so if i want to start the messenger service on about 100 machines the only way to do this is to walk around to each computer and start it manually. That is the most retarded thing microsoft could have done.
right click the OU, goto properties, click group policy tab, click new, give it a name, click edit, set the services settings as you would on a local pc, close gpedit. run gpupdate from the command line
sorry yes on a domain. Alright well i finally got it. I did what csamuels suggested (thanks for that) I then also had to edit the logon script. The two lines i had to add were:
"gpupdate /force" --- It did not work everytime until i added the /force switch to it.
"net start messenger" ---This actaully starts the service