Microsoft KB Archive/194986

= PRB: File Copy Error Messages Using Update.exe with Service Pack 4 =

Article ID: 194986

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Enterprise Edition

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This article was previously published under Q194986



SYMPTOMS
When you install Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4 using a Cmdlines.txt file and Update.exe, you may receive file copy error messages for the following files:

Appserver.class

Context.class

Imtxas.class

Objectcontent.class

Securityproperty.class



CAUSE
Only files with 8.3 file names can be copied using a Cmdlines.txt file and Update.exe.



RESOLUTION
To work around this problem, use the compressed Sp4i386.exe file from the Service Pack 4 CD-ROM, or SP4I386.EXE from the standard download from the Microsoft Web site with the Setup options you want. For information about obtaining the service pack files, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

152734 How To Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
To create an unattended installation of Service Pack 4:

 In the $OEM$ folder, create an SP4 folder. Copy the Sp4i386.exe to the SP4 folder.  In your Unattend.txt file, make sure you have the following lines:

[Unattended] OemPreinstall = yes   Create a Cmdlines.txt file in your $OEM$ folder that contains the following lines:

[Commands] ".\sp4\sp4i386.exe -z -u" 

For additional information, see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

163303 Sysdiff Cannot Be Used to Apply Service Pack

168814 Installing WinNT 4.0 Service Packs During Unattended Install

Additional query words: sp4 Unattended Setup Install

Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb kbsbk kbsetup KB194986

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