Microsoft KB Archive/175651

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PRB: Unattended Setup Stops Asking for Network Confirmation

Article ID: 175651

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

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This article was previously published under Q175651

SYMPTOMS

During a Windows NT 4.0 unattended installation through an answer file, setup stops displaying the following message:

"Windows NT Setup Setup is now ready to guide you through installation of Windows NT Networking. If you want to review or change any settings before continuing, click Back. To begin installing Windows NT Networking, click Next."

After the user clicks on the Next button, the installation process continues.

CAUSE

This message will always appear if the machine name is not specified in the answer file or Uniqueness Database File (UDF), even if all networking options such as network cards, protocols, and services are specified.

RESOLUTION

Specify the machine name for the system using the following format in the answer file:

[UserData]
ComputerName = <string>
                

-or-

Use a Uniqueness Database File, which provides the ability to specify per- computer parameters including the ComputerName.

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

155197 Unattended Setup Parameters for Unattend.txt File

156876 Using UDF Files with Windows NT 4.0 Unattended Setup

Additional query words: unattend Unattended Setup

Keywords: kbprb kbsbk kbsetup KB175651

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