Microsoft KB Archive/258286

= How To Assign a Logon Script to a Profile for a Local User in Windows 2000 =

Article ID: 258286

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q258286



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 * Assigning a Logon Script to a User's Profile

For a Microsoft Windows XP version of this article, see 315245.



SUMMARY
This article describes how to assign a logon script to a profile for a local user's account on a Windows workstation or a Windows server. This logon script runs when the local user logs on locally to the computer. This logon script does not run when the user logs on to the domain.

NOTE: You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group in order to complete this procedure. If your computer is connected to a network, network policy settings may also prevent you from completing this procedure.

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Assigning a Logon Script to a User's Profile

 * 1) On the taskbar, click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
 * 2) Double-click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Computer Management.
 * 3) In the console tree, expand Local Users and Groups, and click Users.
 * 4) Click the user account that you want.
 * 5) Click Action, and then click Properties.
 * 6) Click the Profile tab, and then type the path and file name of the script in Logon script.
 * 7) Click Apply, and then click OK.