Microsoft KB Archive/252448

= How To Create an MS-DOS Network Startup Disk in Windows 2000 =

Article ID: 252448

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

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 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q252448





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SUMMARY
 * Setting up the Network Client Administrator Program

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SUMMARY
Windows 2000 does not contain an equivalent to the the Network Client Administrator tool that is included with Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0. The Network Client Administrator tool is used to create a MS-DOS network startup disk.It is possible to run the Network Client Administrator tool for the x86 platform in Windows 2000.

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Setting up the Network Client Administrator Program
 Create a folder called C:\Ncadmin. Copy the following files from the I386 folder on the Windows NT Server 4.0 CD-ROM to the folder you created:

Ncadmin.cn_

Ncadmin.ex_

Ncadmin.hl_

NOTE: You may need the :\Clients folder from the Windows NT 4.0 CD-ROM.

 At a command prompt, change to the C:\Ncadmin folder, and then type the following command:

expand -r ncadmin.*

 Double-click Ncadmin.exe, and then follow the instructions for creating a Network Installation Startup Disk.

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