Re: Win32_scheduledjob, how to add user/pass to the job

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From: Gerry Hickman (gerry666uk_at_yahoo.co.uk)
Date: 01/27/05 

Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 23:59:24 +0000

Hi paisher,

> be local admin. When doing this by script, i'm able to
> join a workstation to a domain when i execute the script
> locally. I didn't manage to join a remote workstation to
> a domain.

I've had some success unjoining, renaming and re-joining Win2k computers
to domains and even putting them in OUs. Mainly using NetDom - calling
it from a within a WSH file.

If I wanted to do it overnight, I'd just shedule it for late evening and
enum a list of computers - one scheduled job running as whoever you like...

In XP, I believe there's even a "Join" method in WMI?

I think you have to first decide the priority, Win32_ScheduledJob, or
joining stuff to domains.

One issue with the above, is that you'd need to add a plain-text
password in the params list of your scheduled job. Not always a big deal
as long as you remember to delete/edit the job the next day, but you
need to think this over. 

-- 
Gerry Hickman (London UK)

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