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Network printer & drivemapping logon script

Asked by: ecszone

I want a vb script that runs something like this.
I understand "ingroup" is something used by a program called kix? SO i need the vb or whatever equivilent

I found lots of examples online but did not know how to modify it. I dont know anything about vb. Sometime si can hunt out what are changeable variables if its sepcified.. but I cant seem to get this working. I will basicly check AD group membership and if they have it, map the printer/drive. This shoudl be way easier than it is. I cant belive i couldnot find something like this that i could understand :( help greatly appreciated! Please make it clear what I need to change. (server name, group name etc)

If InGroup("Domain Users") then
Use m: "\\server\public"
EndIf
 
If InGroup("Domain Users") then
Use P: "\\vault\%username%.%userdomain""
EndIf
 
Set objNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
 
If InGroup("Shipping") then
objNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\server\Shipping"
EndIf

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Asked On: 2009-08-11 at 07:23:18ID24643205
Tags: visual basic scripting citrix windows networking
Topics: VB Script
,; Scripting Languages
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Comments: 12

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by: wiscomPosted on 2009-08-11 at 07:46:34ID: 25069677

Hi,

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by: selva_konguPosted on 2009-08-11 at 08:12:01ID: 25069966

;=============================================
;Map Network Drives
;=============================================

If InGroup("_Drive_S_Drive")
Use S: "\\SERVER\Data"
EndIf

If InGroup("_Drive_P_Drive")
Use P: "\\SERVER\Public"
EndIf

;=============================================
;Map Printers
;=============================================

If InGroup("_Printer_HP_M1522NF")
ADDPRINTERCONNECTION ("\\SERVER\HP Laserjet M1522NF")
EndIf

If InGroup("_Printer_HP_P2014N")
SHELL 'con2prt /cd "\\SERVER\HP Laserjet P2014N"'
EndIf

save the above code in connect.kix file and read the following guide

If InGroup("_Drive_S_Drive")
Use S: "\\SERVER\Data"
EndIf

\\SERVER\Data - is Share path

This means it will map the S:\drive if the user is part of the "_Drive_S_Drive" security group in Active Directory. This is helpful if you are wanting to map a network drive based on a user's security group membership. Therefore, if they are not part of that group, that drive doesn't get mapped for them. If they try to map it manually, it won't let them because you would have put security on that share.
*****************************************************************************
If InGroup("_Printer_HP_M1522NF")
ADDPRINTERCONNECTION ("\\SERVER\HP Laserjet M1522NF")
EndIf

This means it will map the printer (HP Laserjet M1522NF) if the user is part of the "_Printer_HP_M1522NF" security group in Active Directory. This is helpful if you are wanting to map a printer based on a user's security group membership. Therefore, if they are not part of that group, that printer doesn't get mapped for them. If they try to map it manually, it won't let them because they won't have the permissions to. You can also change the group to be "Domain Users" instead. Then add all printer shares to it. What that then means is everyone will automatically get all the printers in their organisation mapped for them during login.
*************************************************************.
If InGroup("_Printer_HP_P2014N")
SHELL 'con2prt /cd "\\SERVER\HP Laserjet P2014N"'
EndIf

This means it will set the HP Laserjet P2014N printer as the users default printer if the user is part of the "_Printer_HP_P2014N" security group in Active Directory. This calls on the con2prt executable to connect to that printer and set it as the users default printer. More information about the con2prt tool can be found here - con2prt.exe - Map, delete, and set default printer. This is helpful if you want to automatically set a user's default printer for them. It works well if you create this for all your printers and add users to their appropriate group. Then, if the user moves to a different location in the building and needs a different printer as their default, just add them to the other printer group.

The easiest way is in your normal login script, call on the kix file. The example kix file mentioned on page 1, I save as connect.kix. What I then do is create a login.bat batch file (or you can modify your existing login batch file) and in that file, include this one line:

%0\..\kix32 %0\..\connect.kix

The line above just calls on the KIX32.exe program (which also needs to be installed on the same location as the login.bat file, generally on the servers's NETLOGON share) to run the connect.kix file

you can down load the sample kix file and KIX32.exe and con2ptr.exe from following link

http://thisishelpful.com/plugins/p13_download_manager/getfile.php?categoryid=10&p13_sectionid=1&p13_fileid=5&p13_versionid=6

by: ecszonePosted on 2009-08-11 at 08:23:30ID: 25070113

Selva, I dont have kix. I dont even know what it is.
im looking for a simple method that does not require any additional software.
We dont use netlogon.. that was for windows NT4?? we use active directory. "sysvol".
I mean netlogon still exists but i use GPO to push out scripts.

