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04/11/2006 5:59 AM  
Todd,
Its not a firewall matter, but thanks for the idea.
Lee and Nathan,
Thank you, I believe the snetcfg.exe will do the job. Will
investigate it further.
Joe
On 4/11/06, Nathan Casey wrote:
> here is the startup script using snetcfg.exe that I used successfully:
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> SetLocale "en-us" ' do not remove
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> If GetOsVersionNumber = 5.0 Then
> sSnetcfgPath = "\\sharepath\snetcfgw2k\snetcfg.exe"
> Elseif GetOsVersionNumber = 5.1 Then
> sSnetcfgPath = "\\sharepath\snetcfgwxp\snetcfg.exe"
> Else
> ' unsupported OS
> WScript.Quit
> End If
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> Set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
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> sUninstCmd = Chr(34) & sSnetcfgPath & Chr(34) & " -u MS_Server"
> oShell.Run sUninstCmd, 0, True
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> sInstCmd = Chr(34) & sSnetcfgPath & Chr(34) & " -l " _
> & "%windir%\Inf\NETSERV.INF -c s -i MS_Server"
> oShell.Run sInstCmd, 0, True
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> Function GetOsVersionNumber()
> ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
> ' Determines OS by reading reg val & comparing to known values
> ' OS version number returned as number of type double:
> ' Windows 2k: 5
> ' Windows XP: 5.1
> ' Windows Server 2003: 5.2
> ' Windows x: >5.2
> '
> ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
> Dim oShell, sOStype, sOSversion
> Set oShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
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> On Error Resume Next
> sOStype = oShell.RegRead(_
> "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ProductOptions\ProductType")
> If Err.Number0 Then
> ' Hex(Err.Number)="80070002"
> ' - Could not find this key, OS must be Win9x
> Err.Clear
>
> sOStype = oShell.RegRead(_
> "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows" & _
> "\CurrentVersion\VersionNumber")
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> Select Case sOStype
> Case "4.00.950"
> sOSversion = 1 ' Windows 95A
> Case "4.00.1111"
> Dim sSubVersion
> sSubVersion = oShell.RegRead(_
> "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows" & _
> "\CurrentVersion\SubVersionNumber")
> Select Case sSubVersion
> Case " B"
> sOSversion = 1 ' Windows 95B
> Case " C"
> sOSversion = 1 ' Windows 95C
> Case Else
> sOSversion = 1 ' Unknown Windows 95
> End Select
> Case "4.03.1214"
> sOSversion = 1 ' Windows 95B
> Case "4.10.1998"
> sOSversion = 2 ' Windows 98
> Case "4.10.2222"
> sOSversion = 2 ' Windows 98SE
> Case "4.90.3000"
> sOSversion = 3 ' Windows Me
> Case Else
> sOSversion = 1 ' Unknown W9x/Me
> End Select
> Else ' OS is NT based
> sOSversion = oShell.RegRead(_
> "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\CurrentVersion")
> If Err.Number0 Then
> GetOsVersion = "Unknown NTx"
> ' Could not determine NT version
> Exit Function ' >>>
> End If
> End If
>
> ' Setting Locale to "en-us" to be indifferent to country settings.
> ' CDbl might err else
> SetLocale "en-us"
> GetOsVersionNumber = CDbl(sOSversion)
> End Function
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> >>> lee.gorder-FCBS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 4/11/2006 9:51:26 AM >>>
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> Maybe a GPO with a startup script using snetcfg.exe
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Lagreca [mailto:lagreca@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 9:36 AM
> To: ActiveDir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ActiveDir] Can GPO be used to enable File and Printer sharing?
>
> I am using ADMT v3 to migrate workstations from our old domain to the
> new one. One problem I have ran into is some workstations don't have
> file and printer sharing enabled, so the ADMT agent cannot be deployed
> to them.
>
> I'm looking for a way to ensure all workstations to be migrated have
> file and printer sharing enabled. Does anyone know of a way to do
> this with GPO?
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