Microsoft KB Archive/816900

= A Description of the &quot;EMSGeneratedAnswers&quot; Setting in an Emergency Management Services Unattended Installation =

PSS ID Number: 816900

Article Last Modified on 12/19/2003

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, 64-Bit Datacenter Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, 64-Bit Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003, Premium Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003, Standard Edition

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SUMMARY
This article describes the &quot;EMSGeneratedAnswers&quot; setting that is used in an Emergency Management Services unattended installation. This setting indicates that certain activities are performed by Setup during an installation of Windows Server 2003 on Emergency Management Services.



MORE INFORMATION
When you view the $Winnt$.inf file (by default, this file is located in the C:\Windows\System32 folder), you may notice the following entry in the [data] section of the file: [data] EMSGeneratedAnswers=1 This entry indicates that one of the following behaviors occurred during Setup:
 * Windows generated some of the default answers when the user was prompted for information during Setup.

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 * When the user was prompted during Setup, he or she used the Emergency Management Services console session to enter information. For example, he or she used a terminal program connected over the Emergency Management Services port.

If not all the user settings are in the unattended installation file, an Emergency Management Services connection dialog box appears during an installation on a computer that is Emergency Management Services-enabled. This dialog box contains the following message:An EMS connection has been detected on your system. You are being prompted for input over the unattended Setup channel on that connection. If you provide input over the EMS connection, this dialog will close and Setup will complete. If you prefer to configure Setup via this local connection, click OK and Setup will proceed, prompting you for input. This dialog box permits the user to enter information by using the Emergency Management Services console session. If nothing is entered, the dialog box is closed after several seconds, and the unattended installation continues. In this case, Windows provides the required information.

To turn off this behavior, include the following entry in the [Unattended] section of the unattended installation file (Unattend.txt or Sysprep.inf): [Unattended] EMSSkipUnattendProcessing=1 When you configure this setting to 1, Windows does not answer any user prompts during Setup and an Emergency Management Services connection dialog box does not appear.

Important When you configure this setting, Windows Setup may pause during the graphical user interface (GUI) mode portion of the installation to wait for user input because it no longer uses the default settings.

