Is there a limitation on Group Poicy logon script

[ceez]

hello fellow msfn'ers!

I need to deploy 9 different font files to all our workstations and want to use a batch file. I created, tested, and works when running the batch file directly from my pc.

Created the GP as a login script under users, enforced, enabled and applied to the OU's.

Ran GPUpdate on our DC 2003 Enterprise.

Restarted (not log off/log on), but when I log in the fonts do not copy over. Our regular login scripts run but not the fonts one.

Is there any limitations on the amount of batch files/logon scripts that a server/client can run? Am I missing anything?

Thanks,

ceez

[nmX.Memnoch]

Set it as a Machine Startup Script instead of a User Logon Script. "Users" don't have write access to %SYSTEMROOT%\Fonts by default.

[ceez]

nmX.Memnoch, the users have local administrator rights to their machines. would that still make a difference? either way i'll try the computer login.

thanks,

ceez

btw, here's my simple script:

REM *** COPY FONTS TO ***

REM *** ALL WORKSTATIONS***

XCOPY \\BAMBBS00\COMMON\FONTS\*.* C:\WINDOWS\FONTS\ /C /Y

EXIT

update: does not work under computer configuration, yet when I go to the patch of the batch and run it, it works.

Edited April 13, 2006 by ceez

[nmX.Memnoch]

nmX.Memnoch, the users have local administrator rights to their machines.

Heh...

would that still make a difference?

No.

REM *** COPY FONTS TO ***

REM *** ALL WORKSTATIONS***

XCOPY \\BAMBBS00\COMMON\FONTS\*.* C:\WINDOWS\FONTS\ /C /Y

EXIT

What are the share and security permissions for the COMMON share? Have you made sure that users have access to both the share and the FONTS sub-directory?

[ceez]

nmX.Memnoch, I figured out the problem...

For some reason GPO's dont like xcopy. I changed it to the good ol' 'copy' command and it works perfectly. No need to assign any security rights to the fonts folder.

Thanks again for your help!

ceez