Help With Logon Scripts

[Chusan]

I'm creating a logon script using Active Directory Users and Computers under Group Policy and I was wondering if there is a way to pause the script for a specified amount of time.

Also, I'm new to logon scripts and I was wondering what scripting language I should we using (vbscipt, jscript?).

Thanks

 

[bcastner]

DOS/CMD scripting. You can use the Windows Scripting Host if you want to do something more elaborate.

KIX is worth a look as well. google for it.

For a delay there are fancy ways, but a lot of people just ping the loopback address with redirection to nul"

ping -n 10 127.0.0.1 >nul

(Adjust the "n" value to set the time of the delay. Each value is worth approx. 1 second.

 

[Chusan]

Thanks for the help.

We are currently using KIX as well but I'm trying get away from KIX (old school when compared to AD/Group Policies).

I'll give that loopback method a try.

 

[Kaine]

If you use VB Script you can use the sleep.

I use VBS for all my scripting.

WScript.Sleep 10000

 

[STEWARTH]

CMD - theres a sleep.exe kist in the resource kit.

 

[Chusan]

Thanks for the help. I'll have to brush up on my VBS. Do you know any good VBScript web sites?