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Worked around the problem ... tossed a script in Cmdlines.txt that uses snetcfg to uninstall the offending components. Shouldn't have to IMO, but...

I'm finally moving my unattended/images to SP3 ... experiencing some greif re: the network settings. For some reason, the Microsoft Client and File/Printer Sharing are being installed no matter what the configuration of the answer file. This was not the case with previous builds - these components could be excluded using the following: [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=No [NetAdapters] Adapter1=params.Adapter1 [params.Adapter1] INFID=* [NetClients] [NetServices] [NetProtocols] MS_TCPIP=params.MS_TCPIP [params.MS_TCPIP] DNS=Yes UseDomainNameDevolution=No EnableLMHosts=No AdapterSections=params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1 [params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1] SpecificTo=Adapter1 DHCP=Yes WINS=No NetBIOSOptions=2 Note that we're largely a Novell shop so there's no need for the Microsoft Client or File/Printer Sharing. The preference is that they not be installed. Is this a change with SP3? I've looked through ref.chm that's included with SP3 and didn't note any significant changes to the answer file configuration options. Thoughts? EDIT: I generated a new answer file using setupmgr.exe included with SP3. I specifically removed the Microsoft Client and File/Printer sharing in the Wizard then used the resulting answer file with my unattended - same result. Both the Microsoft Client and File/Printer sharing are installed. So, either something (undocumented) is missing from the answer file or something has changed re: SP3 setup that prevents exclusion of these two components. Note that the new answer includes: [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=No [NetAdapters] Adapter1=params.Adapter1 [params.Adapter1] INFID=* [NetProtocols] MS_TCPIP=params.MS_TCPIP [params.MS_TCPIP] DNS=Yes UseDomainNameDevolution=No EnableLMHosts=No AdapterSections=params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1 [params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1] SpecificTo=Adapter1 DHCP=Yes WINS=No NetBIOSOptions=2