[Unattended] Manually disabling automatic login/autolog.pl
Hi, Having used unattended to install a windows server, which didn;t have the correct network drivers I manually poked it through the rest of the process, however, now it tried to login on restart automatically, (admin username and password changed), and I want to turn that off. Perl and everything else is uninstalled, is there a quick registry/security setting to turn this off manually I could use? -- Tony Worrall www.hosting365.ie www.servers365.ie www.register365.ie Phone: 1800 365 965 Fax: 01 4673 699 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 365 Hosting Ltd. Unit 5, Beckett Way, Park West Business Park, Nangor Road, Dublin 12, Ireland --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the 'Do More With Dual!' webinar happening July 14 at 8am PDT/11am EDT. We invite you to explore the latest in dual core and dual graphics technology at this free one hour event hosted by HP, AMD, and NVIDIA. To register visit http://www.hp.com/go/dualwebinar ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] Windows SP1 Updates throw 'error code 67'
It's quite strange, after we press 'I' for Ignore, the updates run anyway, so we've ruled out corrupt downloads. Tony Worrall imdos wrote: On Wed, 2005-05-25 at 18:31, Tony Worrall wrote: Hi list, We recently updated our unattended server with script-updates and prepare. When we build a server with Windows 2003 Server, SP1 works fine. After it reboots, we have to login manually, then the sp1updates.bat files starts, (with two entries, media player 10 and one other), and both pause with Abort Rety Ignore and error 67 message. We press ignore and the update applies, then todo.pl reboots the machine. Are you sure the file is correctly downloaded? Did you run the files manually to try and see if they are downloaded correct? Has anyone else seen this behaviour before or can you offer a possible explanation? The only thing i can think of is corrupt downloads Thanks in advance for any thoughts, imdos --- Scanned by NetCleanse for all known viruses. http://www.netcleanse.com --- SF.Net email is sponsored by: GoToMeeting - the easiest way to collaborate online with coworkers and clients while avoiding the high cost of travel and communications. There is no equipment to buy and you can meet as often as you want. Try it free.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7402&alloc_id=16135&op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
[Unattended] Windows SP1 Updates throw 'error code 67'
Hi list, We recently updated our unattended server with script-updates and prepare. When we build a server with Windows 2003 Server, SP1 works fine. After it reboots, we have to login manually, then the sp1updates.bat files starts, (with two entries, media player 10 and one other), and both pause with Abort Rety Ignore and error 67 message. We press ignore and the update applies, then todo.pl reboots the machine. Has anyone else seen this behaviour before or can you offer a possible explanation? Thanks in advance for any thoughts, -- Tony Worrall --- SF.Net email is sponsored by: GoToMeeting - the easiest way to collaborate online with coworkers and clients while avoiding the high cost of travel and communications. There is no equipment to buy and you can meet as often as you want. Try it free.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7402&alloc_id=16135&op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] Windows Server 2003 SP1
Hi Niel, Great! We're hoping it reduces install time due to reboots! :) Thanks, Tony Worrall Niels S. Richthof wrote: Hi Tony! Will this replace the existing long list of hotfixes auto-applied to Win2k3 installs with unattended? I'm already working on it. cu Niels --- This SF.net email is sponsored by Demarc: A global provider of Threat Management Solutions. Download our HomeAdmin security software for free today! http://www.demarc.com/info/Sentarus/hamr30 ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info --- Scanned by NetCleanse for all known viruses. http://www.netcleanse.com --- This SF.net email is sponsored by Demarc: A global provider of Threat Management Solutions. Download our HomeAdmin security software for free today! http://www.demarc.com/info/Sentarus/hamr30 ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
[Unattended] Windows Server 2003 SP1
Will this replace the existing long list of hotfixes auto-applied to Win2k3 installs with unattended? -- Tony Worrall --- This SF.net email is sponsored by Demarc: A global provider of Threat Management Solutions. Download our HomeAdmin security software for free today! http://www.demarc.com/info/Sentarus/hamr30 ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
[Unattended] Very last custom steps and Cleanup.
