PRB: Unattended Install Prompts for New IP if Zero Is in Address (159203)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
This article was previously published under Q159203

SYMPTOMS

When you do an unattended setup with the following section: 
   DetectAdapters = ""
   InstallProtocols = SelectedProtocolsList
   JoinWorkGroup = WORKGROUP

   [SelectedProtocolsList]

   TC = TCPIPParameters

   [TCPIPParameters]

   DHCP = NO
   IPAddress = 126.0.10.132
   Subnet = 255.0.0.0

You get a dialog box with the following message:
The IPAddress key has an invalid IP address. Please correct the problem after the property sheet is displayed.
The property sheet will then be displayed with the IP address entered. Click OK, and the IP address is now accepted. This message only occurs when a zero is the second or third octet.

RESOLUTION

This problem has been fixed in the Tcpcfg.dll file contained in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 2.0 and later service packs.

To work around this issue:
  1. Rename the Tcpcfg.dl_ file to Tcpcfg.org on the distribution server.
  2. Copy the Tcpcfg.dll file from the latest service pack onto the distribution server.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:8/10/2001
Keywords:kbnetwork kbprb kbSBK kbsetup KB159203
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