# Shutdown script **URL:** \ **Category:** Chatting over the Back Fence\ **Created:** [January 25, 2013, 11:09pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/shutdown-script/23562 "2013-01-25T23:09:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![System1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 11:09pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/shutdown-script/23562/1 "2013-01-25T23:09:33Z")
Anyone here familiar with these? Trying to run a vbs script at shutdown on the XP laptops we have left here. If they are a member of our domain, it appears the script does not run. If they are just in a workgroup, it seems to run fine. Any suggesions? Aside from ones like take the laptops out of our domain, stuff like that, etc. – Stevo ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 11:24pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/shutdown-script/23562/2 "2013-01-25T23:24:53Z")
Screensavers will normally block shutdown, even if not locked, on XP. Try creating a script that will detect the Screensaver and kill it then run shutdown. Also verify the script impersonator has rights on domain pcs. shutdown rights could be different once joining a domain. On 1/25/2013 4:09 PM, Stevo wrote:[color=blue] > Anyone here familiar with these? Trying to run a vbs script at > shutdown on the XP laptops we have left here. > > If they are a member of our domain, it appears the script does not run. > If they are just in a workgroup, it seems to run fine. > > Any suggesions? Aside from ones like take the laptops out of our > domain, stuff like that, etc. > [/color] – Craig Wilson - MCNE, MCSE, CCNA Novell Knowledge Partner Novell does not officially monitor these forums. Suggestions/Opinions/Statements made by me are solely my own. These thoughts may not be shared by either Novell or any rational human. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 11:31pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/shutdown-script/23562/3 "2013-01-25T23:31:03Z")
craig wilson sounds like they ‘said’: [color=blue] > Screensavers will normally block shutdown, even if not locked, on XP. > Try creating a script that will detect the Screensaver and kill it > then run shutdown. > > Also verify the script impersonator has rights on domain pcs. > shutdown rights could be different once joining a domain.[/color] So my response to craig’s comment is… It’s not a script to actually shut the pc down, it’s one to re-enable the wireless nic when the user shuts the pc down. Does a user need local admin rights (example) specifically on a domain machine to run scripts at shutdown, or would membership in a group that has elevated rights on that computer suffice? – Stevo ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 3:25pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/shutdown-script/23562/4 "2013-02-14T15:25:05Z")
The issue is likely that the Domain GPO is over-riding the Local GPO which you have calling the script. On 1/25/2013 4:31 PM, Stevo wrote:[color=blue] > craig wilson sounds like they ‘said’: > [color=green] > > > Screensavers will normally block shutdown, even if not locked, on XP. > > Try creating a script that will detect the Screensaver and kill it > > then run shutdown. > > > > Also verify the script impersonator has rights on domain pcs. > > shutdown rights could be different once joining a domain.[/color] > > So my response to craig’s comment is… > > It’s not a script to actually shut the pc down, it’s one to re-enable > the wireless nic when the user shuts the pc down. > > Does a user need local admin rights (example) specifically on a domain > machine to run scripts at shutdown, or would membership in a group that > has elevated rights on that computer suffice? > [/color] – Craig Wilson - MCNE, MCSE, CCNA Novell Knowledge Partner Novell does not officially monitor these forums. Suggestions/Opinions/Statements made by me are solely my own. These thoughts may not be shared by either Novell or any rational human.