jarod670

Here is a copy of my .inf file, names have been changed to protect the innocent: ;SetupMgrTag ; [unattended] OemSkipEula=Yes OemPnPDriversPath=Sysprep\Drivers\audio;Sysprep\Drivers\video; Sysprep\Drivers\chipset;Sysprep\Drivers\usb;Sysprep\Drivers\Unknown; Sysprep\Laptop Drivers\audio;\Sysprep\Laptop Drivers\Video;Sysprep\Laptop Drivers\Nic;Sysprep\Laptop Drivers\Chipset ExtendOemPartition=1 DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore InstallFilesPath=C:\WINNT\i386 [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword=password OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=35 OemSkipWelcome=1 [userData] FullName="Authorized User" OrgName="Business" ComputerName= ProductID=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx [Display] Xresolution=1024 YResolution=768 BitsPerPel=24 [TapiLocation] CountryCode=1 AreaCode=111 [setupMgr] DistFolder=C:\sysprep\i386 DistShare=win2000dist [identification] JoinDomain=domain name DomainAdmin=admin DomainAdminPassword=password [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes [sysprepMassStorage] PCMCIA\*PNP0600=%systemroot%\inf\mshdc.inf PCMCIA\KME-KXLC005-A99E=%systemroot%\inf\mshdc.inf PCMCIA\_-NinjaATA--3768=%systemroot%\inf\mshdc.inf PCMCIA\FUJITSU-IDE-PC_CARD-DDF2=%systemroot%\inf\mshdc.inf *AZT0502=%systemroot%\inf\mshdc.inf PCI\CC_0101=%systemroot%\inf\mshdc.inf PCI\VEN_10B9&DEV_5215=%systemroot%\inf\mshdc.inf PCI\VEN_10B9&DEV_5219=%systemroot%\inf\mshdc.inf PCI\VEN_10B9&DEV_5229=%systemroot%\inf\mshdc.inf PCI\VEN_1097&DEV_0038=%systemroot%\inf\mshdc.inf PCI\VEN_1095&DEV_0640=%systemroot%\inf\mshdc.inf PCI\VEN_1095&DEV_0646=%systemroot%\inf\mshdc.inf PCI\VEN_0E11&DEV_AE33=%systemroot%\inf\mshdc.inf PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1222=%systemroot%\inf\mshdc.inf PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1230=%systemroot%\inf\mshdc.inf PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_7010=%systemroot%\inf\mshdc.inf PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_7111=%systemroot%\inf\mshdc.inf PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2411=%systemroot%\inf\mshdc.inf PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2421=%systemroot%\inf\mshdc.inf PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_7199=%systemroot%\inf\mshdc.inf PCI\VEN_1042&DEV_1000=%systemroot%\inf\mshdc.inf PCI\VEN_1039&DEV_0601=%systemroot%\inf\mshdc.inf PCI\VEN_1039&DEV_5513=%systemroot%\inf\mshdc.inf PCI\VEN_10AD&DEV_0001=%systemroot%\inf\mshdc.inf PCI\VEN_10AD&DEV_0150=%systemroot%\inf\mshdc.inf PCI\VEN_105A&DEV_4D33=%systemroot%\inf\mshdc.inf PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_0571=%systemroot%\inf\mshdc.inf The exact error I am getting is: "The domain spicified is invalid. Would you like to continue for now and join a domain later."

I am setting up an unattended installation of Windows 2000 and am having a problem joining it to my domain. I enter the domain name, user name and password in my .inf file, however when sysprep runs, I recieve an error very similar to this: "You have entered an invalid domain. Would you like to proceed for now and try joining a domain later?" I have tried entering the domain name in front of the user name: domain\userid and that doesn't work either. In my brief attempts to Google for an answer, I saw somewhere that I have to add the IP address of my DHCP server in the .inf file. I have also rebooted the machine and then have problems joining it to the domain at that time as well. Any help here is appreciated. Thanks, Jarod

We just started using Sysprep with Ghost and have been pretty happy so far. If you have just one image that you need to deploy to different hardware platforms this works great. I work in a hospital, and have about 10 different models to work with. We made one base image, then push all of the updates out with SUS. We are looking forward to finally getting Active Directory up and using more of the server 2k3 tools.