http://www.sapien.com/download.aspx?file=logonhta
Back in the old days (and well, many people these days, too!) we built batch files for our logon scripts that mapped network drives, printers and other resources. As technology grew and the subsequent needs changed, we set up more and more elaborate batch files to process our logons.Then came technologies like KIXStart, VBScript and Javascript (and AutoIT!), making it possible to do much more with a few lines of code. Granted, there is a bit of a learning curve when it comes to writing scripts in these languages, especially if all you are used to doing is writing in batch, but there's a lot to be said for the power of such languages.
So here's your chance to get into scripting: If you want to write your own logon scripts and also want to try to get into VBScript, download this tool from SAPIEN to help push you up and over that learning curve.
SAPIEN, famous for their PrimalScript editing tool, has created a great free HTA-based (HyperText Application) utility which allows you to build custom VBS-based logon scripts without requiring you to have any knowledge of the inner workings of VBS.
The tool can help you set up printer and drive connections, set up a logon banner, show password age, etc. You can also specify to establish connections based upon whether a user is a member of a certain group (this is very nice).One thing I noticed: When setting up printers in the generator, the tool will show only the printers you have mapped currently. I suggest building a script on a workstation that has all the printers installed if you truly want an "edit-free" experience. With that being said, SAPIEN also hosts www.scriptinganswers.com, which has a great set of forums if you need assistance. They also offer other free tools - on a side note, there used to be a HUGE assortment of community submitted scripts, but cannot find it at the moment.
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Microsoft has a tool kind of like this that uses WMI and creates VBS, javascript, Perl scripts by picking devices from a drop down. It can only read info and not set values, but it's useful as a system info tool. It's called scriptomatic 2.0. google it.
Yeah - I have used Scriptomatic fo years, but it isn't quite a starter set for logon scripts (although it can easily be integrated with them), but you are correct, it is an AWESOME tool.
Also see Helpomatic and Tweakomatic for Hypertext Application help and MS application/OS tweaks, respectively.
If you need more than just logon scripts I can recommend you to take a look at scriptlogic's desktop management solution called desktop authority at logonscriptreplacement.com
This solution can fully eliminate the use of handwritten scripts providing an intuitive gui interface for solving tasks that used to be commonly scripting like drive and printer mappings, software and patch deployment, outlook profiles configuration, power management settings and many more.
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