Unattended Install Prompts for New IP if Zero Is in Address

Last reviewed: August 13, 1997
Article ID: Q159203

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.00
Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.00

SYMPTOMS

When you do an unattended setup with the following section

   DetectAdapters = ""
   InstallProtocols = SelectedProtocolsList
   JoinWorkGroup = WORKGROUP

   [SelectedProtocolsList]

   TC = TCPIPParameters

   [TCPIPParameters]

   DHCP = NO
   IPAddress = 126.0.10.132
   Subnet = 255.0.0.0

You get a dialog box with the following message:

   The IPAddress key has an invalid IP address. Please correct the problem
   after the property sheet is displayed.

The property sheet will then be displayed with the IP address entered. Click OK, and the IP address is now accepted. This message only occurs when a zero is the second or third octet.

RESOLUTION

This problem has been fixed in the file TCPCFG.DLL contained in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 2.0 and later service packs.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

   S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: prodnt
Keywords : kbbug4.00 kbfix4.00.sp2 nttcp kbnetwork kbsetup
Version : 4.0
Platform : winnt

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Last reviewed: August 13, 1997
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