Help, need a VBScript

[Clayton Sutton]

Hey everyone,

We are running a Windows 2003 domain and Win2k and Win2k3 workstations. I
need a vbscript to add a domain acct. to the LOCAL Admin acct. to ALL of our
workstations. Can anyone help by pointing me in the right direction where I
can download that type of script?


TIA,


Clayton

 

[RC]

configure a temp group policy at the domain level. make everyone log
off/on

 

[Clayton Sutton]

Hey RC,

Thanks for the reply. However, can you explain a little more? I know how
to do GPOs, I just need a little more info. from you.


Clayton

 

[Clayton Sutton]

Where would I do it at?


Clayton

Hey RC,

Thanks for the reply. However, can you explain a little more? I know how
to do GPOs, I just need a little more info. from you.


Clayton

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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Hey everyone,

We are running a Windows 2003 domain and Win2k and Win2k3
workstations. I need a vbscript to add a domain acct. to the LOCAL
Admin acct. to ALL of our workstations. Can anyone help by pointing
me in the right direction where I can download that type of script?


TIA,


Clayton

You can either use restricted groups (see
http://www.jsifaq.com/SF/Tips/Tip.aspx?id=5319 for some help)

....or you could use a computer startup script assigned via group policy -
such as a simple batch file using
net localgroup Administrators DOMAIN\user_or_group /add

 

[Paul Bergson [MVP-DS]]

You could use the restricted user group gpo setting

computer configuration \ windows settings \ restricted groups

group = your group to be made local admins
member of = BUILTIN\Administrators

http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Using-Restricted-Groups.html
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr...Ref/156780ef-eb36-4433-b3fe-1b1a15c18f6a.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...all/proddocs/en-us/sag_scerestrictgroups.mspx

There is absolutely nothing that has to be done on the client side.

Create the gpo in the ou where the Computers reside (NOT the users), go to
computer configuration/windows settings/security settings/restricted groups,
right click on restricted groups and select new group (For the local
computers, this group name should be - administrators) and key in the group
you want auto populated. Select add on the Members of this group and then
add the members you want populated.


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MVP - Directory Services
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[Florian Frommherz]

Howdie Clayton!

Where would I do it at?

I wrote an article about this:
http://www.frickelsoft.net/blog/?p=13

cheers,

Florian

 

[Paul Williams [MVP]]

There's a bunch of choices, as others have mentioned. Two are covered here:
-- http://www.msresource.net/content/view/45/47/


There's also CUSRMGR (resource kit I think).

 

[Clayton Sutton]

How about "except" servers? What if I only want to do this to Workstations?
That way I can just setup an acct. for our help desk that they could use to
log into workstations but NOT be able to log into my servers!


Clayton

 

[Paul Williams [MVP]]

No problem. Scope and/ or filter the GPO to only apply to computers.

Also consider modifying the logon locally right on the servers in question
as by default a user can logon to a member server interactively.

 

[Clayton Sutton]

Hey Paul,

How do you Scope/Filter the GPO?


Clayton

 

[Clayton Sutton]

I see in Group Policy Management Console if I edit the GPO I can click on
the "Scope" tab. I then see "Authenticated Users" under "Security
Filtering".

Now how do I filter it just to apply to my workstations and NOT my servers?
When I click the "Add..." button and change the "Object Types..." to
"Computers", I don't see an object just for "Workstations".



Clayton

 

[Ace Fekay [MVP]]

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I see in Group Policy Management Console if I edit the GPO I can
click on the "Scope" tab. I then see "Authenticated Users" under
"Security Filtering".

Now how do I filter it just to apply to my workstations and NOT my
servers? When I click the "Add..." button and change the "Object
Types..." to "Computers", I don't see an object just for
"Workstations".


Clayton

You can link the GPO to just the workstation/laptop OUs. Or deny/allow by
using a WMI filter in the GPO for operating system types.

--
Ace
Innovative IT Concepts, Inc (IITCI)
Willow Grove, PA

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Microsoft MVP - Directory Services
Microsoft Certified Trainer

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[Clayton Sutton]

Thanks Ace, but WMI can't filter out my Win2k systems.



Clayton

 

[Paul Williams [MVP]]

If you are within scope of a GPO, it applies to you. Without any additional
factors, such as no override, block inheritance or filtering, an object is
within scope if it is a childm grand-child, whatever, of a container that
has a GPO linked to it. Therefore, in the context I described, I was
referring to you linking the GPO to an OU that contains the necessary
workstations and not the servers.

The other option is filtering. If your workstations and servers are in the
same OU, or you are doing this at the site or domain level, you can add
servers to a group and deny that group the ability to apply the GPO.
-- http://www.msresource.net/content/view/15/47/


Note. Filtering is only applicable if the user or computer objects that are
members of the group that you have filtered are within scope. It is of no
consequence where the group in question resides, as GPOs do not apply to
groups.

If you consider scope out of the default context, then if things are
filtered or excluded because of a WMI filter (a WQL query) then these are
also scoped out. The term can be ambiguous under certain circumstances.

 

[Clayton Sutton]

Thanks everyone for your help, I think I have enough to get started!


Clayton