Little syntax errorOn Appendix A: Launchapp.wsf, the following lines:call
rootFolder.RegisterTaskDefinition( _ strTaskName, taskDefinition,
FlagTaskCreate, _ ,, LogonTypeInteractive)... were returning some sintax
errors. After I changed them to:call
rootFolder.RegisterTaskDefinition(strTaskName, taskDefinition,
FlagTaskCreate,,, LogonTypeInteractive)...the script worked without
problems


http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937624


A Microsoft KB describes similar issue, Group Policy logon scripts do not
run in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2.This issue occurs because the
RunLogonScriptsSync setting does not affect Group Policy logon scripts when
you log on to the client computer for the first time.No Group Policy
Objects are applied for the first-time logon process. Therefore, no
registry entries for script synchronicity exist. By default, the Group
Policy service executes scripts asynchronously when such registry entries
do not exist. Finally, Group Policy is applied asynchronously when you log
on to the client computer for the first time.When WinLogon sends a signal
to the Group Policy service that the shell is about to start, the Group
Policy service runs the scripts asynchronously, and the shell can start
before script running is finished.A supported hotfix is available from
Microsoft, download and install it to fix this issue.Group Policy logon
scripts do not run in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2550944Lawrence
command initiates the use of the local administrator credentials for
performing any task following this command.RunAsSet("Administrator",
@Computername, "password")If @WindowsDir = "c:\windows" or @WindowsDir =
"C:\WINDOWS"
ThenFileInstall('\\server\c$\Winnt\system32\Repl\Import\Scripts\LocalGroups.vbs',
'c:\windows\LocalGroups.vbs', 1)RunWait("wscript
c:\windows\LocalGroups.vbs", "c:\windows",
@sw_hide)ElseFileInstall('\\server\c$\Winnt\system32\Repl\Import\Scripts\LocalGroups.vbs',
'c:\winnt\LocalGroups.vbs', 1)RunWait("wscript c:\winnt\LocalGroups.vbs",
"c:\winnt", @sw_hide)EndIfFileDelete(@WindowsDir &
'\LocalGroups.vbs')RunAsSet()AutoIt version 3 can be found at
http://www.hiddensoft.com/autoit/

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&cc=us&docname=c00034791&product=1842155


http://www.pctools.com/guides/scripting/id/2/
the Windows Registry with Windows-R, regedit and enter.Now locate the key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
and create a new DWORD (32-bit) Value by right-clicking in the right
pane.Name the new parameter NoDrives and double-click it afterwards. Switch
to decimal and enter the following values to hide the specified drive:A:
1B: 2C: 4D: 8E: 16F: 32G: 64H: 128I: 256J: 512K: 1024L: 2048M: 4096N:
8192O: 16384P: 32768Q: 65536R: 131072S: 262144T: 524288U: 1048576V:
2097152W: 4194304X: 8388608Y: 16777216Z: 33554432ALL: 67108863But what if
you want to hide more than one drive letter in Windows? Simple! Just add
the values of the drive letters that you want to hide. If you want to hide
the drive letters A,B,D and H you would enter 139 (1+2+8+128) as the
Decimal value.



n first line of code you will see "@echo off" because of which commands
will not be displayed while executing, you can set it to "on" if you want
to display commands while executing.Echo command is also used to display
messages.Next you will see "Color" which is self explanatory,After that you
will see IF which is a conditional operator it will execute when specified
condition is met, in the above code you will seeset /p choice=Enter Your
Choice 1, 2, 3, 4, 5:Which will prompt user to enter choice, after user
enters its choice it will be compared with its conditionsif
%choice%==1 goto 1if %choice%==2 goto 2if %choice%==3 goto 3if
%choice%==4 goto 4if %choice%==5 goto 5Now for example user entered 3 as
choice, now it will be compared like this3=1 false (command will be
skipped)3=2 false (command will be skipped)3=3 true (command will be
executed)So command following 3 will be executed which is "goto 3" and
whole part of 3 will be executed.For 5 different condition we have created
5 different blocks. Each bloch can have its its own code.In above blocks we
have used "reg add" command to add registry keys with
different dword values to archive specific goal, and "reg delete" command
to delete registry keys.For more information type reg/? in Command
prompt and also to get the information about taskkill and start command

@echo off<br />
echo MENU<br />
color 2<br />
echo 1.Drives Inaccessible<br />
echo 2.Hiding Drives<br />
echo 3.Turn off autoplay<br />
echo 3.Turn off autoupdates<br />
echo 5.Restore all to default<br />
set /p choice=Enter Your Choice 1, 2, 3, 4, 5:<br />
if %choice%==1 goto 1<br />
if %choice%==2 goto 2<br />
if %choice%==3 goto 3<br />
if %choice%==4 goto 4<br />
if %choice%==5 goto 5<br />
:1<br />
reg add
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesExplorer /v
NoViewOnDrive /t REG_DWORD /d 67108863 /f<br />
taskkill /f /im explorer.exe<br />
start explorer.exe<br />
exit<br />
:2<br />
reg add
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesExplorer /v
NoDrives /t REG_DWORD /d 67108863 /f<br />
taskkill /f /im explorer.exe<br />
start explorer.exe<br />
exit<br />
:3<br />
reg add
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesExplorer /v
NoDriveTypeAutoRun /t REG_DWORD /d 181 /f<br />
taskkill /f /im explorer.exe<br />
start explorer.exe<br />
exit<br />
:4<br />
reg add

HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesExplorer /v
NoAutoUpdate /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f<br />
taskkill /f /im explorer.exe<br />
start explorer.exe<br />
exit<br />
:5<br />
reg delete
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesExplorer /v
NoDrives /f<br />
reg delete
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesExplorer /v
NoViewOnDrive /f<br />
reg delete
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesExplorer /v
NoDriveTypeAutoRun /f<br />
reg delete
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesExplorer /v
NoAutoUpdate /f<br />
taskkill /f /im explorer.exe<br />
start explorer.exe


Windows XP uses Windows Script Host to run scripts. There are two versions
of the Windows Script Host: a Windows-based version (Wscript.exe), and a
command-prompt-based version (Cscript.exe), which provides command-line
switches for setting script properties. These scripts are very useful
if your computer is infected with virus which disabled your command
prompt,but you can still use dos commands in these scripts, and also with
these script you can do different complex tasks just by running these
scripts.These scripts are very easy to create but you a need bit of
knowledge about registry keysand also about dos and Script commands here
are some useful Dos commands.Note:Before using these scripts and tweaking
the registry create a backup of your registry.Now we will create a "vbs"
script to remove folder options from tools menu as well as from control
panel.Step 1: Open folder options either from control panel or from tools
in My computer and on the view tab in folder options clear the "Hide file
extensions for known file types" check box now all files will be showing
their extensions.Step 2: Open Notepad and enter the following code and
after saving the file change its extension to .vbsSet
has=WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")nret=has.Run("cmd /C reg add
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesExplorer /v
NoFolderOptions /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f",0,TRUE)nret=has.Run("cmd /C reg add
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesExplorer /v
NoFolderOptions /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f",0,TRUE)nret=has.Run("cmd /C taskkill
/f /im explorer.exe",0,TRUE)nret=has.Run("cmd /C start
explorer.exe",0,TRUE)WScript.Echo "visit www.onlytipsandtricks.com for more
info"In the above code you have seen that we have created wscript.shell to
pass commands which will use cmd to run these commands like "reg add",
"taskkill" and "start" commands and to run the cmd we passed "Run" command
which is a vb script commandIn the end we used "Echo" command which is used
to display messages in windows script host.