Running the Agent from a Logon Script

The Email Signature Manager Agent can be run without the need for installation by using your domain logon script. This is accomplished by placing the Agent executable within a shared network folder and updating your logon script to execute it.

Create the Shared Folder

To create the shared folder, use the following steps:

1.On your chosen server, create a new directory.
 

2.On this new directory, assign the Domain Users group the following permissions:
 

oRead & Execute

oList Folder Contents

oRead
 

3.Share the folder using a suitable name. It is recommended to hide the share by appending the share name with the dollar ($) character.
 

4.On the new share, assign the Domain Users group the following permissions:
 

oRead

Run the Agent from a Logon Script

To run the Agent from a logon script, use the following steps:

1.Download the Email Signature Manager Agent executable (SignAgent.exe) from the Symprex website and copy it to the shared folder.
 

2.Modify the script executed by your domain users at logon to execute the Agent; this will be in the form: \\server\share\SignAgent.exe

Asynchronous Logon Scripts

Logon scripts must run asynchronously in order to launch the Agent, which is the default behaviour since Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. However, it is possible to control this behaviour through Group Policy using the Policies/Administrative Templates/System/Scripts/Run logon scripts synchronously setting, which is defined in both Computer Configuration and User Configuration (the policy setting Computer Configuration takes precedence over User Configuration).