I'm trying to change what application is run for a specific user when they
login to the windows 2003 Server Console.

I'm familiar with

Root Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Entry: Shell
Data Type: REG_SZ


Though tat seems to be for Every user that logs in.

I'm looking for something similar to the way you specify an application for
a terminal User Session. We've tried to specify an App there, but it does
not start that application if they login to the console.

Thanks,
Scott<-

There is a Group Policy setting that will run a program at user logon under
"user configuration"/administrative templates/system logon. You could use an
OU with a GPO for that OU to have that policy applied to users only in that
OU. The problem would be however is that it would apply to the user no
matter what domain computer he logs onto. Something that might work is to
apply it to only the server in it's own OU with a GPO that has "loopback
processing" computer configuration enabled that will apply user
configuration for that OU/GPO to all user that logon to computers in that OU
in a replace or merge mode. To get it to apply to just that user try giving
the GPO "apply permissions" to just that user and the computer account. I am
not sure if that will work but easy enough to try. --- Steve

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/231287/EN-US/ -- info about loopback
processing

"Scott Townsend" <scott-i@.-N0-SPAMplease.enm.com> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I'm trying to change what application is run for a specific user when they
> login to the windows 2003 Server Console.
>
> I'm familiar with
>
> Root Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
> Key: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
> Entry: Shell
> Data Type: REG_SZ
>
>
> Though tat seems to be for Every user that logs in.
>
> I'm looking for something similar to the way you specify an application
> for a terminal User Session. We've tried to specify an App there, but it
> does not start that application if they login to the console.
>
> Thanks,
> Scott<-
>
>

Thank you for the info... Though the Server is a Standalone and not in an
AD.
The only think I've found thus far is replacing the USERINIT.EXE with a bat
file and if the user is one of the lucky ones, runthe App, if not run
USERINIT.EXE...

Its a kludge, but might just work...

Scott<

"Steven L Umbach" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%23nq%(E-Mail Removed)...
> There is a Group Policy setting that will run a program at user logon
> under "user configuration"/administrative templates/system logon. You
> could use an OU with a GPO for that OU to have that policy applied to
> users only in that OU. The problem would be however is that it would apply
> to the user no matter what domain computer he logs onto. Something that
> might work is to apply it to only the server in it's own OU with a GPO
> that has "loopback processing" computer configuration enabled that will
> apply user configuration for that OU/GPO to all user that logon to
> computers in that OU in a replace or merge mode. To get it to apply to
> just that user try giving the GPO "apply permissions" to just that user
> and the computer account. I am not sure if that will work but easy enough
> to try. --- Steve
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/231287/EN-US/ -- info about loopback
> processing
>
> "Scott Townsend" <scott-i@.-N0-SPAMplease.enm.com> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I'm trying to change what application is run for a specific user when
>> they login to the windows 2003 Server Console.
>>
>> I'm familiar with
>>
>> Root Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
>> Key: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
>> Entry: Shell
>> Data Type: REG_SZ
>>
>>
>> Though tat seems to be for Every user that logs in.
>>
>> I'm looking for something similar to the way you specify an application
>> for a terminal User Session. We've tried to specify an App there, but it
>> does not start that application if they login to the console.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Scott<-
>>
>>
>
>

OK. Sorry for the wrong turn. You also might want to post in the
setup_deployment newsgroup for more advice. --- Steve


"Scott Townsend" <scott-i@.-N0-SPAMplease.enm.com> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thank you for the info... Though the Server is a Standalone and not in an
> AD.
> The only think I've found thus far is replacing the USERINIT.EXE with a
> bat file and if the user is one of the lucky ones, runthe App, if not run
> USERINIT.EXE...
>
> Its a kludge, but might just work...
>
> Scott<
>
> "Steven L Umbach" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%23nq%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> There is a Group Policy setting that will run a program at user logon
>> under "user configuration"/administrative templates/system logon. You
>> could use an OU with a GPO for that OU to have that policy applied to
>> users only in that OU. The problem would be however is that it would
>> apply to the user no matter what domain computer he logs onto. Something
>> that might work is to apply it to only the server in it's own OU with a
>> GPO that has "loopback processing" computer configuration enabled that
>> will apply user configuration for that OU/GPO to all user that logon to
>> computers in that OU in a replace or merge mode. To get it to apply to
>> just that user try giving the GPO "apply permissions" to just that user
>> and the computer account. I am not sure if that will work but easy enough
>> to try. --- Steve
>>
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/231287/EN-US/ -- info about loopback
>> processing
>>
>> "Scott Townsend" <scott-i@.-N0-SPAMplease.enm.com> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> I'm trying to change what application is run for a specific user when
>>> they login to the windows 2003 Server Console.
>>>
>>> I'm familiar with
>>>
>>> Root Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
>>> Key: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
>>> Entry: Shell
>>> Data Type: REG_SZ
>>>
>>>
>>> Though tat seems to be for Every user that logs in.
>>>
>>> I'm looking for something similar to the way you specify an application
>>> for a terminal User Session. We've tried to specify an App there, but it
>>> does not start that application if they login to the console.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Scott<-
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>