Hi List, I need to run something at the end of unattnded which uninstalls 'client for ms networks' and 'file and printer sharing', also, I need to run some cleanup of the NETINST directory and another custom directory on the hard drive of the target PC. When I run my code for uninstalling the two network items, unattended can't access the network to get to todo.pl for the last reboot. Does anyone have any suggestions or example code for cleanup and running something right at the end of an unattended install? The network thing is important as these are online servers. Thanks in advance. -- Tony --- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] File copy fails
Hi, I had this error on an old desktop machine I was using to test unattended, before I started using it on potential production machines. The atapi/sys error persisted stayed no matter what I tried with unattended so, eventually, I gave up trying to install onto that machine, tried another one and *bam* it all worked perfectly! The only thing I can guess at causing the failed copy error would either be a slightly iffy hard drive. If anyone does discover a fix for this issue, I'd still like to hear it, after all, I have an old desktop machine sitting there doing nothing :) Sorry I couldn't be of more assistance Heather. Tony Worrall Heather Coors wrote: If anyone else has any suggestions or a fix please let me know as well. Thanks Heather Tue, 22 Feb 2005 14:32:51 -0800 Tony, I just started using Unattended last week. I was able to get my first workstation up and running with no problems. Then I tried my second workstation and bam I got the atapi.sys unable to copy error as well. I saw you posted on the mailing list you had that issue. Were you able to get it resolved? Thanks --- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info --- Scanned by NetCleanse for all known viruses. http://www.netcleanse.com --- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] System fails to auto login after MS05-004 .NET update
I solved this by using the following switches instead: /quiet /passive /norestart Tony Worrall Tony Worrall wrote: Hi all, When installing Win2k3 server, since the last round of updates, it looks like it can't auto login after it reboots for the MS05-004 patch. When I 'help it along', and login manually, it carries on with directx which is just above it in the updates batch file. Is there something I'm missing here or is this happening for anyone else on a win2k3 install? --- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] Auto updating of files from CVS?
Ah, very nice, thank you! Does anyone have/know of a perl version so I can avoid installing cygwin? Tony Worrall www.hosting365.ie www.servers365.ie www.register365.ie Phone: 1800 365 965 Fax: 01 4673 699 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 365 Hosting Ltd. Unit 5, Beckett Way, Park West Business Park, Nangor Road, Dublin 12, Ireland Niels S. Richthof wrote: Hi Tony! I hope someone can help me with this... Is there a way of automatically downloading the files from CVS so my unattended install server has all the latest batch and reference files? The prepare.pl script [1] is great after I download the latest update batch files manually. 'script-update' in the tools directory. cu Niels --- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info --- Scanned by NetCleanse for all known viruses. http://www.netcleanse.com --- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
[Unattended] System fails to auto login after MS05-004 .NET update
Hi all, When installing Win2k3 server, since the last round of updates, it looks like it can't auto login after it reboots for the MS05-004 patch. When I 'help it along', and login manually, it carries on with directx which is just above it in the updates batch file. Is there something I'm missing here or is this happening for anyone else on a win2k3 install? -- Tony Worrall www.hosting365.ie www.servers365.ie www.register365.ie Phone: 1800 365 965 Fax: 01 4673 699 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 365 Hosting Ltd. Unit 5, Beckett Way, Park West Business Park, Nangor Road, Dublin 12, Ireland --- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
[Unattended] Auto updating of files from CVS?
Hi, I hope someone can help me with this... Is there a way of automatically downloading the files from CVS so my unattended install server has all the latest batch and reference files? The prepare.pl script [1] is great after I download the latest update batch files manually. Thanks, [1] <http://www.mail-archive.com/unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net/msg02995.html> -- Tony Worrall www.hosting365.ie www.servers365.ie www.register365.ie Phone: 1800 365 965 Fax: 01 4673 699 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 365 Hosting Ltd. Unit 5, Beckett Way, Park West Business Park, Nangor Road, Dublin 12, Ireland --- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] Windows Server 2003 Updates?
Hi All, I see MS03-045 has been added back into the Win2k3 Server updates batch file. Thanks :) Tony Worrall www.hosting365.ie www.servers365.ie www.register365.ie Phone: 1800 365 965 Fax: 01 4673 699 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 365 Hosting Ltd. Unit 5, Beckett Way, Park West Business Park, Nangor Road, Dublin 12, Ireland Tony Worrall wrote: Hi Patrick/All, A couple of weeks ago, there was some windows updates and unattended was updated to reflect the changes. In CVS, version 1.73 of the batch for for win2k3 included the comment - "Remove MS03-045, since it is superseded by MS05-002." When I install a win2k3 server and connect it to the windows update site, it lists MS03-045 as a critical update. Do I need to put this back in? Or is Microsoft just slow to detect that we have MS05-002 installed? Tony Worrall --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info --- Scanned by NetCleanse for all known viruses. http://www.netcleanse.com --- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
[Unattended] PXE Install Solution?
