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 Robb Dunn wrote this modular VBS logon script that solves most small business needs easily. Robb Dunn wrote this modular VBS logon script that solves most small business needs easily.
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-http://ninp.snappages.com/blog/2010/03/03/332010-modular-logon-script-download 
  
 **Script**: http://community.spiceworks.com/scripts/show/299 **Script**: http://community.spiceworks.com/scripts/show/299
  
-**Howto**: http://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/show/1189+**Official Howto**: http://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/show/1189 
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 +**Server 2008 GPO**: https://www.petri.com/setting-up-logon-script-through-gpo-windows-server-2008
  
 :!: There is a **5 minute delay in logon script processing**.  Starting with Windows Server 2012 R2, there is a GPO that configures this delay.  http://www.itsupportkb.com/windows-2012r2/gpo-logon-script-not-running-windows-server-2012r2 :!: There is a **5 minute delay in logon script processing**.  Starting with Windows Server 2012 R2, there is a GPO that configures this delay.  http://www.itsupportkb.com/windows-2012r2/gpo-logon-script-not-running-windows-server-2012r2
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 +:!: If you are trying to **map a drive letter that is already mapped** to something else, you will want to **disconnect that previous mapping** so the new mapping will occur.
  
 <note warning>For some reason, using Group Policy to run the logon script does not work on RDS servers though it does seem to work properly on regular workstations. <note warning>For some reason, using Group Policy to run the logon script does not work on RDS servers though it does seem to work properly on regular workstations.
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     - **Windows NT method**     - **Windows NT method**
       - Create the logon script in ''C:\Windows\SYSVOL\sysvol\domain.local\scripts''       - Create the logon script in ''C:\Windows\SYSVOL\sysvol\domain.local\scripts''
-      - Name it ''logon.vbs''+      - Paste the contents of Robb's script and name it ''logon.vbs''
     - **Group Policy method**     - **Group Policy method**
       - **Start -> Run -> ''gpmc.msc''**       - **Start -> Run -> ''gpmc.msc''**
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   - Create two additional folders in the same directory called **'configs'** and **'includes'**.   - Create two additional folders in the same directory called **'configs'** and **'includes'**.
   - Create a configuration file in the **'configs'** folder named **'global.conf'**.   - Create a configuration file in the **'configs'** folder named **'global.conf'**.
-  - Using either the Windows NT method or the Group Policy method, call the login script specifying the config file as an argument: ''logon.vbs config:global.conf''+  - Using either the Windows NT method or the Group Policy method, modify users in ADUC to call the login script specifying the config file as an argument: ''logon.vbs config:global.conf''
     - Note the exact spelling     - Note the exact spelling
   - Use the detailed log files generated to troubleshoot and verify script execution.   - Use the detailed log files generated to troubleshoot and verify script execution.
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