This week I have been playing with login scripts a lot. Although it can take some effort to learn how to create a good login script, it is worth it. Login scripts make it easy to configure your users' workstations and push out new settings whenever you feel like it.
Here are some of the things I am implementing in the login scripts I have written:
- Map drives based on group membership.
- Map printers based on computer name.
- Automatic Outlook profile creation.
- Patch installation.
- Registry changes.
There are some things that can be implemented with Group Policies that can also be in a login script. There are advantages to either method. In my last job, we had a huge Active Directory organization. Some of my control has was limited so it is a pain to get Group Policies implemented. I was able to use login scripts to accomplish much of the same thing.
Although I started programming the login scripts in regular old DOS batch files, I eventually switched to the more versatile VBScript. For examples of my login scripts, vist the main site at
http://www.theinfobox.com.
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