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Create a group policy to run a startup script (machine policy)

Open the Active Directory Users and Computers applet on the domain controller and create a new Organizational Unit (OU) to contain the computers for the client install. In this example, the OU is named ICBMApps_Install.
Right-click the new OU and select Properties.
Click the Group Policy tab and click the Open button to start the Group Policy Management snap-in.
Find the OU in the tree, right-click it, and select Create and Link a GPO Here.
Give the GPO a name. In this example, the GPO is named ICBMAppsInstall.
Right-click the GPO that is created and select Edit to start the Group Policy Object Editor.
Right-click on the GPO name at the top of the tree and select Properties.
Click the General tab and note the Unique Name value. This value is used by Active Directory to create a folder where scripts relating to this group policy will reside on the domain controller.
In Windows Explorer, locate the folder with the Unique Name value under the Windows\SYSVOL\domain\Policies folder. Place the script in the Machine\Scripts\Startup folder there. In this example the script is named ICBMApps_InstallScript.vbs. Windows Explorer can be closed after placing the script.
Go back to the Group Policy Object Editor and expand the Computer Configuration branch of the tree, and then the Windows Settings branch, and click Scripts (Logon/Logoff).
Right-click the Startup script and select Properties.
Click the Add button to add the script.
Click the Browse button to select the script or type its name in the Script Name field.
The script should appear in window on the Startup Properties page. Click OK to close the property page.
Right-click the GPO and select Enforced to enforce the group policy.
Add computers to the OU.
From the command line, type gpupdate to update the group policies for the domain.