Re: XP logon script drive map timing question

Yep, that's what we do here. Everyone's profile is stored on the server
then their mydocs and desktop folders are redirected to a share on a
Unix machine running Samba. We put DFS in front of that to allow us
some flexibility to move things around when needed. The best part is
that the download times for the profile are minimal since the two big
data folders are redirected.

Regarding login scripts, I'll second what Graham had to say on the
subject. Group policy allows you to assign scripts on Startup, shutdown,
logon and logoff. We also set permissions on the GPO by group to control
who gets which script. I've pasted a template script we use to take care
of drive mappings and network printer configs. It's a VBS script

On error resume next

Dim WSHShell, WSHNetwork, objDomain, DomainString, UserString, UserObj,
Path, Message, Title

Set WSHShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set WshNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")

'Remove old netowrk drives
WSHNetwork.RemoveNetworkDrive "g:",true, true
WshNetwork.RemoveNetworkDrive "h:",true, true
WshNetwork.RemoveNetworkDrive "p:",true, true
WshNetwork.RemoveNetworkDrive "w:",true, true
WshNetwork.RemoveNetworkDrive "s:",true, true

'remove old printers
'Set WSHPrinters = WSHNetwork.EnumPrinterConnections
'For LOOP_COUNTER = 0 To WSHPrinters.Count - 1 Step 2

'If Left(WSHPrinters.Item(LOOP_COUNTER +1),2) = "\\" Then
' WSHNetwork.RemovePrinterConnection WSHPrinters.Item(LOOP_COUNTER
+1),True,True
' End If

'Next

'add new drives
WSHNetwork.MapNetworkDrive "p:", "\\DFSNAME\shares\projects",True
WSHNetwork.MapNetworkDrive "g:", "\\DFSNAME\shares\groups",True
WSHNetwork.MapNetworkDrive "h:", "\\DFSNAME\homedir\homes",True
WSHNetwork.MapNetworkDrive "k:", "\\DFSNAME\shares\courses",True
WSHNetwork.MapNetworkDrive "w:", "\\DFSNAME\shares\www",True
WSHNetwork.MapNetworkDrive "s:", "\\DFSNAME\shares\softdist",True

'Add printers
WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\printserver\room210"
WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\printserver\room5"
WshNetwork.SetDefaultPrinter "\\printserver\room210"

Jack Burris wrote:
> While on the subject of Roaming Profiles and login scripts, and hoping
> to avoid re-inventing the wheel, has anyone else set up a computer lab
> environment where users can drop-in, login to the workstations and
> that would connect them to their profiles and data stored on the server?
>
> We're using Windows 2003 Server and I've already joined the Server to
> Campus A.D., and I know it's a matter of Group Policy for the Folder
> Redirection et al, but I guess I HAVE to use a login script to set up
> the shares/networked-drives? I guess I originally thought it could
> all be set via Group Policy.
>
> Also, anyone have a relevant login script they would want to share?
>
> Thanks,
> Jack Burris
> SSCL
> 3-3770
>
> Gary Lum wrote:
>> Do the roaming profiles need to go thru a mapped drive (i.e. h:\)?
>> Our roaming profiles are pointed to "\\servername\sharename\%username
>> " instead of using a mapped drive. Redirected folders are moved in
>> the same fashion. We also use DFS to add in some redundancy and
>> flexibility.It's worked rather well and haven't had any issues
>> related to downloaded roaming profiles
>>
>> Gary
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Dave Patterson wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Our XP clients currently login both to Novell Netware 6.5 & Windows
>>> 2003 domains. The clients have several important parts of their
>>> file system redirected to drives mapped to novell shares (my
>>> documents, profiles etc). I would like to migrate off of Novell in
>>> phases, so I am experimenting with mapping the redirected files to
>>> Windows 2003 file servers shares, but I am running into a timing
>>> problem. My AD logon script is mapping a drive to the new windows
>>> file server where several roaming profile items are stored, but 70%
>>> or so of the time the XP shell loads first and complains that the
>>> drive path is missing. When I look into the Windows Explorer, the
>>> drive map is there and available. Files added to the desktop show
>>> up in the redriected folder on the mapped drive and vice verse, but
>>> the files already there don't show on the desktop and error messages
>>> appear. 30% or so of the time, the drive letter manages to map
>>> before the OS goes looking for it.
>>>
>>> I'd like to compel the XP clients to wait for the drive mapping to
>>> finish before looking for the redirected desktop files etc. Any
>>> tips? Thank you in advance.
>>>
>>
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