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yo,
got a Windows 2003 box running for terminal server users, they log in with rdp blahblahblah
Currently they are all running stupid startup applications like OfficeLiveSignIn.exe, VMwareTray.exe, and java update wanky shit. They don't need to be running these apps in the background and its sucking up precious memory.
What is the best way to stop these cunts? Is it just a case of me running msconfig from the console or do i need to get involve with GPOs?
From what I understand this is just a default setting, I don't think anything has been configured on purpose so these mugs are running these processes.
Advice appreciated spankz xx
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willay
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Eat a fuck.
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VrsTurbo
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If its for all users do it through the startup folder if not gpo is best
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willay
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Just want it to affect the users on this single server
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willay
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I see references to the startup folder everywhere yet on this box they have fuck all in them 
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VrsTurbo
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Do a gpo and assign it to the server
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quote:
Originally posted by VrsTurbo
Do a gpo and assign it to the server
what does this do?
Is the msconfig only relative to the terminal services user session or is it loaded from the server?
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you can do it in msconfig, but that will involve you going and doing it on all machines.
pretty sure you will need server 2008+ with preferences to do it in GPO
are all the startup items common among all pc's? might be better to just write a batch script that modifies the registry on a login script or startup script via gpo to remove the entries, i wrote one the other day actually, key is HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
That only needs to run once on the PC's btw, once the entries are removed you can disable the script, or just get it to echo a text file then use an IF EXIST to check for that text file and to skip the batch running if it does
[Edited on 10-08-2012 by Steve]
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willay
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Steve you misunderstood.
The server is a terminal services box, everyone that connects to it is from a Thin Client, so they connect to it over RDP, login with their network login and every user is running an instance of the processes I mentioned above.
I do not want them running them on startup.
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Steve
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if its running then from servers startup area then yeah just msconfig on the server
its not running them from the start menu startup folder is it?
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willay
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Nope, all the startup folders I can see within C:\Documents and settings\* have no links to startup applications. I've looked in my admin folder that i login as on the console, and a few of the remote users.
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Steve
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sounds like its just nabbing the servers processes then which it will do if the services are set to run as all users. Tried msconfig on server?
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
Tried msconfig on server?
and regedt32.exe (sometimes there are some in there that aren't on msconfig)
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Steve
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there wont be msconfig reads all entries in the registry run hive
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Msconfig as the admin on the server should do it surely. It's the box that h that software installed. Not the user profile
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Chris
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Domain policy,
if %usernname% =someone then process -k "Process Name"
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Steve
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then you will have to write a line for every user on the domain
if doing it that way, better forgetting the user system variable and sticking the rest in a login script for all the affected users
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navigate to here in the registry on the terminal server...HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
You will probably find the applications in here. Simply delete anything you dont want to run
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Steve
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sounds like familiar advice 
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