login scripting.

[Junior1544]

I was wondering if some one would be able to get me started in windows xp login scripting... An online tutorial would be fine to get me going and get a few more specific questions more suited for posting on here...

One this that I would like to be able to do, is change the users background on login. That doesn't have to be done in a login script, but that is one big thing I need done...

Thanks a bunch

--James

junior1544@jmjpc.net
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[bcastner]

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/scriptcenter/default.asp

 

[bcastner]

Method #1: Create a .reg file.

.REG files are run in the logon script using regedit /s <reg file>

The format of the file is
Windows Registry Editor 5.0
<blank line>
<key name>
&quot;<value name>&quot;=&quot;<value>&quot; a string value
&quot;<value name>&quot;=hex:<value> a binaryvalue
&quot;<value name>&quot;=dword:<value> a dword value

for your wallpaper example:

Windows Registry Editor 5.0
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop]
&quot;Wallpaper&quot;=&quot;wall paper path and filename&quot;
&quot;TileWallpaper&quot;=&quot;0&quot;

Method #2: Use .inf files.

The second method is to user a Windows 95 style .inf file. These are run using the command
rundll32 syssetup,SetupInfObjectInstallAction DefaultInstall 128 <inf file>

The format of the file is as follows
[Version]
Signature = &quot;$Chicago$&quot;
Provider=%Provider%
[Strings]
Provider=&quot;Your name&quot;
[DefaultInstall]
AddReg = AddReg
DelReg = DelReg
UpdateInis = UpdateInis
[AddReg]
[DelReg]
[UpdateInis]
Below are the keys to be used
HKCR HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
HKCU HKEY_CURRENT_USER
HKLM HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
HKU HKEY_USERS

The file below is an .inf file which performs the same as the .reg file described earlier

[Version]
Signature = &quot;$Chicago$&quot;
[DefaultInstall]
AddReg = AddReg
[AddReg]
HKU,&quot;.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop&quot;,&quot;Wallpaper&quot;,0000000000,&quot;your full filename for wallpaper&quot;
HKU,&quot;.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop&quot;,&quot;TileWallpaper&quot;,0000000000,&quot;1&quot;


If we named this my_background.inf, then the logon script would have the line:

rundll32 syssetup,SetupInfObjectInstallAction DefaultInstall 128 my_background.inf

Method #3: A pure Windows Scripting Host script.

This would be entered into a file my_background.vbs, and the logon script would have the line:
cscript my_background.vbs

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject(&quot;Wscript.Shell&quot
WshShell.RegWrite &quot;HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\Wallpaper&quot;,
&quot;your full path and filename of wallpaper here&quot;
WshShell.Run _
&quot;%windir%\System32\RUNDLL32.EXE user32.dll,UpdatePerUserSystemParameters&quot;, _
1, False