I recently began setting up logon scripts for our domain users. The primary purpose of this is to map network drives via "net use". However, most of my machines already have drives mapped perisitantly ...

In an Active Directory environment, you can create a logon script that can be applied to user accounts that automatically goes to work once a user logs in. Logon scripts can be used to assign tasks ...

I wrote a logon script that checks to see if a user has a file locally (an Excel add-in) and if not it should copy it from the server. If it is there the script checks to make sure it is the latest ...

I advise against it. But if you must use a logon script to authenticate, here's how to get it done with PowerShell. In my PowerShell training classes or at conferences I inevitably face the question ...

Use these scripts to assign printers to workstations. One of the most mysterious and confusing aspects of network administration has to be the use of Active Directory and Group Policy. But this ...

Even though Group Policy has taken us a long way since the days of NT4 and Windows 2000, and even though the combination of Vista and Longhorn promises much more, many shops still have to use log-on ...