Re: Login script does not execute unless user logs off and back in

From: Barry Koopersmith (bkoopersmith_at_NO_SPAMaarcorp.com)
Date: 03/11/04 

Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 13:01:07 -0800

The links you provided discuss making a change that directs the system to wait for the logon scripts to finish running before it starts the Windows Explorer interface program and creates the desktop. This is not a good solution for this environment because at the end of the login script, we run virus data and system updates that continue to run for 5 to 10 minutes after the Windows Desktop has been displayed. With that solution, the user would not be able to use the computer after login for about 10 minutes.

I checked a Windows XP computer and the "Always wait for the network at computer startup and logon" Group Policy option is listed but it is not listed in that same spot for a Windows 2000 workstation. Is there a way to enable "Always wait for the network at computer startup and logon" on a Windows 2000 computer? If not, what can I do to either fix this problem or determine why it is happening on only this one Windows 2000 computer (and a few months ago on only another Windows 2000) when all these Windows 2000 computers are the same make and model and were created from essentially the same ghost image?