Hi, I'm trying to make an unattended installer that takes a file with something like: macaddress|osversion|ipaddress|admin username|password It should be able to install an OS (based on osversion - say redhat, debian,freebsd or Windows) based on the MAC address that it uses to get an OS with. for RedHat, its easy. I can just make a mapping between macaddress and ipaddress in dhcpd.conf, and have it load a PXELinux.cfg file that has something like: LABEL linux KERNEL pxeboot.linux/vmlinuz APPEND initrd=pxeboot.linux/initrd.img ks=http:192.168.167.254/pxe.php ksdevice=eth0 and I can write a PHP page that'll parse the above file, and generate a kickstart config with the appropriate ip and password. However, I've no idea how to approach this with windows. Can someone recommend how I change the unattended installer to use a different IP or username, based on it's mac address ? --- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] Windows Server 2003 Updates?
Hi, does anyone have any thoughts on this? Just going to add it back in at this stage Tony Worrall wrote: Hi Patrick/All, A couple of weeks ago, there was some windows updates and unattended was updated to reflect the changes. In CVS, version 1.73 of the batch for for win2k3 included the comment - "Remove MS03-045, since it is superseded by MS05-002." When I install a win2k3 server and connect it to the windows update site, it lists MS03-045 as a critical update. Do I need to put this back in? Or is Microsoft just slow to detect that we have MS05-002 installed? Tony Worrall --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info --- Scanned by NetCleanse for all known viruses. http://www.netcleanse.com --- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] A few windows tweaking questions...
Stefan Kell wrote:
Hi Tony,
First: you didn't specify operating system (Windows 2000, 2003, XP?)
You didn't mention IIS or ftp server and you did not say local user or
domain user. This makes answering a little bit difficult.
My apologies, Primarily Windows 2003. However, eventually, all three.
As they're all NT based, a solution for each of the questions I've asked
will probably work across Win2k, Win2k3,and XP.
Second: automating and scripting is not the Microsoft way (TM), they
like people to klick and klick and klick and so on. So you have to
build your own tools or use the ideas of someone else ;-)
Yes, this is true, however, they do provide lots of scripting support
and so on for large OEMs and system builders.
If you are really interested in scripting you should take a look at perl
(which is used by unattended anyway). A good starting point is Win32
Perl Scripting by Dave Roth, homepage: "http://www.roth.net/perl/";,
Amazon: ("http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1578702151";). On pages
49-51 there is a script for renaming local accounts.
I've already coded a small vbs script for renaming accounts which is
working well for the administrator account. I may reuse it, however, I
was asking more about taking input and generating this script
dynamically. I'm thinking a batch file approach, fired from RunOnce
might do the trick.
Regarding ftp: What's wrong with Microsoft's own iisftp.vbs?
"http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/standard/proddocs/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/standard/proddocs/en-us/iisftp.asp";
I don't use it because I would never use IIS, but this script sounds
like what you want.
It looks like the way forward, thanks!
File sharing: use a firewall and plock the wellknown ports. So if you
need the shares again for updating then you can do it anytime. And you
are using a firewall anyway, don't you?
I won't need these shares again, disabling 'File and printer sharing'
and 'client for microsoft networks' upon completetioon of unattended is
essential for these systems. I'm no closer to finding an automatic way
of achieving this.
Yes, I use multiple firewall layers, NAT and ip based restrictions.
(lol, gotta love the tone there).
Thanks for your help stefan, there's been a couple of useful suggestions.
Tony
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Re: [Unattended] A few windows tweaking questions...
