Hi I've windows 2003 server and it has a login script tht runs on xp client machine when xp log on to network and wht this script does it map few network drives and do some proxy settings..but sometimes some cliets (people) are impatient to wait till the scripts fully runs and ends now i would like to put a msg box in the script which will pop up and tell them to "Wait till the script loads" something like tht. How can i do tht.. Oh my logon script is a .bat file Thanks Keep Smiling

This might be a job for VBScript, as it has no window to close. Of course, you could always start your script with: shutdown -r -f -t 120 and end it with: shutdown -a That way, if they don't allow the script to finish, the PC will restart in 2 minutes from the start of the script. Two minutes is too short for a call to the helpdesk to go though, but it should be long enough for your script to run. Plus, you get to see who the sharper clients are by counting the reboots.

Group policy has a setting to run the script silently. seniornetman