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Move Computer Object to a Specified OU

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Author: Eugenio Talarico
Platform: Windows

Type: VB Script

Description:

A BAT file that moves a computer from CN=COMPUTERS to ANOTHER that you have to specify in the VBS file.

You have to specify the list of the computers you want to move in INPUT.TXT:

''***************************************************************************** 
''* INTO STRVARIABL LINE PUT THE PATH WHERE THE object will be moved 
''* (EX: strVariabl = ",OU=Standard Users,OU=DomainNAME,")
''*****************************************************************************
''*****************************************************************************
strVariabl = "OU=Public Desktops,OU=PIPPO,OU=PIPPO"
''*****************************************************************************
''*****************************************************************************
''*****************************************************************************

Download Location:

http://www.planetsourcecode.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=56728&lngWId=1

Scroll down to view the script.


This is the batch file:

@echo off

echo ****************************************
Echo * script per move account computer *
echo ****************************************


for /F %%1 in (input.txt) do (
cscript move_cmp.vbs %%1 //B //Nologo >> err_log.txt 2>>&1 )
By
Eugenio
Script Code: dim nomepc
ParseCommandLine()


Const ADS_PROPERTY_APPEND = 3 
Set objRootDSE = GetObject("LDAP://rootDSE")


''*****************************************************************************
''* INTO STRVARIABL LINE PUT THE PATH WHERE THE object will be moved 
''* (EX: strVariabl = ",OU=Standard Users,OU=DomainNAME,")
''*****************************************************************************
''*****************************************************************************
strVariabl = "OU=Public Desktops,OU=PIPPO,OU=PIPPO"
''*****************************************************************************
''*****************************************************************************
''*****************************************************************************
strFissa =  strVariabl & "," & objRootDSE.Get("defaultNamingContext")
wscript.echo strFissa



Set objNewOU = GetObject("LDAP://"& strFissa)
Set objMoveComputer = objNewOU.MoveHere _
("LDAP://CN="& nomepc & ",CN=Computers," & objRootDSE.Get("defaultNamingContext"), "CN=" &nomepc)


Sub ParseCommandLine()
  	Dim vArgs

  	set vArgs = WScript.Arguments
  
  	if vArgs.Count  1 then 
  		DisplayUsage()
  	Else
 		nomepc = vArgs(0)
	End if
End Sub


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