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  1. topgun72

    How do to you make login script invisable to users?

    That worked! I think it was the run legacy logon scripts hidden that did the trick. Thanks Brandon
  2. topgun72

    How do to you make login script invisable to users?

    Thanks for the reply. I tried it and the batch file is still showing up in the tray.
  3. topgun72

    How do to you make login script invisable to users?

    Hi, I have a login script set up and running (a simple .bat file that has a one line execultable). I would like to make this invisable to users as right now it shows up in the task tray. Is there a way to hide it so users can't see this when they log in? Thanks, TG
  4. topgun72

    Printer Not found Error

    Hi, I have a user who brings her laptop home and gets a "printer not found error" when she fires up any Office 2003 app. She logs into her domain profile (cached). Of course she is getting this because she is not on a network or is logged into her DSL and the ports neccessary to connect to...
  5. topgun72

    SUS Fix for clients not downloading updates

    The URL scanner is installed on the SUS server not the workstations. Find the urlscan.ini file on the server and make the change I document above. Good luck!
  6. topgun72

    SUS Fix for clients not downloading updates

    I just wanted to share a fix I found with SUS not updating clients. I found that if you installed the URL scanner seperatly it will block .exe files by default. Since the updates are .exe files it prevents them from being downloaded. By going into the URL Scanner urlscan.ini file and removing...
  7. topgun72

    SUS error

    Hi all, I'm getting the following error in the event log when I start up the SUS service: Additional Data One or more errors occurred while loading the settings file 'C:\inetpub\wwwroot\autoupdate\dictionaries\settings.txt'. (Error 0x80070057: The parameter is incorrect.) Any ideas...
  8. topgun72

    It looks like SP4 has been released today

    We have had some errors with SP4 regarding with it increasing the registry size. See below: <Our dells have a promise PCI controller, it only leads to the latter that the update is making the registry file too large to be able to boot in conventional memory. Believe it or not, Wintel based...
  9. topgun72

    Tracking users who log on to AD

    Hello, Is there an easy way to report on users who have logged into AD at least once? Thanks! TG
  10. topgun72

    How I do I speed up AD Logon off the LAN?

    Thanks for your response. I see this setting in Win2k but not XP. Do you know the XP equivalent? Thansk again, TG
  11. topgun72

    How I do I speed up AD Logon off the LAN?

    We have laptop users that logon from home with their cached domain account. It is taking an extremly long time for the laptops to time out looking for the domain before logging in with their cached profile. Does anybody know how to speed this up? Thanks! TG
  12. topgun72

    Will DTS remove any data from source db in a transfer all config?

    Hi, I am planning to transfer all my data/tables, etc. using the DTS wizard from one SQL7 server to another SQL7 server. Does it just copy everything to the destination db, leaving the data untouched on the source db? Or does 'transferring' the data, tables, etc. mean that the data gets...
  13. topgun72

    How to make user local admin.

    Hi Lars, I don't know what that error is that you are getting. The password is necessary, although there may well be a way to hard code the password in the logon script itself but I wouldn't go that way. TG
  14. topgun72

    How to make user local admin.

    Here you go Lars, enjoy. The logon.bat script runs NET LOCALGROUP ADMINISTRATORS /ADD %USERNAME% runas /env /user:domain\admin &quot;\\dc\sysvol\domain.com\scripts\logon.bat&quot; TG
  15. topgun72

    How to make user local admin.

    I found out the solution to my own issue above.. you need to throw a /env switch in the 'runas' script. This puts it in the current user's context and not the admin's. Thank you Top Gun :) TG
  16. topgun72

    How to make user local admin.

    Here is my situation, if anyone can help that would be much appreciated: 1.) Joining people to a domain that now log into their local systems. 2.) Need their new domain account to be local admins on their system. Their account is to be the only local admin on their system other than the built...
  17. topgun72

    How to make user local admin.

    brontosaurus - I am trying to do the same here and tried you logon script but it fails with the &quot;insufficient rights&quot; message when I try to run it with a new user. Any ideas? Thanks.

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