Ok, thanks for the fyi sealeopard. I will look into that further.

Could you all please help me with my current script? Please look where I put a message in for help area.

code:
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;**** Last Modified on 7/25/2003 at 2:17:56 PM by rbardo ****
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If @INWIN=1 ; Excludes all Windows 9x systems
If LocalAdmin ; Only runs if the user has Local workstation admin rights
; Most installers and uninstallers will not run if the user
; does not have Admin rights
$CheckWS=ReadValue('HKLM\Software\MyCompany\WS', 'RANUNINSTALLER')
If $CheckWS <> 1
If Exist('%ProgramFiles%\OfficeView Pro\uninstWS.exe')
Shell '%COMSPEC% /C %ProgramFiles%\OfficeView Pro\uninstWS.exe /S'
$MarkWS=WriteValue('HKLM\Software\MyCompany\WS', 'RANUNINSTALLER', '1', 'REG_SZ')
; Mark the registry so that this program does not run every time the user logs in
EndIf
EndIf
; I assume you are running this PC Asset Navigator program
; http://www.a-navigator.com/an/index.html
Use W: /DELETE /PERSISTENT
Use W: '\\holdem\asset_db$'
Shell '%COMSPEC% /C W:\ina32.exe'
Use W: /DELETE /PERSISTENT
EndIf
EndIf


; I need help from here
; I am trying to get the sid to use in the next function
; I am not sure how to pass the information gathered here to the next function
;ie: the users name


Break on
$SID = GetSID("WinNT://ff/lligetfa,USER")
? $SID

Get $_
Exit 1
;
;Source
Function GetSID($adspath)

Dim $rev,$sidobj,$sid,$sac,$x
$GetSID=0

$sidobj=CreateObject("adssid")
$sidobj.setas(5,$adspath)
$sid=$sidobj.getas(1)

If NOT $sid
$sidobj=0
Return
EndIf

$Rev=Val(SubStr($sid,1,2))

; Extract the SubAuthority Count (SAC) from the SID (range of 1 - 8, hence no hex conversion necessary)
$SAC=Val(SubStr($sid,3,2))
$IdentAuth=Val("&"+SubStr($sid,5,12))
$GetSID="S-"+$Rev+"-"+$IdentAuth

; Convert SID little-endian, just re-reverse the bytes and convert to decimal...
; Recurse as per SAC
For $X=1 to $SAC
$GetSID=$GetSID+"-"+Val("&"+SubStr($sid,8*$X+15,2)+SubStr($sid,8*$X+13,2)+SubStr($sid,8*$X+11,2)+SubStr($sid,8*$X+9,2))
Next

$sidobj=0

EndFunction


Function updateregistry($HKEY_CURRENT_USER, $Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders, $Personal=z:\\)
Dim $currentregvalue, $currentregtype, $rc $updateregistry=0
If $regtype='' $regtype='REG_SZ'
EndIf $currentregtype=ReadType($regsubkey,$regentry) $currentregvalue=ReadValue($regsubkey, $regentry)
If $currentregvalue<>$regvalue OR $currentregtype<>$regtype $rc=WriteValue($regsubkey,$regentry,$regvalue,$regtype)
If @ERROR
Exit @ERROR
EndIf $updateregistry=1
EndIf
Exit @ERRORendfunction
Function updateregistry($HKEY_CURRENT_USER, $Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders, $My Pictures=z:\\My Pictures)
Dim $currentregvalue, $currentregtype, $rc $updateregistry=0
If $regtype='' $regtype='REG_SZ'
EndIf $currentregtype=ReadType($regsubkey,$regentry) $currentregvalue=ReadValue($regsubkey, $regentry)
If $currentregvalue<>$regvalue OR $currentregtype<>$regtype $rc=WriteValue($regsubkey,$regentry,$regvalue,$regtype)
If @ERROR
Exit @ERROR
EndIf $updateregistry=1
EndIf
Exit @ERRORendfunction

; to here...
; I know the code is there twice but i dont know how to nest and i needed to change two values as you can see




; The rest of the script will run for all systems including Windows 9x

Use J: /DELETE /PERSISTENT
Use J: '\\terminal\slip_stream'
$MyDox = '%COMSPEC% /C REGEDIT /S j:\registry\mydox.reg >nul 2>nul'
;$HideC = '%COMSPEC% /C REGEDIT /S j:\registry\hide_c.reg >nul 2>nul'
$Outlook = '%COMSPEC% /C REGEDIT /S j:\registry\outlook.reg >nul 2>nul'
; Not sure what this does, but KiX can do all the registry edits natively
Use J: /DELETE /PERSISTENT

Use g: '\\ntbaksrv\common'
Use i: '\\ntbaksrv\prod'
Use k: '\\ntbaksrv\service'
Use m: '\\ntserver\sdpcmrpw'
Use o: '\\royal\mis'
Use y: '\\terminal\share_point'

; use Z: /home ; Don't use this. Map it via the User Manager or AD tools
; Windows 9x Can Not map the Z: drive as the redirector uses this
; drive during the logon process

;printers.kix:
;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dim $priReg, $x, $i, $rc, $ps
$loc='HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Network\LPT1'
$reg='HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion'
$dev=$reg+'\Devices'
$nprt=Split(ReadValue($reg+'\Windows','Device'),',')[0]
$sysdrv=SubStr('%WINDIR%',1,2)

If Exist('H:')
$ps='H:\Scripts_DO_NOT_DELETE'
Else
$ps=$sysdrv+'\Scripts'
EndIf
If 0=Exist($ps)
MD $ps
EndIf
$ps=$ps+'\Printsetup.ini'

$i=0
Do
If '\\'=Left($x,2)
$priReg=$priReg+$x
EndIf
$x=EnumValue($dev,$i)
$i=$i+1
Until @error

If Len($priReg)
$rc=WriteProfileString($ps,'Printers','','')
$priReg=Split($priReg,'\\')
For $i=1 to Ubound($priReg)
$rc=WriteProfileString($ps,'Printers',$i,'\\'+$priReg[$i])
Next
EndIf

Select
Case InStr($nprt,'\\') ;WRITE THE DEFAULT PRINTER TO THE CONFIG
$rc=WriteProfileString($ps,'Printers','Default',$nprt)
Use LPT1: /delete /persistent
Use LPT1: $nprt /persistent
Case $nprt='' AND Exist($ps) ;NO DEFAULT PRINTER, LOAD PRINTERS FROM SAVED INFO
For Each $key In Split(ReadProfileString($ps,'Printers',''),Chr(10))
$nul=AddPrinterConnection(ReadProfileString($ps,'Printers',$key))
Next
$nprt=ReadProfileString($ps,'Printers','Default')
$rc=SetDefaultPrinter($nprt)
Use LPT1: $nprt /persistent
Case NOT InStr($nprt,'\\') ;LOCAL PRINTER DEFAULT, SO WE WANT TO REMOVE NETWORK MAPPING
Use LPT1: /delete /persistent
EndSelect

Function LocalAdmin()
$LocalAdmin=InGroup('@wksta\'+SIDToName('S-1-5-32-544'))-1+@inwin
EndFunction

Function IdentifyRemoteUser($strComputer)
Break On
Dim $strComputer
$objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" + "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" + $strComputer + "\root\cimv2")
$colComputer = $objWMIService.ExecQuery ("Select * from Win32_ComputerSystem")
For Each $objComputer In $colComputer
? $objComputer.UserName
Next
EndFunction




Shell '%COMSPEC% /C \\Ntbaksrv\NETLOGON\use.exe'


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