I have a Win2000 domain controller. I have a Group Policy that runs at logon for each user at the domain level. When the users logon to there client computer the script succesfully runs (I am just adding a network printer thats on the domain controller for the users to use). When i log onto the domain controller as administrator, the script brings up an error, here is the error: Error: The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect. here is the code in the .vbs file: 'Connect a network printer Option Explicit Dim strPrinterPath, WshNetwork strPrinterPath = "\\dc-svr\Epson1270" Set WshNetwork = createobject("WScript.Network") WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection(strPrinterPath) WScript.Quit The error is pointing to this line: WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection(strPrinterPath) why is this line causing a Windows Script Host error on the Domain Controller when I logon as administrator? Is it because the printer is already shared and installed on this Domain Controller?

Well, I could do a handful of trials on my home (non-AD'ed) PC, and a bit of research to find out exactly what is happening, and why, but I'm not at home. So instead, I'm just going to tell you to insert the following line just before the WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection(strPrinterPath) line: If WshNetwork.ComputerName = "DC-SVR" Then WScript.Quit Optionally, you could just add this as your second line: On Error Resume Next That won't fix your problem, but it will make the script be quiet.

I put that if.. else statement in and the error did not pop up on the domain controller called "dc-svr". that solved the pop up run time error, but do you know why it was happening on this computer and not on the client computers? When i put the name of the server in lower case "dc-svr" the if statement did not work,but once i put the name of the server in uppercase then the if statement worked, why uppercase over lowercase? strPrinterPath = "\\dc-svr\Epson1270" Set WshNetwork = createobject("WScript.Network") if WshNetwork.ComputerName = "DC-SVR" then WScript.Echo wshnetwork.ComputerName & " is equal" WScript.Quit else 'wscript.echo wshnetwork.computername WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection strPrinterPath end if WScript.Echo "Check the printers folder for : " & strPrinterPath WScript.Quit

do you know why it was happening on this computer and not on the client computers? No, I do not. I assume it has something to do with some limitation about connecting to your own network printer share, or some sort of naming conflict. uppercase over lowercase? Because the comparison is case sensitive, and the computer name is always uppercase. If you're worried about case sensitivity, you can either force the input to be a certain case (via UCase(str)/LCase(str)), or do something like If InStr(1, WshNetwork.ComputerName, "DC-SVR", 1) Then and that'll be case insensitive.

Just wanted to see if your reasoning on why the dc-svr was having the run time pop up error was the same reasoning as mine, and it was. yeah, I know all about that ucase( ), lcase( ) vb functions. thanks.