Hey Stefan, thanks for replying. I did check technet and found little info pertaining to automating these tasks. The services are installed by default with TCP-IP on the local area connection and are needed during unattended for windows updates etc. I want to turn them off when I no longer require network shares. The desktop article you linked to might work, I'll try it. :) When I say FTP server, I mean the FTP functionality within IIS6.0. I have it installed and have removed anonymous users, but I want it automatically stopped when installation is complete. I was unable to find a metabase.xml entry to specify this. Finally, renaming a user I can do with VBS, it's setting the password and doing it all from a batch file which prompts for the values I've having trouble with. Does anyone know how to do a batch file/somehing to prompt for user input and then run some dynamically generated vbs? Thanks again for the reply. Tony Stefan Kell wrote: Hi, why don't you look at microsoft technet? I needed 10 minutes for that. On Fri, 4 Feb 2005, Tony Worrall wrote: 1. Automatically disable "Client for Microsoft Networks" and "File and Printer Sharing" for Local Area Connection after the install is complete. see: "http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/prodtech/windows2000/secmod153.mspx"; you could probably automate it with autoit. Or do not install these components. 2. Automatically set a desktop background for all users after install is complete, I can already set it fro tghe .default user in the registry, with the key: [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop] "Wallpaper"="c:\\windows\\800x600.bmp" However, once a user logs in, it disappears. See: "http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/regentry/93214.asp"; 3. Disable FTP, I want FTP installed, (working), but I need the default FTP site in a 'stopped' state. what do you mean? ftp-server? 4. Provide a batch file at the end of the install process which will prompt for, rename and set a password for an already setup user. see: "http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/2000/server/scriptguide/en-us/sas_usr_aznz.mspx"; regards Stefan Kell --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info --- Scanned by NetCleanse for all known viruses. http://www.netcleanse.com --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] A few windows tweaking questions...
Hi again all, I thought this mightn't be the right place for the types of question below, the lack of replies has me convinced :) Does anyone know of a site/resource/forum I can go to pose these questions? Thanks Tony Worrall Tony Worrall wrote: Hi, There's a couple of small tweaks I want to make to the unattended windows installs, I'm not having much luck trying to find help online, I'm hoping people here may have the experience/insight to help. 1. Automatically disable "Client for Microsoft Networks" and "File and Printer Sharing" for Local Area Connection after the install is complete. 2. Automatically set a desktop background for all users after install is complete, I can already set it fro tghe .default user in the registry, with the key: [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop] "Wallpaper"="c:\\windows\\800x600.bmp" However, once a user logs in, it disappears. 3. Disable FTP, I want FTP installed, (working), but I need the default FTP site in a 'stopped' state. 4. Provide a batch file at the end of the install process which will prompt for, rename and set a password for an already setup user. Hoping ye can help me out... :) Tony Worrall --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info --- Scanned by NetCleanse for all known viruses. http://www.netcleanse.com --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
[Unattended] A few windows tweaking questions...
Hi, There's a couple of small tweaks I want to make to the unattended windows installs, I'm not having much luck trying to find help online, I'm hoping people here may have the experience/insight to help. 1. Automatically disable "Client for Microsoft Networks" and "File and Printer Sharing" for Local Area Connection after the install is complete. 2. Automatically set a desktop background for all users after install is complete, I can already set it fro tghe .default user in the registry, with the key: [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop] "Wallpaper"="c:\\windows\\800x600.bmp" However, once a user logs in, it disappears. 3. Disable FTP, I want FTP installed, (working), but I need the default FTP site in a 'stopped' state. 4. Provide a batch file at the end of the install process which will prompt for, rename and set a password for an already setup user. Hoping ye can help me out... :) Tony Worrall --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] changing winxp registry without an useraction
regedit /s should do it. Tony Worrall Thomas Martin wrote: Hi all, is there a possibility to change a WinXP registry key with a short .reg file and without any useraction. Regards Thomas --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
[Unattended] Windows Server 2003 Updates?
Hi Patrick/All, A couple of weeks ago, there was some windows updates and unattended was updated to reflect the changes. In CVS, version 1.73 of the batch for for win2k3 included the comment - "Remove MS03-045, since it is superseded by MS05-002." When I install a win2k3 server and connect it to the windows update site, it lists MS03-045 as a critical update. Do I need to put this back in? Or is Microsoft just slow to detect that we have MS05-002 installed? Tony Worrall --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
[Unattended] Avoiding partitioning choices?
