Computer Account Organizational Unit May Be Specified Using the Unattend.txt Utility

ID: Q226315

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

SUMMARY

When you automate the installation of Windows 2000 using the unattended installation method, you may specify the Organizational Unit (OU) where the computer account should be placed. You can do this by adding the following section to your unattended answer (Unattend.txt) file:

[Identification]

MachineObjectOU
Value: Domain Name System (DNS) name, LDAP path

This value specifies the full LDAP path name of the OU in which the computer belongs. For example:

MachineObjectOU = "OU = MyOU,OU = MyParentOU,DC = mydom,DC = MyCompany,DC = com"

MORE INFORMATION

When you join a domain from within the Windows 2000 user interface, the machine account is placed in the default OU, which is the "Computers OU". The method described earlier in this article is the only available method to add computer accounts to an OU other than the default "Computers OU". For more information about the Unattend process, click the article numbers below to view the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q224390 How to Automate Windows 2000 Setup and Domain Controller Setup

Q224676 Enabling Users to Join Domain without Administrator Intervention

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbnetwork kbtool
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto