VBScript

[Hoober]

All,

I'm looking for some sort of scripting language that will allow the creation of a user account within Windows 2000 via a script. Specifically, I need something that will add a user to the admin group in Windows 2000 via a script.

Any ideas, links, thoughts?

Thanks.

 

[Descartes]

You can use ADSI with VBScript. This is the first link that I came up with. I've used it a few years back to do what you're asking. That should get you started...

 

[Hoober]

Thanks for the link. It looks like that is just for Active Directory, though. I'm looking to add a user on a local machine after it has been imaged and I don't want to put the account in the image.

 

[jonmullen]

can you not do it with a batch file?

 

[gdtaylor]

Try this script from the TechNet Script Center

 

[Descartes]

You can use ADSI from NT4, as the article suggests. That's primarily where I used it back in '98 or so as a web interface to the domain's user manager. It worked well.

Note that gdtaylor's example uses ADSI as well.

 

[Hoober]

Thanks!

That should work great.

 

[BigLinc]

Been awhile since last post, but I figured I'll throw this in anyway.

The DOS command 'net localgroup' (do the /? for switches) can do the job as well, it's pretty simplistic and works well in a batch file.