Re: Local Policy and logoff scripts

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From: Darren Mar-Elia (dmanonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/08/04 

Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 11:37:48 -0800

Drew-
Since scripts policy is one of those that applies cumulatively rather than
"last writer wins", what I would do is delete the script from the local GPO
on all those machines. The easiest way to do that is to write a batch file
that can touch each machine and clear out the contents of
%windir%\system32\groupPolicy\User\Scripts\Logoff. You will still have a
reference to that logoff script in
C:\windows\system32\groupPolicy\User\Scripts\scripts.ini, but if the script
itself isn't found, it will just fail. I would say get rid of scripts.ini
too but if you have a logon script on that local GPO that is still needed,
then you would lose the reference to that by deleting scripts.ini. If you
don't, then just delete scripts.ini as well. 

-- 
Darren Mar-Elia
MS-MVP-Windows Server--Group Policy
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"Drew" <Drew@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:985A4463-2872-4438-A257-BE758C2C6F06@microsoft.com...
> Hello Microsoft, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> I have a logoff script which I would like to run on all machines within an
> OU using Group Policy Logoff Script. Before me, someone had gone around 
> and
> added the same logoff script to the local policy. Now if I add the script 
> to
> a GPO, the script runs twice. Once for the local Policy, then again with 
> the
> Domain GPO. How can I prevent the local script from running?

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