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PhilBon · Aug 26th, 2006, 8:03 AM

I was wondering if anyone has ever worked with creating Group Policy Objects Through Command Line. I current am in a position where every 3 months we have to add about 150 new users to our Active Directory Database. We've had to enter them in all by hand using the AD Users and Computers Snap in which is a pain after about 3 users. I've found a way to prevent that by using DSADD, DSMOD, etc. But Now i'm stuck on creating GPO for each Organizational Unit. Each user has to have their My Documents Redirected to a location that is based on their programming experience. Every 50 users belong to a different OU for example New programmers, Novice Programmers, and Expert Programmers and each one have a different file location c:\new\username, c:\nov\username and c:\expert\username. They also have to have their own special logon script like the new programmers will have a welcome program that will help them learn about programming while the Expert Programmers have a calendar and journal of what they did that day and the days before to keep track of work. I've searched the internet for about an hour and all I can find is how to use an interface rather than a command line. Any help would be great. If you have any code or little notes that you don't know if they work then I'll try them out. I'll try just about anything. Thanks

Info: Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2000 (outdated I know)

Aug 26th, 2006, 8:03 AM	#1
PhilBon Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 172 Rep Power: 3	Wothing with Group Policy Objects through Command Line I was wondering if anyone has ever worked with creating Group Policy Objects Through Command Line. I current am in a position where every 3 months we have to add about 150 new users to our Active Directory Database. We've had to enter them in all by hand using the AD Users and Computers Snap in which is a pain after about 3 users. I've found a way to prevent that by using DSADD, DSMOD, etc. But Now i'm stuck on creating GPO for each Organizational Unit. Each user has to have their My Documents Redirected to a location that is based on their programming experience. Every 50 users belong to a different OU for example New programmers, Novice Programmers, and Expert Programmers and each one have a different file location c:\new\username, c:\nov\username and c:\expert\username. They also have to have their own special logon script like the new programmers will have a welcome program that will help them learn about programming while the Expert Programmers have a calendar and journal of what they did that day and the days before to keep track of work. I've searched the internet for about an hour and all I can find is how to use an interface rather than a command line. Any help would be great. If you have any code or little notes that you don't know if they work then I'll try them out. I'll try just about anything. Thanks Info: Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2000 (outdated I know)