by: ecszonePosted on 2009-08-11 at 08:27:40ID: 25070156

wiscom im not looking to spend alot of money to do this simple task.
i could do this on my own using a gpo for every group i want a script applied to. That waht Ill do if nobody can help me with this.

by: selva_konguPosted on 2009-08-11 at 08:33:51ID: 25070220

'==========================================================================
'
' NAME: LogonScript.vbs
'
' AUTHOR: Mark D. MacLachlan, The Spider's Parlor
' URL : http://www.thespidersparlor.com
' Copyright (c) 2003-2007
' DATE : 4/10/2003
'
' COMMENT: Enumerates current users' group memberships in given domain.
' Maps and disconnects drives and printers
'
'==========================================================================
ON ERROR RESUME NEXT

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

Set WSHShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set WSHNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
'Automatically grab the user's domain name
DomainString = Wshnetwork.UserDomain
'Find the Windows Directory
WinDir = WshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%WinDir%")

'Grab the user name
UserString = WSHNetwork.UserName
'Bind to the user object to get user name and check for group memberships later
Set UserObj = GetObject("WinNT://" & DomainString & "/" & UserString)

'Grab the computer name for use in add-on code later
strComputer = WSHNetwork.ComputerName

'Disconnect any drive mappings as needed.
WSHNetwork.RemoveNetworkDrive "F:", True, True

'Disconnect ALL mapped drives
Set clDrives = WshNetwork.EnumNetworkDrives
For i = 0 to clDrives.Count -1 Step 2
WSHNetwork.RemoveNetworkDrive clDrives.Item(i), True, True
Next

'Give the PC time to do the disconnect, wait 300 milliseconds
wscript.sleep 300

'Map drives needed by all
'Note the first command uses the user name as a variable to map to a user share.
'Note alternate mapping code in Add-In section that allows
'friendly renaming of drive mappings

WSHNetwork.MapNetworkDrive "H:", "\\server\users\" & UserString,True
WSHNetwork.MapNetworkDrive "U:", "\\server\users",True
WSHNetwork.MapNetworkDrive "X:", "\\server\executables",True
'Map a shared drive to a resource that requires separate username and password
WSHNetwork.MapNetworkDrive "Y:", "\\servername\share", "False", "username", "password"

'Now check for group memberships and map appropriate drives
'Note that this checks Global Groups and not domain local groups.
For Each GroupObj In UserObj.Groups
'Force upper case comparison of the group names, otherwise this is case sensitive.
Select Case UCase(GroupObj.Name)
'Check for group memberships and take needed action
'In this example below, ADMIN and WORKERB are groups.
'Note the use of all upper case letters as mentioned above.
'Note also that the groups must be Global Groups.
Case "ADMIN"
WSHNetwork.MapNetworkDrive "w:", "\\Server\Admin Stuff",True
Case "WORKERB"
WSHNetwork.MapNetworkDrive "w:", "\\Server\Shared Documents",True
'Below is an example of how to set the default printer
WSHNetwork.SetDefaultPrinter "\\ServerName\PrinterName"
End Select
Next

'Remove ALL old printers
'Enumerate all printers first, after that you can select the printers you want by performing some string checks
Set WSHPrinters = WSHNetwork.EnumPrinterConnections
For LOOP_COUNTER = 0 To WSHPrinters.Count - 1 Step 2
'To remove only networked printers use this If Statement
If Left(WSHPrinters.Item(LOOP_COUNTER +1),2) = "\\" Then
WSHNetwork.RemovePrinterConnection WSHPrinters.Item(LOOP_COUNTER +1),True,True
End If
'To remove all printers incuding LOCAL printers use this statement and comment out the If Statement above
'WSHNetwork.RemovePrinterConnection WSHPrinters.Item(LOOP_COUNTER +1),True,True
Next

'Remove a specific printer
WSHNetwork.RemovePrinterConnection "\\ServerOld\HP5si",True,True

'Install A Printer
WSHNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection \\Server\HP5si

'Clean Up Memory We Used
set UserObj = Nothing
set GroupObj = Nothing
set WSHNetwork = Nothing
set DomainString = Nothing
set WSHSHell = Nothing
Set WSHPrinters = Nothing

'Quit the Script
wscript.quit

OK, so now you have a bunch of nifty code. So what to do with it right?

