Primary and Secondary WINS Servers in Unattended Setup (141300)

WORKAROUND

WARNING: Modification of INF files can cause serious, system-wide problems before and after Setup and may require you to reinstall Windows NT to correct them. Microsoft cannot guarantee that any problems resulting from the modification of INF files can be solved. Make INF modifications at your own risk.

To resolve the problem, modify IPINFO.INF and OEMNXPTC.INF. This solution has several limitations: it sets the same WINS primary and secondary servers IP addresses for all network adapters, therefore it is not very adapted for a multiple network adapters setup. On the other hand, after Setup it is impossible to reset the two WINS servers IP addresses to none. In this case, restore the CD-ROM OEMNXPTC.INF in %SystemRoot%\System32 after setup.

1. Copy the \I386 directory from the Windows NT compact disc to your hard drive.
2. Run expand -r OEMNXPTC.INF on your hard disk
3. Run del OEMNXPTC.INF
4. Modify the IPINFO.INF file to include the appropriate static IP values in the [DefaultIPInfo] section. For additional information on how to do this, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
   

   ARTICLE-ID: 135463
   TITLE : IPINFO.INF Values Ignored During Setup

5. In OEMNXPTC.INF, search for the [InstallOptions] heading to find the following problem code fragment:
   

          ifstr(i) $(!STF_GUI_UNATTENDED) == YES
             set EnableDHCPFlag = 1
          endif
          ifstr(i) $(EnableDHCPFlag) == ""
             set EnableDHCPFlag = 0
          endif
     
   						

   This problem is referenced in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
   

   ARTICLE-ID: 133337
   TITLE : Automate Setup to Configure TCP/IP for Static Addressing Fails

6. In OEMNXPTC.INF, search for the following lines:
   

      ForListDo $(OldCardList)
          ifstr(i) $(CardServiceKey) == ""
              ifstr $(CardList) == ""
                   set CardList = $($)
              else
                   set CardList = $(CardList)"@"$($)
              endif
          debug-output "Doing:"$($)
          debug-output $(CardList)
          set DefaultIPAddress = *($(IPAddressList),$(CardCount))
          set DefaultSubnetMask = *($(SubnetMaskList),$(CardCount))
     
   						

7. Add the following lines right after the previous lines (Change first the NameServer and NameServerBackup IP addresses below with the appropriate IP addresses. A + indicates that the current line and the next line is one complete line):
   

         Debug-Output "OEMNXPTC.INF: Open netbtkey "$($)
         OpenRegKey $(!REG_H_LOCAL) "" +
         "System\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetBT\Adapters\"$($) +
         $(MAXIMUM_ALLOWED) WinsParamKey
            ifstr(i) $(WinsParamKey) != ""
                EnumRegValue $(WinsParamKey) WinsList
                QueryListSize WinsListSize $(WinsList)
                Debug-Output "OEMNXPTC.INF: Wins list size = "$(WinsListSize)
                ifint $(WinsListSize) != 0
                    ; Value of NameServer : *(*($(WinsList),1),4)
                    ifstr(i) *(*($(WinsList),1),4) != ""
                        goto nowinsadd
                    endif
                endif
                set NewValueList = +
         {{NameServer,$(NoTitle),$(!REG_VT_SZ),"135.135.2.8"},+
         {NameServerBackup,$(NoTitle),$(!REG_VT_SZ),"135.135.7.1"}+
                                   }
                Shell  $(UtilityInf), AddValueList, $(WinsParamKey) , +
         $(NewValueList)
                ifint $($ShellCode) != $(!SHELL_CODE_OK)
                    Debug-Output "OEMNXPTC.INF: ShellCode error: cannot write
         wins servers addresses."
                    goto ShellCodeError
                endif
         nowinsadd = +
                CloseRegKey $(WinsParamKey)
             endif
     
   						

8. To make use of the changes you have made, run Setup from the directory on your hard drive.