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Setting up a login script within Windows 2000 is very similar to Windows NT4, the only exception
being that Windows 2000 has a different netlogon directory. Here we will write the login script and
utilise a batch file (.bat extension) that is a standard ASCII text file. The batch file historically is the
standard file type for a login script. Windows 2000 now also supports alternative script file types such
as Visual Basic or JScripts.

8.  Open the Notepad program by clicking on Start, Programs, Accessories and then Notepad. If the

customer already has login scripts enabled this extra entry to configure the driver can be included
in their existing login script.

The entry above will communicate with the server called w2kserver, look in the netlogon share
(WinRoot\SYSVOL\sysvol\DOMAIN NAME\scripts)  and then merge the already exported
configured registry branch named configured507.reg (Refer to NIS Bulletin 043 Extracting Printer
Configuration by using the Windows Registry & Export Facility for instructions on how to obtain
this file).

9.  A more advanced login script may look like the example below. You can see what each part of the

batch file will do by reading the REM commands.

10.  Once the login script has been written, save it in the WinRoot\SYSVOL\sysvol\DOMAIN

NAME\scripts folder on the Windows 2000 server as shown below. This folder is the default
shared folder called the NETLOGON folder. Also make sure that the registry key that you
previously saved is copied in to this folder.