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Is there a way to find where the startup script is?
A while back, I asked my system folks to create a startup script to load my group's webpage using one security group name in the active directly.
Since then some people changed groups but they are getting this web page when they log on.
I tried to find out which security group they used on this startup script but my system folks can not find where this script is located.
Since I don't have the admin permission to poke around the server folders to look for this folder, how can I find this script?
Any advise will be greatly appreciated.
Since then some people changed groups but they are getting this web page when they log on.
I tried to find out which security group they used on this startup script but my system folks can not find where this script is located.
Since I don't have the admin permission to poke around the server folders to look for this folder, how can I find this script?
Any advise will be greatly appreciated.
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Logon and logoff scripts are defined through the Logon and Logoff policies in the User Configuration | Windows Settings | Scripts branch. As with startup and shutdown scripts, you can assign multiple scripts in each policy.
In addition to the above, since you are referring to your group's home page, could that be the default home webpage for your group? If that's that case, may be it's not loaded or configured by script, may be by a GPO as you can setup user's home page via a GPO. You can user GPMC to look at the Users OU or the OU where the user account is placed in and see what GPO is linked to. Hopefully the GPO name means something like webpage then you click on the settings, and look for Internet Exploerer Maintenance URLs.
Or there's 3rd party product your company used that may have leverage the Active Directory group to set default page? Usually done by web admin group or security group within IT...
Or there's 3rd party product your company used that may have leverage the Active Directory group to set default page? Usually done by web admin group or security group within IT...
Good to see you Americom...Happy New Year!!
Same here Mike, Happy New Year!
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Also, if you just need the path to the startup script, its here:
\\Domain name\SYSVOL\domain name\scripts\{GUID of GPO}\Machine\Scripts
Domain name here is your domain's name and GPO GUID can be found in GPMC or GPEDIT.MSC by going the GPO's properties. its a long series of characters like {0F8E2766-9937-4EE1-8067-B
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Arun.
\\Domain name\SYSVOL\domain name\scripts\{GUID of GPO}\Machine\Scripts
Domain name here is your domain's name and GPO GUID can be found in GPMC or GPEDIT.MSC by going the GPO's properties. its a long series of characters like {0F8E2766-9937-4EE1-8067-B
Regards,
Arun.
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I contacted my system maintenance/server folks who handles the Active Directory and login script and told me that they can't locate the script.
When I log on to my system, CMD window comes up and I see commands on the CMD window with something like start -D http://mywebpage.com.
I will suggest him what you have listed here.
THanks
When I log on to my system, CMD window comes up and I see commands on the CMD window with something like start -D http://mywebpage.com.
I will suggest him what you have listed here.
THanks
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-If that's that case, may be it's not loaded or configured by script, may be by a GPO as you can setup user's home page via a GPO. You can user GPMC to look at the Users OU or the OU where the user account is placed in and see what GPO is linked to. Hopefully the GPO name means something like webpage then you click on the settings, and look for Internet Exploerer Maintenance URLs.
Can you tell me again how this is done? How to find which security group was used?
You guys are right, the script was ran from
\Domain name\SYSVOL\domain name\policies\{GUID of GPO}\User\Scripts\logon
the script name was splashpage.cmd
rem Present group12
cmd start ....etc
For some reason my server system folks don't know how to find this group saying this is something they haven't configured.
Can you explain in detail how can I find which security it was used?
The guy I am trying to find is VP of my company. He got all mad complainting that the page is slowing his system.
Can you tell me again how this is done? How to find which security group was used?
You guys are right, the script was ran from
\Domain name\SYSVOL\domain name\policies\{GUID of GPO}\User\Scripts\logon
the script name was splashpage.cmd
rem Present group12
cmd start ....etc
For some reason my server system folks don't know how to find this group saying this is something they haven't configured.
Can you explain in detail how can I find which security it was used?
The guy I am trying to find is VP of my company. He got all mad complainting that the page is slowing his system.
according to your info above, it seems like from your script. Could you paste the complete script here?
If it's from your logon script, then ignore the GPO part.
If it's from your logon script, then ignore the GPO part.
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\Domain name\SYSVOL\domain name\policies\{GUID of GPO}\User\Scripts\logon
the script name was splashpage.cmd
rem Present group12
\\Domain name\SYSVOL\domain name\policies\{GUID of GPO}\User\Scripts\logon\sl
cmd /c start /b http://mygrouppage.com
That's it.
the script name was splashpage.cmd
rem Present group12
\\Domain name\SYSVOL\domain name\policies\{GUID of GPO}\User\Scripts\logon\sl
cmd /c start /b http://mygrouppage.com
That's it.
humm... that "rem" kind of taking out the Present group12 meaning everyone will run the "cmd /c start /b http://mygrouppage.com". If that is the page you are concerning, then the next thing is to find out why some users gets to load that page and some not. First you should take a look at which OU is the user account that gets to load the page is in. Then use GPMC to click on that OU and see what GPO is used to launch the script. The other way of launching the script without GPO is from the user account properties, but this configuration is per user. Wont hurt to check.
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