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Need help with a Scheduled Task problem. Change PC name... - 12/13/2007 9:22:48 PM   
  midi25

 

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Status: offline 		Hi is there a way how I can change the pc name that a Scheduled task runs under?

eg. I have imaged 20 pcs at work and the scheduled task on every cloned PC is using the computer account name of the master pc. So it never runs on the other machines.  

I need a script that will read the pc name on every machines and change the pcnanme/account that the Scheduled Task runs under.

Or I need a script that will read the pc name and create a Scheduled Task that runs under a specified local user account.
I found something on MS Tech Net, but I dont fully understand how it works.

eg:

strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
   & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")

Set objNewJob = objWMIService.Get("Win32_ScheduledJob")

errJobCreated = objNewJob.Create _
   ("Notepad.exe", "********123000.000000-420", _
       True , 1 OR 4 OR 16, , , JobID)
Wscript.Echo errJobCreated

Can someone please help.

Thanks
 
 
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RE: Need help with a Scheduled Task problem. Change PC ... - 12/13/2007 11:35:51 PM   
  Meg


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Status: offline 		Do you use sysprep on the images first? if not that may help.

Your script will set a scheduled task on the computer it is run on, change the line strComputer = "." to strComputer = "pc002" to set the scheduled task on pc002.
According to microsoft, if you set a task this way you can not edit it later with the GUI.

You can also run c:\windows\system32\Schtasks.exe with the necessessary switches to set a scheduled task.
Example in my last script - task monitor

strCSV = "outputfile.csv"
strCMD="cmd /c c:\windows\system32\Schtasks.exe /S " & strComputer & " /query /fo csv /NH /v > " & strCSV
objShell.Run strCmd,0,True

This snipit will Query computer for scheduled task information, change the switches to actually set a task

Good luck.

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RE: Need help with a Scheduled Task problem. Change PC ... - 12/14/2007 12:26:05 AM   
  midi25

 

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Status: offline 		Thanks

But I have over 20 machines that all need changing.

I just need a script that creates a task and runs under the local admin account.

eg:

Create scheduled task that runs every 30mins and runs under the local admin account.

Thanks  

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