Speaking of Suppressing Domain Logins...

[JBCurry]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Colby [mailto:kevinc at grainsystems.com]
> Sent: Friday, December 22, 2000 2:28 PM
>
> JBCurry wrote:
> >
> > 1. How can I determine TRUE:FALSE of whether a PCD exists on the network
> > 2. Can I determine this AND run a <filename>.reg before the domain login
> > dialogue pops up?
>
> Would it be possible to ping a known DC IP in the autoexec.bat and
> conditionally apply the registry patch?  This depends on:

That's one method I've considered, except how do I return a true or false
from a "ping" so that I may use it in an "If" statement from a DOS batch
file?  I think I may need a batch script parser more powerful than DOS.
Something like "WINBATCH", only for DOS.

>
>    a)  Can you know, in advance, the DC's IP?

Yes.

>    b)  Can you apply registry updates before Windows actually loads?

That's what I'm looking for - what commands can be executed before the
domain logon dialogue appears, and how can they be executed?

Thanks for your suggestions.
>
> 	- Kevin Colby
> 	  kevinc at grainsystems.com
>