Hi, The documentation says I should be able to use the text below in the meta_ section of unattended.txt to do this, unfortunatly, it hasn't worked. [_meta] fdisk_lba=1 fdisk_cmds="fdisk /clear 1;fdisk /pri:4000;fdisk /activate:1" fdisk_confirm=0 format_cmd="format /y /z:seriously /q /u /a /v: c:" replace_mbr=1 I also need something slightly different, Option 4, 12Gb C:\ rest D:\ Using DOS boot cd, does it really matter which disk I use? Hope someone can help with this or point me in the right direction. Thanks, Tony Worrall --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] SQL Server 2000 SP3a
Hi Kaari, On first try, I changed your .iss file from NTAuth to SQL Auth, and it failed. Then, I switched back to NT Auth and everything ran fine, just need to add in a .reboot 194 now :) Thanks for the help! Tony Worrall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: Tony Worrall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 4:23 PM To: unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Unattended] SQL Server 2000 SP3a I've tried editing the .iss for sp3a with no success, it seems to hang halfway through and then complete with a -12 error. Perhaps you can send me your .iss file for sp3a to use as a template? (without the license key, of course!) Here's my working .iss file for sql sp3a, make sure to set the password! ==Begin sql2kdef.iss= [InstallShield Silent] Version=v5.00.000 File=Response File [File Transfer] OverwriteReadOnly=NoToAll [DlgOrder] Dlg0=DlgW2kReboot-0 Count=16 Dlg1=SdWelcome-0 Dlg2=DlgMachine-0 Dlg3=DlgInstallMode-0 Dlg4=SdLicense-0 Dlg5=DlgInstanceName-0 Dlg6=DlgMaintainInstall-0 Dlg7=DlgUpgrade-0 Dlg8=ServerConnect-0 Dlg9=SdBlankPwdWarningDlg-0 Dlg10=SdSP3WrngDlg-0 Dlg11=SdErrorReportingDlg-0 Dlg12=DlgCollation-0 Dlg13=DlgServerNetwork-0 Dlg14=SdStartCopy-0 Dlg15=SdFinish-0 [DlgW2kReboot-0] Result=189 [SdWelcome-0] Result=1 [DlgMachine-0] Type=1 Result=1 [DlgInstallMode-0] Type=2 Result=1 [SdLicense-0] Result=1 [DlgInstanceName-0] InstanceName=MSSQLSERVER Result=0 [DlgMaintainInstall-0] Type=12 Result=1 [DlgUpgrade-0] Result=1 [ServerConnect-0] NTAuthentication=1 SQLAuthentication=0 Result=1 [SdBlankPwdWarningDlg-0] AllowBlank=0 EnterPwd=XXX ConfirmPwd=XXX Result=0 [SdSP3WrngDlg-0] EnableCrossDBChaining=0 UpgradeMSSearch=1 MSXTSXUpgraded=0 Result=1 [SdErrorReportingDlg-0] EnableErrorReporting=0 Result=0 [DlgCollation-0] collation_name=SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS Result=1 [DlgServerNetwork-0] NetworkLibs=255 TCPPort=1433 TCPPrxy=Default NMPPipeName=\\.\pipe\sql\query Result=1 [SdStartCopy-0] Result=1 [Application] Name=Microsoft SQL Server Version=8.00.000 Company=Microsoft [SdFinish-0] Result=1 bOpt1=0 bOpt2=0 =End sql2kdef.iss= --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info --- Scanned by NetCleanse for all known viruses. http://www.netcleanse.com --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] SQL Server 2000 SP3a
I've tried editing the .iss for sp3a with no success, it seems to hang halfway through and then complete with a -12 error. Perhaps you can send me your .iss file for sp3a to use as a template? (without the license key, of course!) Tony Worrall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: Tony Worrall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 2:46 PM To: unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Unattended] SQL Server 2000 SP3a Hi all, I have SQL Server installing silently after a Windows 2003 Standard Server install, however, the service pack, sp3a, doesn't seem to work silently, yet installs fine otherwise. Is there anyone out there already doing this as part of unattended? If so, please let me know how you've approached this. I'm using this to install SQL 2000 plus SP3a: =Begin sql2000.bat= :: OPTIONAL: Install Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Personal Edition @Echo off :: Reminder, things get installed in REVERSE order! :: SP3 Installation todo.pl ".reboot-on 194 %Z%\updates\sql2ksp3_de\SQL2KDEF.BAT" :: Server Installation todo.pl ".reboot-on 194 %Z%\packages\sql2000\sqlins.bat" =End sql2000.bat= SQLINS.BAT and SQL2KDEF.BAT are the default ones provided in the installation directories, just make sure to provide the serial number, login type and password in sqlins.iss and sql2kdef.iss. HTH, Kaari --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info --- Scanned by NetCleanse for all known viruses. http://www.netcleanse.com --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
[Unattended] SQL Server 2000 SP3a
Hi all, I have SQL Server installing silently after a Windows 2003 Standard Server install, however, the service pack, sp3a, doesn't seem to work silently, yet installs fine otherwise. Is there anyone out there already doing this as part of unattended? If so, please let me know how you've approached this. Thanks Tony Worrall --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
[Unattended] File copy fails
Hi all, I'm seeing a problem where Win2k3 systems being setup by unattended copy all the files over the network and then reboot, when they come back up, windows setup starts 'copying files' and can't find atapi.sys. I can skip the file and it will continue for about 3 or 4 files till in comes to the next one it can't copy and so on and so on. I think this is the stage of windows setup where it extracts the atapi.sy_ to atapi.sys (ie. second reboot). Having sucessfully setup a Win2k3 Web edition install with unattended, I was quite chuffed, I'm pretty sure I didn't change anything with the setup which might have affected it this way. I added another OS, Win2k3 Standard Edition, edited the config.pl a little and since this problem happened I have removed my changes. Tried since on two seperate systems and it fails at the same point everytime! Can anyone shed some light/experience on this? Tony Worrall --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] Renaming the administrator account
Thanks to all who replied, a few different ways of doing it, the vb &
jscript was the way to go for me :)
Tony Worrall
Hinz, Matthew wrote:
Howdy--
There's probably a better way to do it, but I wrote a javascript script
to rename local accounts. I just put it in my \bin directory add a call
to it in the _bottom section of my unattend.txt file like so:
cscript %z%\bin\renameacct.js Administrator SomeOtherAccountName
-Matt
vv-- Begin Script (enableacct.js) --vv
/***
* renameacct.js
*
* Renames a local user account.
