Scheduling/Executing on all computers in domain?

[humbletech99]

Is there a way to schedule/execute a script on all computers in a 2003 active directory domain?

I know I can add a script to startup/shutdown via the gpo for the domain but I want to actually schedule a script to run on all computers while they are up. I just can't do this via startup/shutdown scripts since a lot of the machines will not reboot for a long time to come.

Since my group policies update fairly frequently and I know some settings can take effect immediately like firewall settings, it must be possible to get the gpo to distribute a job to be carried out by all machines or there must be some other tool or way of doing this.

 

[WhoKilledKenny]

Depends: What is the task you want to run?

 

[humbletech99]

well, either a batch or a python script. Basically anything that can be run from the command line.

 

[itsp1965]

Have you considered executing a batch file/vbscript when users login. This also can be performed via Group Policy. Hope this helps.

 

[humbletech99]

as I mentioned above I can't really go around and reboot everything so logon scripts aren't really an option here.

 

[WhoKilledKenny]

What do you want the .bat or python script to do?

The reason I ask, it because depending on what you want to accomplish you could create a VBScipt to remotely connect to all your PC's to accomplish the task... but, what is the task you want to accomplish?

 

[WhoKilledKenny]

If your answer is basically anything that you can do from a command prompt, that leaves your solution wide open. there are a lot of tasks you can complete remotely using command utilites and VBScript.

If you are unfamiliar with VBScripting, there is a forum that can answer some of your questions. forum239

As an Admin\Engineer I would highly recommend that you start using VBScripting and PowerShell to automate your admin tasks.