SBS: What the Client Setup Disk Does (216106)

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In a network based around Microsoft BackOffice Small Business Server, the client setup disk is used to aid Administrators in configuring the networking components of a client computer. It is not a requirement that the disks be run on every client. The Administrator may choose to not use the disk and to make the required changes manually. However, the Administrator must still use the Set Up Computer wizard on the server to create a setup disk. During the process of creating the client setup disk, additional support files for installing applications on the client are also created. If the client setup disk is not created using the Set Up Computer wizard, the client computer will not be able to automatically install any of the Small Business Server client applciations.

The client setup disk makes the following changes on the client computer:

• If a Network Interface Card (NIC) is not installed, Client Setup attempts to detect and install a NIC.
• If TCP/IP is not installed, Client Setup installs TCP/IP, binds TCP/IP to the NIC, and configures TCP/IP to use a DHCP server.
• Client Setup changes the computer name to the name specified when running the Set Up Computer wizard.
• On Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Millennium Edition clients, Client Setup changes the workgroup name to be the Small Business Server domain name.
• On Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Millennium Edition clients, Client Setup adds Client for Microsoft Networks and configures it to log on to the Small Business Server domain.
• On Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Millennium Edition clients, Client Setup adds File and Print Sharing for Microsoft Networks and enables File and Print sharing with User Level Access Control. The Small Business Server domain is set to be the source for the access control.
• Client Setup causes Windows NT Workstations to join the Small Business Server Domain and sets a registry key forcing Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4 (SP4) to be installed during the application installation phase of client setup. SP4 will be installed on all Windows NT Workstation clients, unless the Service Pack level of the client is already greater than SP4. If the Service Pack level is greater than SP4, re-apply the Service Pack after the system restarts and before installing the Client Applications.
• On Windows NT Workstations, the selected user of the client computer is added to the local administrators group.
• On Windows 95 clients, Client Setup configures user-level desktop and startmenu preferences.

The Client Setup disk may encounter problems if the disk is used on a Windows NT Workstation computer that is already a member of a domain.

NOTE: You need the Media for the Client Operating Systems, in order for the Client Setup disk to properly install the needed networking components.

For the disk to function properly, the Windows NT Workstation computer must first be manually removed from the domain and placed into a workgroup.