problem with logoff script

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From: Rohit Kumar Mehta (rohitm_at_nospam.engr.uconn.edu)
Date: 03/01/04 

Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2004 08:23:48 -0500

Hello, I am trying to make a group of dual boot Windows 2000
Professional machines reboot after a user logs off of them. (We need
this for the dual boot setup).

The procedure I am trying to use is as follows:

1) Create an OU for the machines in the Active Directory, put the
machines in the OU.
2) Apply a GPO that OU. In the GPO under User Configuration=>Windows
Settings=>Scripts=>Logoff add a script.
3) Set the script to \\dc\netlogon\logoff.bat
4) Copy shutdown.exe from Windows Resource Kit to \\dc\netlogon

I am not sure why this does not work. If I run \\dc\netlogon\logoff.bat
from the commandline it works. And the computer reboots.

When I logoff the first time, I see an error message briefly and it
is difficult to read. This is my best approximation:
MOBYSYNC.EXE - Initialization failed (although after googling I think
this is MOBSYNC.EXE)
the dll failed to initialize because windows is shutting down

I also did another test where I started running logoff.bat (which calls
shutdown.exe). As it began the process of rebooting the system. I
clicked Start=>Logoff. The computer logged my user out, but never
rebooted. Is this a synchronization issue?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions/advice,

Rohit

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