Hi, Allen suggested I post this observation here.

When running a Kix script as a GPO in Windows 8 the @userid macro instead of returning SYSTEM as in prior version of Windows returns the computername followed by a $.

Here is some output from my test Win 8 VM named "LONGVIEW" running the GPO Kix script:

 Code:

@wksta: LONGVIEW

@build: 9200

@Producttype: Windows 8 Enterprise Edition

@Kix: 4.63

@Userid: LONGVIEW$

@Date: 2012/12/04

@Time: 18:17:07


In addition to 4.63 I tested this with Kix 4.62 as well and got the same result for @userid (@Producttype was reporting Windows 7 as expected for 4.62).

Other operating systems (XP, Win7, W2K3, W2K8) I have run Kix scripts via GPO on have all reported SYSTEM from the @userid macro. When run from a user account on Win 8 the @userid macro returns the expected user name as previous version have.

Not sure if this is a "bug" or "feature" to be expected with Kix on Windows 8?

Thanks.
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