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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...kb;en-us;305476 Are you the member of Schema Admins group? Is your DNS zone OK?

You can't do this. But you can: 1. temporarily add another NT4 server and make it BDC. 2. promote it to PDC 3. upgrade it to Windows2003 server (it will create AD domain after installation) 4. add HP server to domain (now you can do it) 5. transfer FSMO roles and Global Catalog role to HP server 6. remove temporary server Or you can recreate domain to Windows 2003 using IdealMigration (Google for it)

Try adding your administrator account to Backup Operators group. Backup Operators can backup files even if they have no permissions to that files. If it works, restore files to FAT32 partition. Then you will have access to them. Also run this command from command prompt and post results here: "cacls filename" (filename = file that you can't access)

XtremeMaC I already did. It seems that MS RIS is better after all. Is supports tools which is very nice feature. It can associate many answer files with each installation. It does not waste disk space if I have similar files. Only possible reason to use it is additional network adapters support (manual choosing is not nice thou) and no AD, DNS and server in requirements. Setup is launched with winnt.exe. Therefore DOS phase should be 2-3 times longer than using MS RIS. Or not?

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/usi...ntroduction.asp

You can copy it anytime you want. It will run only after you launch it and restart PC. Copy it, install apps and then launch it.

Can you tell more about it? Here are some questions: 1. Can it be installed on WindowsXP computer (MS RIS requires server OS) 2. Can it make floppy disk with support for network adapters that can't boot from network? Can I add more adapters? 3. What Windows versions it supports? (MS RIS - 2000, XP only). 4. Is it difficult to configure?

I'm using this method: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=12442

You are running Terminal Server in Administraton mode which allows two connections and requres no additional licenses. You need to switch it to Application Server mode if you want more connections. In application mode it works with no additional licenses for 120 days, then you will need to buy them. Try to look here: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003...es/default.mspx

http://www.winnetmag.com/Article/ArticleID/39255/39255.html

What happens if you skip user adding? "XP + Novell" instead of "XP + Users + Novell"

Wrong forum.

User profile and whats more important registry hives is not created until user logs on. So order is not important here.

No error becouse of /s switch. Try to remove it. How about adding all the registry entries to 1st file and deleting all other .reg files?

How about modifying the file to something like this: cmdow @ /HID@echo on md d:\Applications\GetDizxcopy Files\*.* d:\Applications\GetDiz\*.* /e /h /yregedit /s getdiz.regpauseNote "echo on" and "pause" Then you would see what happens at that moment. My guess - use full pathnames.

Just one notebook? If there is no media to store answer file then you will need to build a custom CD with integrated winnt.sif (not unattend.txt) It will be much much faster to install it manualy.

You mean status bar in Windows Explorer? Dont work on my SP1 XP.

Example is for FAT32 but same goes for FAT16 and NTFS. 1. Add second HDD to your PC and format it as FAT32 2. Using Symantec Ghost crate disk image (Local > Disk > To Image, Compression = High), name it fat32.gho 3. Create file fat32.bat with following contents: ghost2k3.exe @fat32.txt 4. Create file fat32.txt with following contents: -batch -clone,mode=load,src=a:\fat32.gho,dst=1 -sure 5. Now put these three files in your floppy image or folder on CD (edit path in fat32.txt) and add Ghost executable there. Now when launching fat32.bat from CD you get first HDD fdisked/formated in about 15 seconds. Notes: Be very carreful with it. And newer put it in autoexec.bat or you will lose data some day. Multipartition and other configuration images also can be created, see help for that. Sizes for images: FAT16 - about 7Kb, Fat32 - about 22Kb, NTFS - about 200Kb. Some versions of Ghost (older versions?) cant create images if the disk is empty. Create empty text file on it first if this is the case. Dont know about other imaging software, but probably it works the same way. Floppy image on my cd's that presents choice to format disk with FAT16/FAT32/NTFS: CONFIG.SYS [menu]menuitem NTFS, NTFSmenuitem FAT32, FAT32menuitem FAT16, FAT16menudefault=NTFS [NTFS] [FAT32] [FAT16] [COMMON]AUTOEXEC.BAT @ echo offGOTO %CONFIG% :NTFSntfs.bat :FAT32fat32.bat :FAT16fat16.bat

If setup is launched from DOS it needs formated, nonNTFS partition. So first you must create a FAT16/32 partition and (optionally) later convert it to NTFS. Option to convert to NTFS can be added to your .bat file. NTFSDOS PRO probably would allow to use NTFS partitions. It is possible to create nice user interface (checboxes, listboxes, input fields etc) with WBAT and write values to answer file using INIFILE 1.2 Looks nice and doesnt ask million of questions if, for example, the only thing I want to change is ProductID. I read somewhere on this forum that setup from DOS is slower even with smartdrive. Can someone confirm it? WBAT, INIFILE: http://home.mnet-online.de/horst.muc/ For easy to use RAMDrive look here: http://www.geocities.com/politalk/rmdrv/dos.htm Edit AUTOEXEC.BAT, and assign letter X: to CD MSCDEX /?

You can create .bat file that asks for values and then launches setup. Use WBAT - Dialog Box Tool to create dialog boxes and INIFILE 1.2 to write values to answer file. Search Google for those, both are freeware. Also use RAMdisk to store answer file since You can't write it to CD