Re: Client Access for Win95 -- MIDRANGE-L

Tom McArthur wrote:
> 
> Using Client Access for Win95, is there a way to execute
> (automatically, at the time the connection is made) a batch file that
> lives in a Shared Folder?
> 
> As a PC administrator, using the old PC Support, I was able to use
> the Shared Folders (I: Drive) as a network drive and a pseudo-backup
> medium.
> 
> Since every PC executed STARTPCS.BAT, it was easy to add a CALL to a
> generic batch file that lived on the I: Drive. This batch file backed
> up their system files (INIs, CONFIG.SYS, etc.) once a day; it also
> allowed me to do remote installs, updates, file copies, etc.
> 
> If a remote user had a problem w/ a Lotus spreadsheet or a
> WordPerfect document, I could edit the generic batch file to copy the
> file from their hard drive to the I: Drive. I could then open the
> file myself, and walk them through their problem/question.
> 
> If they had a problem w/ Windoze, I could look at the backup of their
> configuration files to understand their setup, or even to see the
> problem right away by looking at their backed up CONFIG.SYS &
> AUTOEXEC.BAT files.
> 
> The beauty of this was that everything was maintainable here at the
> corporate location. They couldn't remove the CALL to the generic
> batch file because a master copy of STARTPCS was maintained on the I:
> Drive. I could modify/tweak the process easily because the batch file
> lived on the I: Drive.
> 
> Is there any way to do this?

Tom - I know there are other ways to do this (that I haven't needed to
use so haven't researched) - but Policy Serving may do the trick.
Came across this piece in Info Apar II09493  (SNDPTFORD II09493).
(Of course, it requires Novell or NT Server for this - but that may be
OK for what you're doing).


  Policy file serving may delete required registry entries
  ________________________________________________________
 
  If you use Windows 95 Policy Serving from a Windows NT or
  Novell server you may you need to review your policies.  If
  enabled, policy management is run automatically each time you
  start your Windows 95 PC.  If a change is found it is
  down loaded to your personal computer.  This may include
  updating the registry with new settings that delete the entries
  necessary to run network drives.  Network drives will not work
  if required registry entries are deleted.  You must reinstall
  client access to restore the registry.
 
  To determine if your PC is under policy management
  check with your LAN administrator or search for a *.pol
  file in the Netlogon directory of NT or public directory
  of Netware.
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