Re: Login Scripts/Home Drives

No, I don't think that you can do that. But you can hardcode the
name of a specific DC in the path to the login script, something
like \\DC1\netlogon\my_script

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"=?Utf-8?B?U2NvdHQ=?=" <Scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on
11 maj 2005 in microsoft.public.win2000.termserv.clients:

> Thanks...I new there was a variable for that...but couldn't
> remember. I checked the event logs for both Active Directory
> issues/replication problems as well as DNS issues...but
> everything looks normal. Maybe by pinning down a specific
> controller with the variable...I can have a better chance of
> figuring out the problem. I know this sounds odd, but is there
> a way for me to make a specific user in Active Directory always
> use one specific domain controller for login...that way, I can
> create a test user and force it to use each of my controllers
> one at a time to see if I hit one that causes the problem?
>
> "Vera Noest [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Yes, you can check for the value of %LOGONSERVER%
>> And that was my first thought as well, maybe something is wrong
>> with the replication between your DCs? Have you checked the
>> EventLog?
>>
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>> Vera Noest
>> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
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>> "=?Utf-8?B?U2NvdHQ=?=" <Scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
>> on 11 maj 2005 in microsoft.public.win2000.termserv.clients:
>>
>> > I have a terminal server 2003 SP1 and oddly, randomly
>> > people's login scripts won't run AND at the same time, they
>> > won't get their home drive which is setup in Active
>> > Directory. If they log out and back in, they may/may not get
>> > them eventually. I can run the login script manually and
>> > everything connects. I've already set the group policy to
>> > make Windows wait for the network, which didn't help. Any
>> > suggestions? Also, I have 3 AD (Domain Controllers) is there
>> > a way to tell which one logged them in during their session
>> > to see if maybe it's one controller that is having a problem?
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