OK, first copy the text and put it into notepad. Save the file as something useful like "loginscript.vbs" and use the quotes around the name as shown here. Using the quotes in notepad will prevent notepad from adding a TXT extension on the name.

OK, now you are ready to put the script on your server. If you started navigating to the Netlogon share forget it. Time to use GPOs!

Creating a new GPO in Windows 2000,2003 and 2008 is a bit different.

In Windows 2000, you want to right click your domain name in AD Users & Computers. Choose properties. Click the GPO tab.

Click New. Type Login Script. Click the Edit button.

Windows 2003 and 2008 users will want to open up the GPMC, Start, Administrative Tools, Group Policy Manangement Console (GPMC).

Right click your domain and choose Create and Link a GPO here. Type Login Script. Right click Login Script and choose Edit.

If you are using Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Server 2008 you will need to consider additional GPO settings to work with the enhanced security introduced by Vista. The following Microsoft Technet article discusses these changes and how to configure GPOs to allow drive mappings etc. to work. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsvista/aa940985.aspx
OK, moving on you want to maximize your performance, so if you are only going to use this GPO for the login script, right click Administrative Templates under either the Computer or User container. Click Add/Remove Template and remove ALL templates.

You won't need them and they only beef up the size of your GPO which slows down replication.

OK, now drill down in the User Configuration. Choose Windows Settings, Scripts, Login. Double click Login.
Click Show Files. Paste your script in this location.
Close the explorer window that you just pasted into. Click the browse button and select your script. You are now done.

By default your new GPO is applied to All Authenticated Users. You may wish to modify the security settings as needed in your environment.

by: ecszonePosted on 2009-08-11 at 08:33:58ID: 25070221

im actually taking a quick look at kix. i see from your link its free. i have not ruled this out yet.

by: ecszonePosted on 2009-08-11 at 08:35:59ID: 25070245

ok going to dig through this vbs and ill let you know how i make out! looks like it has some nice noob instructions at the bottom :D

by: selva_konguPosted on 2009-08-11 at 08:39:50ID: 25070300

For more details please refer the following link

http://www.tek-tips.com/faqs.cfm?fid=5798

by: ecszonePosted on 2009-08-11 at 15:55:21ID: 25074293

stuck.
assume servername =server user=bob domain=microsoft

my user drive path is similar to this path
\\server\users\bob.microsoft
i tried this
WSHNetwork.MapNetworkDrive "U:", "\\server\users\ & UserString & "." & DomainString",True
getting path not found.

via cmd i would accomplish this with \\server\users\%username%.%userdomain

by: ecszonePosted on 2009-08-11 at 16:16:35ID: 25074427

I also stole the code from map drives using group membership. can i do that/
it works as far as mapping printers. but it is not setting a default! :(

see below


'***********************Map Printers based on group************************************************
'Now check for group memberships and map appropriate drives
'Note that this checks Global Groups and not domain local groups.
For Each GroupObj In UserObj.Groups
'Force upper case comparison of the group names, otherwise this is case sensitive.
    Select Case UCase(GroupObj.Name)
   'Check for group memberships and take needed action
   'In this example below, ADMIN and WORKERB are groups.
   'Note the use of all upper case letters as mentioned above.
   'Note also that the groups must be Global Groups.
       Case "PRINTGROUP-SHIPPING"
           WSHNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\server\SHIPPING"
       Case "PRINTGROUP-SHIPPING"
	   WSHNetwork.SetDefaultPrinter "\\server\SHIPPING"

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by: selva_konguPosted on 2009-08-11 at 21:09:54ID: 25075701

First install the printer and then set the default printer
try this
Case "PRINTGROUP-SHIPPING"
WSHNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\server\SHIPPING"
WSHNetwork.SetDefaultPrinter "\\server\SHIPPING"

by: ecszonePosted on 2009-08-12 at 08:15:33ID: 25079590

That fixed the printer problem. did you see my question above that? about
about maping drive with the folder name being username.domainname?

if you dont know ill accept your answer and repost.

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