Win NT Server and Win95 Clients

[Wayne Sobers]

I have recently encountered a NT Server based network with windows 95 clients.
I know that using Win NT Workstation clients I could use the %USERNAME environment variable in a login script to customise user settings.
Is such a thing available using win 95? Should I even be looking at this as a method for customising user logins? Is there another way to do this???
I have used this method with Netware, which is the main reason that I am looking for a similar solution under NT. However if anyone has a better way I am open to suggestions!

Wayne

[Rod Trent]

You can do the same, but you will need to add a local environment variable in the Win95 autoexec.bat. Example: SET LNAME=<userloginname>

On 8/26/98 2:02:32 AM, Wayne Sobers wrote:
> I have recently encountered a NT Server based network with windows 95
> clients.
I know that using Win NT Workstation clients I could use the
> %USERNAME environment variable in a login script to customise user
> settings.
Is such a thing available using win 95? Should I even be looking
> at this as a method for customising user logins? Is there another way to do
> this???
I have used this method with Netware, which is the main reason
> that I am looking for a similar solution under NT. However if anyone has a
> better way I am open to suggestions!

Wayne

[Nico.Oosterwijk]

There is a utility called Kixtart, (created by Microsoft), that will do this and much more....
You can find it at Microsoft`s FTP server (or search for it on the Internet).


On 8/26/98 2:02:32 AM, Wayne Sobers wrote:
> I have recently encountered a NT Server based network with windows 95
> clients.
I know that using Win NT Workstation clients I could use the
> %USERNAME environment variable in a login script to customise user
> settings.
Is such a thing available using win 95? Should I even be looking
> at this as a method for customising user logins? Is there another way to do
> this???
I have used this method with Netware, which is the main reason
> that I am looking for a similar solution under NT. However if anyone has a
> better way I am open to suggestions!

Wayne