Mastering Windows Group Policy

Logon and logoff scripts – running scripts at the user level

Logon and Logoff scripts are basically the same as the Startup and Shutdown scripts, which we already discussed. The big difference is that Startup/Shutdown are computer-level policies, and perform during the operating system startup and shutdown procedures. Logon/Logoff scripts, on the other hand, are user-based policies and these scripts run when the users are logging in or logging off. The days of shutting down computers on a regular basis have gone by the wayside, so most of the time when implementing scripts that you want to run during each user session, it is smarter to implement a Logon policy than it is to configure a Startup policy. Logon and Logoff scripts will be able ...