I have seen a similar problem before, in my case the script ran perfectly when I executed it manually but did not produce a result when executed through a GPO.
I did some investigation and learnt that it could be caused by the UAC settings on the system you are testing the policy. With UAC enabled any scripts that are run from a policy will execute, but under a different security context to the user. When UAC is enabled the logon/logoff scripts are executed by an Administrative user, the desktop then loads afterward as the user.
One suggestion to resolve the problem was to firstly apply this registry setting:
Ok, with your info. I'll try with GPO directly (my script only creates internet shortcuts in user desktop). Perhaps, the folllowing link is useful for other people:
DELL-David Y
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March 12th, 2013 13:00
Hi Carlos,
I have seen a similar problem before, in my case the script ran perfectly when I executed it manually but did not produce a result when executed through a GPO.
I did some investigation and learnt that it could be caused by the UAC settings on the system you are testing the policy. With UAC enabled any scripts that are run from a policy will execute, but under a different security context to the user. When UAC is enabled the logon/logoff scripts are executed by an Administrative user, the desktop then loads afterward as the user.
One suggestion to resolve the problem was to firstly apply this registry setting:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
EnableLinkedConnections =(dword)1
Google UAC and logon scripts and you will find further information and suggested workarounds.
I hope this helps
David
carlos.nova-iny
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March 12th, 2013 13:00
Ok, with your info. I'll try with GPO directly (my script only creates internet shortcuts in user desktop). Perhaps, the folllowing link is useful for other people:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/elevationpowertoys/archive/2010/05/25/uac-logon-scripts-and-the-launchapp-wsf-workaround.aspx
It's a "launcher" that detects UAC and in this case, set a task for execute in user environment.
Regards