solblanca23 Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 Does anyone know how to enter multiple computer names in the winnt.sif file. what i mean if I run multiple setup with my unattended cd, can I specify the computer names.Example 1. computer 12 computer 2so on and so furth.thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yourtech Posted April 27, 2004 Share Posted April 27, 2004 A computer cannot have more than one computer name so the answer i'm sure is no but you can set the name via unnattend.txt - see ref.chm (Deployment tools)sidenote:you can have unnattend.txt assign -random- names thoso that my solve your problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solblanca23 Posted April 27, 2004 Author Share Posted April 27, 2004 No I didn't mean for the same computer. And I already have the names I want to use. oh and they're on the same network. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yourtech Posted April 27, 2004 Share Posted April 27, 2004 I didn't say that you did but anyway... have you checked ref.chm?I'm interested in any further developments tho so let me know eh btw it was explained to me today that the deployment tools that come with the cd do not include certain parameters as this one i'm told does http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/winnt_sif.htmOr....maybe you could (in some way) use the regkey that changes the computer name? (I'm pretty sure there is one but i'm not sure if i have it or not)maybe someone could post it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterControl Posted April 27, 2004 Share Posted April 27, 2004 the post here was not the ans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yourtech Posted April 27, 2004 Share Posted April 27, 2004 could you be a little more specific MControl? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solblanca23 Posted April 27, 2004 Author Share Posted April 27, 2004 I did try the setup Manager first, and i entered the names in the part where it asked to the computer names. and all it did was create a section in the winnt.sif file called setupmgr, but it didn't read that section during the setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yourtech Posted April 27, 2004 Share Posted April 27, 2004 that is not what i said either I no longer use setupmgrits useless lol (ok not useless just doesn't do it all)I thought for a moment there you were familiar with winnt.sif/unnattended.txtread the ref.chm that is included in the deployments tools that i posted you the link for (and just edit your file if you find the answer to your issue) maybe you can answer the question for us too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[BM]Crusher Posted April 27, 2004 Share Posted April 27, 2004 if you search the forums, you will find a few topics relating to setting the computers "Computer Name' based on the MAC address of the network adapter... therefore you can specify the names of as many different computers you want as long as you know the address's correctly...I just did a search for it though and couldn't find it :/I know it is on the forums though I have read it (within last month) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yourtech Posted April 27, 2004 Share Posted April 27, 2004 Well i know i'd prefer a different solution than having to know the mac heh(and i hope that's not how that registry tweak works because i'd be a tad disspointed?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[BM]Crusher Posted April 27, 2004 Share Posted April 27, 2004 OK I found itSet your computer name unattended... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yourtech Posted April 27, 2004 Share Posted April 27, 2004 nice work! but here's a related and possibly helpful suggestion/question:could there be a way to say make it generate a number that follows a particular name/phrase?ie.you want all your computers in the office house to start with say:BOJANGso that you could haveBOJANG01BOJANG02BOJANG03BOJANG04and so on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[BM]Crusher Posted April 27, 2004 Share Posted April 27, 2004 you can setComputerName=*and it will generate a random computer nameI haven't tried and doubt it would work doingComputerName=COMP*or you could find the MAC address of each computer and use previous method Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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