Scott-
You're on the right track. You definitely need to copy the script to
C:\WINDOWS\System32\GroupPolicy\Machine\Scripts\Startup (or refer to it
elsewhere) and then you need scripts.ini in the Scripts folder. But you also
need to ensure that the GPT.INI file in the c:\windows\system32\grouppolicy
folder has a version number that is greater than 0. Take a look at that file
and, if its zero, increment it by 1.
--
Darren Mar-Elia
MS-MVP-Windows Management
http://www.gpoguy.com
"Scott Felt" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> My scenario:
>
> I need to run a program or a script that will implement the startup
> and shutdown scripts functionality found in group policy (acutally, I
> just need to have scripts that will run on system startup and shutdown
> and I assume this is the best way to do that; correct me if there is
> an easier way, please). There is no Active Directory, so this is
> local group policy and it needs to be hands off--in other words,
> bringing up gpedit.msc and pointing and clicking around is not
> feasible.
>
> Things I have tried:
>
> I have experiemented with getting one system the way I want and then
> copying over various files in the %windows%\system32\grouppolicy
> directory tree to another system. I have not had much luck doing
> this. By moving over or overwriting the scripts.ini file I was able
> to "see" the script that I wanted to run, but they did not actually
> run at startup or shutdown. (I did have the script in place). I have
> tried moving a registry.pol file over, but I do not really know what
> is in that file, whether it has my changes or how it is "loaded" on
> the new system.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
>
> Scott Felt
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