Startup script to copy files to System32 folder 2

[JPJeffery]

I want to be able to copy files to all the PCs in our network/2003 domain.

My approach is hardly revolutionary:

1.Create .bat file to (among other things) test for existence of screensaver.scr in and copy it across if absent
2.Test the .bat works
3.Create Computer Startup Script GPO to run the .bat file

But the copy doesn't work in that context...

I added an output redirect to the line to see what happened:

echo copy %Screensaver% c:\windows\system32>>%SystemDrive%\config.txt
copy %Screensaver% c:\windows\system32 >>%SystemDrive%\config.txt

Which gives me:

copy \\srv01\softdist$\Screensaver\Screensaver.scr c:\windows\system32
  0 file(s) copied.

That at least proves the variables are working.

If I then run the script manually, i.e. using the admin account logged on the windows on the same PC (actually PCs), the screensaver gets copied, which proves the paths the variables refer to exist.

Incidentally, there's another part of the script which copies sleep.exe to system32 and that also fails when run as a Startup script but not when run manually.

Why the H won't files copy to the system32 folder when running under the SYSTEM account at startup time? Other file copies in the script work from the same central location, albeit to the All-Users Desktop, rather than windows\system32.

The PCs are Windows XP SP3.

I'm finding this really puzzling and frustrating. We're having a black building test this weekend so I was aiming to take advantage of all the PCs being off to get the new screensaver deployed when they all get switched back on.

Wish we had Server 2008 DCs so I could use GPO Preferences instead...

I have tried uninstalling anti-virus on one of the PCs but that's not made a difference.

JJ
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[Turkbear]

Hi,
Could thios fact:

manually, i.e. using the admin account logged on the windows on the same PC

mean that the script needs to be run as the admin ( if that is possible)?





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[BadBigBen]

I agree Turkbear, in that the script most likely needs to be run as admin...

you may wish to take a look at Steele's RunAS...

Steel RunAs 1x

http://www.steelsonic.com/steelrunas.htm

Ben
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[JPJeffery]

Perhaps yes, but if it's running as a Startup script then it's running as SYSTEM which surely is much the same thing. Afterr all, that's the point of Startup scripts in contrast to Logon scripts (which run under the context of the current user).


JJ
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[BadBigBen]

then ask yourself this:

Does PCx SYSTEM have READ PERMISSION on the \\srv01\softdist$\Screensaver\ share?


if you are unsure, and this is only for a test, create a separate share and give EVERYONE access, then change the script to reflect that share as the %Screensaver% variable, and test again with it as the startup script...



Ben
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[JPJeffery]

Had already considered that but (as per my OP) other files from the same location copy OK. The security is set identically to the Screensaver as it is on the other source sub-folders.

JJ
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[BadBigBen]

OK, I missed that... sorry about that...

have you tried a two tiered approach?

1. copy said file to that location that seems to work...
2. then move it to the system32 folder...



Ben
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[JPJeffery]

It's worth a shot.


JJ
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