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I'd be curious in knowing the solution to this as well.

I'm running through a list of 166 machines and so far nearly a dozen seem to have issues running 'shutdown' via a scheduled task that runs as a different user. Code looks something like this ... Dim f_iRestartDelaySeconds, f_iRestartDelayMinutes f_iRestartDelaySeconds = 1800...

Sorry if I seem dense - I just wan't getting it. I now have a better understanding of what I was doing wrong. Thanks again strongm and Geates!

Objective: Notify user of system reboot in 30 minutes & 'schedule' reboot via `shutdown -t XX`. If the system is still up 30 minutes later, issue 'shutdown(6)' via: Win32_OperatingSystem History: I've got a scheduled task that runs as a different user (call it user X) with elevated privileges...

I had considered that but its not 'elegant'. I didn't want to have a collection of scripts like that floating around. Sad to know there isn't an option to do this :( Glad to know there isn't an option to do this :) Thanks again Geates

strongm - thanks for the reply & link. This is an excellent function indeed. But something isnt' behaving properly. For future ['scheduled'] deployments, I usually do something like: 'if (Today's Date is > Target Date) Then if (Now() > "2/13/2013") Then do whatever end if That tends to...

Ready fire aim! - shooting from the hip here. I'm not entirely sure I understand the process. I'm probably just being dense. Here's a function that returns true/false if the file is empty. Function FileEmpty(File_Path_Name) Const s_ForReading=1 Const s_ForWriting=2 Dim s_sFileName...

Just to confirm, after executing the takeown command wshShell.Run "TAKEOWN /F """ & objUser.profilePath & """ /R /D Y", 0, True Is your current user ID listed as the owner? [ol 1] Check the Properties of the folder Go to the Security tab Click Advanced Click the Owner tab Are you listed? [/ol]...

Outside of creating a chromeless window via HTABox, I'm curious to know if there's a way in vbscript to display a pop-up that doesn't stall the entire script. Both msgbox and popup stall the script until either a user intervenes, or, in the case of popup only, the timeout occurs.

You're correct - I missed a step when I was posting that - the CurDT one looks like the way to go. Function CurDT Dim s_oWMIService, s_colItems, s_oItem Dim s_sLocalDateTime, s_iLocalMonth, s_iLocalDay, s_iLocalYear Dim s_iLocalHour, s_iLocalMinute, s_iLocalSecond Dim s_MMDDYYYY...

Too soon for a bump or is that the solution, to use something like that curdt function?

In Short: Why doesn't RemoteShutdown work for a local user on a local workstation? Why must one use Shutdown instead? While testing a reboot function within a script as a user with local admin rights on the machine in question, I kept getting '-2147217310/80041062 Privilege not held' errors...

Ohh and one more thing, something I touched on before: The script runs at 2AM but we won't necessarily know the state of the machine. We won't know if its locked (not used), unlocked (actively used) or just sitting at the login screen. The script should execute under any of those circumstances.

Happy Monday to you Geates - I hope you had a pleasant weekend. Thanks also again for the reply. Hah yeah its not immediate - I wanted to give the user notice *just in case* - there's a 'shutdown -a' script they can execute in an emergency situation. :) I tried to add that as a fail safe in...

Thanks for the response Geates. As I mentioned before, the user has full local admin rights and more than enough AD rights. As for the 'start' in directory, the script resides in a directory on the local machine which the user has full access to. I forgot to add two things: I added a...