jarod670 Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarod670 Posted November 10, 2004 Author Share Posted November 10, 2004 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.infThe exact error I am getting is: "The domain spicified is invalid. Would you like to continue for now and join a domain later." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radimus Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 typically that is due to a bad/ not active NIC.Some NICs will not auto detect/install until the chipset drivers get updated.I join the workgroup, let setup complete, auto admin logon, and then run a netdom script to rename and join the domain...netdom join newname domain oupath ladmin lpass dadmin dpassnetdom renamecomputer oldname newname ladmin lpass dadmin dpass /force /reboot:10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarod670 Posted November 11, 2004 Author Share Posted November 11, 2004 Thanks Radimus, I got a script working to join the domain, any ideas on how to get it to auto log in to a Novell client. When I try to login in the first time with Sysprep, it bombs out. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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