> I'm having a problem with a vbscript I initially wrote and tested on a
> Windows 2000 client, running on an NT 4 client (both using scripting
engine
> 5.1 and 5.5, and ADSI 2.5, NT4 SP6a).

> I'm trying to use the getobject method using the LDAP syntax, sorta
like
> (just an example, I haven't got the script to hand - I'm at home, but
this
> is the relevant bits, from memory...):-

> set Dse=getobject("LDAP://RootDSE")

> strDomain="LDAP://"&Dse.Get("defaultNamingContext")

> set Domain=getobject(strDomain)
> set ParentOU=Domain.getobject("organizationalUnit","OU=Computers")

> ...and so on.

> Background: what I want to do is group desktop PCs (NT4 workstations
> (specifically their AD objects), clients to a W2K domain in native
mode) in
> OUs with the printer objects, then, in the login script, search all
the
> relevant OUs to find the OU that the PC is in, identify the printers
in that
> OU, then create connections to the printer(s).

> The script works just peachy on Windows 2000 clients, opens AD, using
LDAP,
> identifies and navigates the appropriate OUs, and creates the printer
> connections OK. However when I try and run the script on NT4 machines
> (versions as above), it fails as soon as it gets to the "set
> Dse=getobject("LDAP://RootDSE")" line, (from memory the error is
8007001f).
> Other scripts I've played with in testing, on these NT4 clients,
correctly
> identify LDAP as a usable namespace.

> I'm pretty new to vbscript / WSH / ADSI - I previously did most of
this sort
> of thing using Kixtart, and I'm sorta learning this as I go. I was
sort of
> under the impression that (assuming the same versions of the scripting
> engine, and ADSI support) that scripts should work across platforms.

> Can anyone let me know what I'm doing wrong, and / or suggest a
technique
> that will work, cross-platform, in which I can descend OU hierarchies,
> searching (using filters) as I go?

> Thanks in advance for any help.

>Have you found a solution for this? I also have this error.

>Debbie

>> I'm having a problem with a vbscript I initially wrote and tested on a
>> Windows 2000 client, running on an NT 4 client (both using scripting
>engine
>> 5.1 and 5.5, and ADSI 2.5, NT4 SP6a).

>> I'm trying to use the getobject method using the LDAP syntax, sorta
>like
>> (just an example, I haven't got the script to hand - I'm at home, but
>this
>> is the relevant bits, from memory...):-

>> set Dse=getobject("LDAP://RootDSE")

>> strDomain="LDAP://"&Dse.Get("defaultNamingContext")

>> set Domain=getobject(strDomain)
>> set ParentOU=Domain.getobject("organizationalUnit","OU=Computers")

>> ...and so on.

>> Background: what I want to do is group desktop PCs (NT4 workstations
>> (specifically their AD objects), clients to a W2K domain in native
>mode) in
>> OUs with the printer objects, then, in the login script, search all
>the
>> relevant OUs to find the OU that the PC is in, identify the printers
>in that
>> OU, then create connections to the printer(s).

>> The script works just peachy on Windows 2000 clients, opens AD, using
>LDAP,
>> identifies and navigates the appropriate OUs, and creates the printer
>> connections OK. However when I try and run the script on NT4 machines
>> (versions as above), it fails as soon as it gets to the "set
>> Dse=getobject("LDAP://RootDSE")" line, (from memory the error is
>8007001f).
>> Other scripts I've played with in testing, on these NT4 clients,
>correctly
>> identify LDAP as a usable namespace.

>> I'm pretty new to vbscript / WSH / ADSI - I previously did most of
>this sort
>> of thing using Kixtart, and I'm sorta learning this as I go. I was
>sort of
>> under the impression that (assuming the same versions of the scripting
>> engine, and ADSI support) that scripts should work across platforms.

>> Can anyone let me know what I'm doing wrong, and / or suggest a
>technique
>> that will work, cross-platform, in which I can descend OU hierarchies,
>> searching (using filters) as I go?

>> Thanks in advance for any help.

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