SBS: What the Client Setup Disk Does

• Microsoft BackOffice Small Business Server version 4.5

SUMMARY

The purpose of this article is to explain what changes the client setup disk makes on a client computer.

MORE INFORMATION

In a network based around Microsoft BackOffice Small Business Server (SBS), the client setup disk is used to aid Administrators in configuring the networking components of a client computer. It is not a requirement that the disks be run on every client. The Administrator may choose to not use the disk and to make the required changes manually. However, the Administrator must still use the Set Up Computer Wizard (SCW) on the server to create a setup disk. During the process of creating the client setup disk, additional support files for installing applications on the client are also created. If the client setup disk is not created using SCW, the client computer will not be able to automatically install any of the Small Business Server client applciations.

The client setup disk makes the following changes on the client computer:

• If a nnetwork interface card (NIC) is not installed, Client Setup attempts to detect and install a NIC.



• If TCP/IP is not installed, Client Setup installs TCP/IP, binds TCP/IP to the NIC, and configures TCP/IP to use a DHCP server.



• Client Setup changes the computer name to the name specified when running SCW.



• On Windows 95 and Windows 98 clients, Client Setup changes the workgroup name to be the SBS domain name.



• On Windows 95 and Windows 98 clients, Client Setup adds Client for Microsoft Networks and configures it to log on to the SBS domain.



• On Windows 95 and Windows 98 clients, Client Setup adds File and Print Sharing for Microsoft Networks and enables File and Print sharing with User Level Access Control. The SBS domain is set to be the source for the access control.



• Client Setup causes Windows NT Workstations to join the SBS Domain and sets a registry key forcing Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4 (SP4) to be installed during the application installation phase of client setup. SP4 will be installed on all Windows NT Workstation clients, unless the Service Pack level of the client is already greater than SP4.



• On Windows NT Workstations, the selected user of the client computer is added to the local administrators group.



• On Windows 95 clients, client setup configures user-level desktop and start menu preferences.

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