures, My Settings (Application Data), and My Videos (all with appropiate icons) into each one to ensure they are made correctly, and would also need a script to paste those into each users folderHope this is clear, Thnx in advance

My problem stems from this one. I use the \\Server\Sharename\%USERNAME% to create the home folders, but is their anyway (quicker than manually copying and pasting) My Music, My Pictures and My Videos, as they only get made when the user first runs Media Player and Movie Maker, and the My Pictures folder isn't even given the proper icon. How could I make these folders be automatically made with appropiate icons aswell?

How does one do this? I would like to know please thnx Dont mean to steal his thread btw just a quick question.

I would like to restrict the toolbars that a user can use in Office 2003 and was wondering how to find the command ID's for the toolbars, I have used this resources http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/HA011402401033.aspx from Microsoft but it fails to tell how to find the ID's for actualy toolbars, and only for the commands available in the toolbar. Anyone else done this, and if how? thn

Yay!! I got it working with this: On Error Resume Next Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") Set WshNetwork = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Network") Set oPrinters = WshNetwork.EnumPrinterConnections Dim computerName computerName = LCase(WshNetwork.ComputerName) For i = 0 to oPrinters.Count - 1 Step 2 On Error Resume Next if Left(oPrinters.Item(i), 3) <> "lpt" And Left(oPrinters.Item(i), 3) <> "usb" then WshNetwork.RemovePrinterConnection oPrinters.Item(i+1), true, true else WScript.Echo "No network printers found" end if Next Select Case (Left(computerName, 5)) Case "eng01" WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\testserv\english-1" WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\testserv\english-2" WshNetwork.SetDefaultPrinter "\\testserv\english-1" Case "eng02" WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\testserv\english-1" WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\testserv\english-2" WshNetwork.SetDefaultPrinter "\\testserv\english-2" Case "mat01" WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\testserv\maths-1" WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\testserv\maths-2" WshNetwork.SetDefaultPrinter "\\testserv\maths-1" Case "mat02" WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\testserv\maths-1" WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\testserv\maths-2" WshNetwork.SetDefaultPrinter "\\testserv\maths-2" Case Else ' WScript.Echo "No default printers added" End Select Thnx to everyone who's helped and to Ric_ for writing this script:) Now, to finish off, I'd like to be able to nuke existing connections when a user logs off as opposed to on, so would I use this script as is, or would I need to add anything to it? For i = 0 to oPrinters.Count - 1 Step 2 On Error Resume Next if Left(oPrinters.Item(i), 3) <> "lpt" And Left(oPrinters.Item(i), 3) <> "usb" then WshNetwork.RemovePrinterConnection oPrinters.Item(i+1), true, true else WScript.Echo "No network printers found" end if Next

What do you mean by that? Me logging in to a client on a machine? If so then I have tried that

the naming convention for the computers is the first three letters from the department then the computer number, I dont have it all split for room number, the number (01)etc. just goes on for a department in whole, may it be the cause? And yes, its just to a bunch of XP clients, thanks for clearing that bit up

Right I have tried Rics scripts but am not getting any success, heres the score: Servername=testserv Printers=ENGLISH_1. ENGLISH_2, MATHS_1, MATHS_2 * They are attached to the server, not directly to the clients, they are shared. The clients are organised in OU's - english and maths, with the following names: eng01, eng02, mat01, mat02 My problem seems to arise with the first script, installing printer drivers: On Error Resume Next Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") Set WshNetwork = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Network") Set oPrinters = WshNetwork.EnumPrinterConnections For i = 0 to oPrinters.Count - 1 Step 2 On Error Resume Next if Left(oPrinters.Item(i), 3) <> "lpt" And Left(oPrinters.Item(i), 3) <> "usb" then WshNetwork.RemovePrinterConnection oPrinters.Item(i+1), true, true else WScript.Echo "No network printers found" end if Next Dim printServer printServer = "testserv" WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\"testserv"\ENGLISH_1" WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\"testserv"\ENGLISH_2" WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\"testserv"\MATHS_1" WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\"testserv"\MATHS_2" oPrinters = WshNetwork.EnumPrinterConnections For i = 0 to oPrinters.Count - 1 Step 2 On Error Resume Next if Left(oPrinters.Item(i), 3) <> "lpt" And Left(oPrinters.Item(i), 3) <> "usb" then WshNetwork.RemovePrinterConnection oPrinters.Item(i+1), true, true else WScript.Echo "No network printers found" end if Next This script used to run just after the user typed there name and Applyng Computer Configuration and Running Logon Scripts would show, but for some reason, this has stopped happening - the script is located in GMPC and is appleid to eng01, eng02..... The second os the user logon script which is run for all users using a STUDENT group I created and assigined eveyone to On Error Resume Next Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") Set WshNetwork = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Network") Set oPrinters = WshNetwork.EnumPrinterConnections Dim computerName computerName = LCase(WshNetwork.ComputerName) Dim printServer printServer = "testserv" Select Case (Left(computerName, 5)) Case "eng01" WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\"testserv"\ENGLISH_1" WshNetwork.SetDefaultPrinter "\\"testserv"\ENGLISH_2" objNetwork.SetDefaultPrinter "\\testserv\ENGLISH_1" Case "eng02" WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\"testserv"\ENGLISH_1" WshNetwork.SetDefaultPrinter "\\"testserv"\ENGLISH_2" objNetwork.SetDefaultPrinter "\\testserv\ENGLISH_1" Case "mat01" WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\"testserv"\MATHS_1" WshNetwork.SetDefaultPrinter "\\"testserv"\MATHS_2" objNetwork.SetDefaultPrinter "\\testserv\MATHS_1" Case "mat02" WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\"testserv"\MATHS_1" WshNetwork.SetDefaultPrinter "\\"testserv"\MATHS_2" objNetwork.SetDefaultPrinter "\\testserv\MATHS_1" Case Else ' WScript.Echo "No default printers added" End Select When using this script on its own I receive no errors from Windows so I assume there are no errors with, it, just the driver install one, and how can I get it to apply again, it just stopped seemingly for no reason. Sorry for the big post but wanted to give as much info as possible thnx

I'm not currently connected to any networks with my machine sorry, may I ask why though

I'm on Vista at the moment and under my profile name I see a NTUSER.DAT file, are you?

How could one go about doing that?

Yeah of that nature, nice find, that would be preferred

Anyone who has used a C2K network may now what I mean, unfortunately, I can't seem to find a picture of one as schools offat the moment, anyone contribute?

nice link SYSMAN_MK will try that out later, though I'd still prefer a new GUI for the users as one thingthey do is move the logon screen off screen by pulling it from its top corener, so just a blank screen is shown and I'd like to prevent that

Yes you can remove the "Shut Down" button but not the login under a dialup connection setting. Anyway I would like to give them a whole new UI for simplicity.

Is there any way in a vanilla Win2k3 server network to change the logon screen on client machines running XP Pro SP2? That is I assume third party software will necessary, has anyone else tried this and what do you recommend. Its mostly as I want rid of the "login under a dialup connection" and other options aswell that have no use to the clients. thnx