Windows 7 / Networking

Configuring Settings with Scripts

It's also possible to configure many of the settings using scripts. You can configure the scripts to run for an individual user within a domain by modifying the properties of the user account.

As an example, imagine that someone within your company created a PowerShell script that can configure system settings for a Windows 7 computer. You are now asked to ensure it always runs when a user logs on. You could create a share on a server, place the script within the share, and then configure the user account.

For example, the Profile tab of a user Properties screen. The Logon Script text box will accept the UNC path of a script. The script is stored in the Scripts share on the FS1 server (\\FS1\Scripts) and is named Logon.ps1.

If you want the script to run for many users, you can use Group Policy. Group Policy allows you to run scripts when a computer starts up or shuts down and when a user logs on or logs off.

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In this tutorial:

  1. Managing Windows 7 in a Domain
  2. The Domain
  3. What is Wrong with Workgroups
  4. The Domain Concept
  5. Active Directory
  6. Domain Security
  7. Joining a Domain
  8. Windows 7 Offline Domain Join
  9. Browsing the Domain
  10. Searching the Domain
  11. Custom Searches
  12. Assigning Permissions to Domain Members
  13. The Double-Thick Security Trick
  14. Creating a Test Bed
  15. Creating a Domain
  16. Installing Windows Server 2008 on vPC
  17. Configuring a Windows Server 2008 Server
  18. Promoting a Server to a Domain Controller
  19. Joining Windows 7 to a Domain
  20. Authentication vs Authorization
  21. Authentication
  22. Authorization
  23. Built-in Groups
  24. Organizing Users with Groups
  25. Group Scope and Group Type
  26. Creating Users and Groups in a Domain
  27. Using HomeGroup with a Domain-Based Computer
  28. Identifying and Resolving Logon Issues
  29. Hardware vs. Network
  30. Using Cached Credentials
  31. Password Expiration
  32. Determining Logon Context
  33. Logon Hours Compliance
  34. Restricting Computer Access
  35. Time Synchronization
  36. Understanding User Profiles
  37. Standard Profiles
  38. Roaming Profiles
  39. Implementing Roaming Profiles
  40. Mandatory Profiles
  41. Super-Mandatory User Profiles
  42. Modifying the Default User Profile
  43. Configuring Settings with Scripts
  44. Anti-Malware Software
  45. Microsoft Windows 7 Defender
  46. Third-Party Anti-malware Software