Samio866

Doesn't matter... as-long semi technical people can understand, input 2 or 3 characters, and the script handles the rest. I completed a little script earlier today so I'm off to test it.

How can I put that in a format where it prompts and we input the additional information?

I found what needs to be altered in the registry. HKEY_CURRENT_USER/SOFTWARE/PROGRAM/ID Type is REG_SZ Data contains regular characters..... I can edit the script to reflect the "program" and "id". Thanks in advance.

Hi Everyone, Haven't been to the forums for a while but I'm glad to be back. The forums looks to have change somewhat but I'm sure the people here are still friendly. Situation: After imaging the system with a ghost image... we don't know what the computer will be named until its tied to another bigger machine by the serial port... However, once that information is found, we have to manually rename the computer and join it to what-ever workgroup. Problem: Can or does someone have a script that asks what the new computer name will be and also modifies the registry to reflect a change in a program? I will give more details on what needs to be changed in the registry in a little bit... after finding out more information. For now, I want to learn to create/or have a script that we can use in the initial deployment once its coupled to some other thing. What should happen is that as we run this script or program.... it ask's - What do you want the computer name? We then type in "PC-100" - What do you want the registry key changed to? We then type in "100" - Thanks for the information, please reboot to take effect. We then press OK. Shouldn't be too hard... Once I've figured out what needs to be changed in the registry, I'll post back.

**EDIT** Thanks for clearing things up. Scenario :: "File" needs to be copy/paste on 20 different laptops. Solution 1 :: Join all the PC's to the domain, log all of them into a username (e.g "Dumbo101"), have the server do a script (Copy/paste script) when that specific user logs in. Solution 2 :: Create a startup.bat with the script lines in it, and log off of the laptop, and log back in and it should automatically do the copy and paste. Solution 3 :: Read/Write Access to all of the laptops, install nclip.exe, have the 20 ''destination folders'' set up in nclip, and have the source as the file, then execute and the file should be in all 20 laptops. Thanks very much, you've guys been a great help!

Ah, only when they LOG IN.... I suppose thats easy enough... create a dummy account named "A" and make the password "A". Heh, Thats okay, the tray file is updated every other week, so its good if they keep getting a fresh copy of the tray file from the server... I'll test it with Laptop 1 and see if the doctors like it... or not... in the case were we must update, we can force the laptops to shutdown and then have them relog.

The laptops are running Windows XP SP2... I'll take a look into what you posted for me, hopefully we'll be able to figure this out. What I would like is a solution to execute the script (that will take the master random.txt file and paste it in the C:\ALCAT of every laptop) at my sitdown office computer outside of the lab. Going in and out of the lab and touching the PC's may contaminate the delicate samples they have. I guess the sitdown doesn't make sense because I dont have permission's to all of the laptops, so I guess startup.bat and pulling from the source and pasting at the destination is a good solution. I guess the script would look like... @echo off copy \\csserver\\Doc Control\\MasterTray\\Tray.txt c:\Alcat exit Paste that in notepad. File > Save as > Startup.bat (All Files Selected) Insert it in all of the Lab computers (C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup) Restart and the file should be updated Giggidy! ...and that should work?

How does the Startup Batch work? If I can just turn off all laptops and turn them back on and they update... that will be great! Let me try to get into a little more detail below... Random.txt is updated by my computer as I put in more scientific formula's and information for the robo machines to read from. Location :: The Master Random.txt is located in \\server\documents\random.txt Needed Location :: C:\ALCAT\Random.txt How exactly could I Implement a scheduled task or etc? Perhaps redirect me to a sample URL of a how-to tutorial will be very helpful.

Windows Server 2003.

Greetings. Scenario :: Random.txt needs to be updated on 20 Lab computers which is seperate from our domain... (on their own workgroup because they run machines) How we used to do it :: Manually go to each computer and copy/paste Random.txt from the server. How we would like to do it :: Run a file that automatically does it and be very, very happy. Any Idea's? Live Long and Prosper, - Samuel

Hello, My name is Samuel. I'm a new IT Assistant, and I would love to share my information with the world and lets not forget the learning. Hopefully I can use this resource to better improve my self and help the community. We all love PC's don't we? Hey, MAC's need some love too... Incase your a Stalker, I live in Europe... if your not, I live in South Florida