*
* Usage:
*
* cscript renameacct.js
*
\***
***/
var computerName, oldUserName, newUserName;
var network = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Network");
var computer, user;
oldUserName = WScript.Arguments(0);
newUserName = WScript.Arguments(1);
// Get the local computer name
computerName = network.ComputerName;
// Get the local computer object
computer = GetObject("WinNT://" + computerName);
try
{
user = GetObject("WinNT://" + computerName + "/" + oldUserName +
",user");
computer.MoveHere(user.ADsPath, newUserName);
}
catch (ex)
{
}
^^-- End Script --^^
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony
Worrall
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 8:54 AM
To: unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [Unattended] Renaming the administrator account
Hi all,
After the 'amazing' response to my first post to the list,
http://www.mail-archive.com/unattended-info%40lists.sourceforge.net/msg0
3087.html,
I thought I'd try another one, perhapsa littel easier this time? :)
How can I rename the default administrator account after unattended
install of any windows system?
TIA for any advice/help.
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[Unattended] Renaming the administrator account
Hi all, After the 'amazing' response to my first post to the list, http://www.mail-archive.com/unattended-info%40lists.sourceforge.net/msg03087.html, I thought I'd try another one, perhapsa littel easier this time? :) How can I rename the default administrator account after unattended install of any windows system? TIA for any advice/help. -- Tony Worrall --- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almosthttp://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] Partition and Formatting automatically using the DOS boot CD.
Just as a sidenote, formatting of the D drive is done after the install, so I don't need to wory about that. Tony wrote: Hi List/Patrick, I decided to use Unattended recently to deploy our windows servers here and let me first say that it seems, after a day or two of configuring and testing, to be pretty solid and straightforward to use. Kudos. However, I have a question and I'm sure I'll have more as I proceed... I wish to automatically partition and format the drive to a 12GB C partition and the rest to a D partition and format both. Is this possible using the DOS boot disk? I've read back over the archives of the list and seen that the suggestions for using the [_meta] section to do this are for the linux boot disk, I tried anyway, but it didn't work for me The behavior I'm looking for is to boot a raw system from the cd, select the NIC and then have it partition to this scheme automatically, reboot, select NIC, automatically format and continue to choosing OS and Apps. Any and all help and suggestions appreciated. Thanks. --- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almosthttp://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
[Unattended] Partition and Formatting automatically using the DOS boot CD.
Hi List/Patrick, I decided to use Unattended recently to deploy our windows servers here and let me first say that it seems, after a day or two of configuring and testing, to be pretty solid and straightforward to use. Kudos. However, I have a question and I'm sure I'll have more as I proceed... I wish to automatically partition and format the drive to a 12GB C partition and the rest to a D partition and format both. Is this possible using the DOS boot disk? I've read back over the archives of the list and seen that the suggestions for using the [_meta] section to do this are for the linux boot disk, I tried anyway, but it didn't work for me The behavior I'm looking for is to boot a raw system from the cd, select the NIC and then have it partition to this scheme automatically, reboot, select NIC, automatically format and continue to choosing OS and Apps. Any and all help and suggestions appreciated. Thanks. -- Tony --- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almosthttp://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
