Logon script change

20 Mar 2009 11:58 PM

Candace

I have a group policy that includes a logon script. I need to add another
mapped drive to my logon script which is a .BAT file. I attempted to locate
and edit the appropriate .BAT file by doing the following in the Group Policy
MMC:

-->User Configuration
-->Windows Settings
-->Scripts (Logon/Logoff)
-->DOUBLE-CLICK Logon
-->in the Logon Properties, highlight the .BAT file (there is only one) and
click the SHOW FILES button
-->open the file in Notepad
-->added the mapping

However, the when users in the OU that this GPO applies to log on, they are
not getting the new drive mapping. Only the old drive mappings are workng.
Please help. Am I missing a step?

21 Mar 2009 1:35 AM

Ace Fekay [Microsoft Certified Trainer]

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"Candace" <Cand***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a group policy that includes a logon script. I need to add another
> mapped drive to my logon script which is a .BAT file. I attempted to
> locate
> and edit the appropriate .BAT file by doing the following in the Group
> Policy
> MMC:
>
> -->User Configuration
> -->Windows Settings
> -->Scripts (Logon/Logoff)
> -->DOUBLE-CLICK Logon
> -->in the Logon Properties, highlight the .BAT file (there is only one)
> and
> click the SHOW FILES button
> -->open the file in Notepad
> -->added the mapping
>
> However, the when users in the OU that this GPO applies to log on, they
> are
> not getting the new drive mapping. Only the old drive mappings are workng.
> Please help. Am I missing a step?

Where is the bat file physically located? In the GPO file itself, or
elsewhere?
When the user logged on, do you know which DC logged them in? Would it be on
a DC that the file changes have not replicated to yet?

Remember when you are editing a GPO, it is normally the PDC Emulator. If the
user's logon server is a different one and replication didn't complete, you
won't see an update yet.

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Ace

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Microsoft Certified Trainer
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22 Mar 2009 6:13 PM

Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]

Hello Candace,

When the file is stored in the GPO setting like you did, make sure the change
is repicated to all DC's, "repadmin /syncall" or replmon from the run line(GUI).

Also make sure the user has updated it's policy with "gpupdate /force" or
on 2000 "secedit /refreshpolicy user_policy /enforce". By default the GPO
refresh on client machines is 90 to 120 minutes.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> I have a group policy that includes a logon script. I need to add
> another mapped drive to my logon script which is a .BAT file. I
> attempted to locate and edit the appropriate .BAT file by doing the
> following in the Group Policy MMC:
>
> -->User Configuration
> -->Windows Settings
> -->Scripts (Logon/Logoff)
> -->DOUBLE-CLICK Logon
> -->in the Logon Properties, highlight the .BAT file (there is only
> one) and
> click the SHOW FILES button
> -->open the file in Notepad
> -->added the mapping
> However, the when users in the OU that this GPO applies to log on,
> they are not getting the new drive mapping. Only the old drive
> mappings are workng. Please help. Am I missing a step?
>

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