Primary and Secondary WINS Servers in Unattended Setup

ID: Q141300

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5, 3.51
Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5, 3.51

SUMMARY

Only some of the TCP/IP protocol parameters can be defined at setup time in unattended setup. Neither the unattend text file nor the IPINFO.INF file allow the user to specify the WINS primary and secondary server IP addresses.

The IP address, subnet mask and default gateway can be specified in IPINFO.INF. Changing WINS primary and secondary servers IP addresses can only be done by editing the TCP/IP setup script file OEMNXPTC.INF.

MORE INFORMATION

The WINS primary and secondary server IP addresses are stored in a per- network adapter key in the values NameServer (REG_SZ) and NameServerBackup (REG_SZ) found under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE subtree in the following key:

\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetBT\Adapters\YourAdapter.

By default these two keys are not set. All network adapter's TCP/IP information are set during TCP/IP configuration, after binding, as the binding process gives the network adapters service names.

WORKAROUND

WARNING: Modification of INF files can cause serious, system-wide problems before and after Setup and may require you to reinstall Windows NT to correct them. Microsoft cannot guarantee that any problems resulting from the modification of INF files can be solved. Make INF modifications at your own risk.

To resolve the problem, modify IPINFO.INF and OEMNXPTC.INF. This solution has several limitations: it sets the same WINS primary and secondary servers IP addresses for all network adapters, therefore it is not very adapted for a multiple network adapters setup. On the other hand, after Setup it is impossible to reset the two WINS servers IP addresses to none. In this case, restore the CD-ROM OEMNXPTC.INF in %SystemRoot%\System32 after setup.

Copy the \I386 directory from the Windows NT compact disc to your hard drive.

Run expand -r OEMNXPTC.INF on your hard disk

Run del OEMNXPTC.INF

Modify the IPINFO.INF file to include the appropriate static IP values in the [DefaultIPInfo] section. For additional information on how to do this, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q135463
TITLE : IPINFO.INF Values Ignored During Setup

In OEMNXPTC.INF, search for the [InstallOptions] heading to find the following problem code fragment:
```
       ifstr(i) $(!STF_GUI_UNATTENDED) == YES
          set EnableDHCPFlag = 1
       endif
       ifstr(i) $(EnableDHCPFlag) == ""
          set EnableDHCPFlag = 0
       endif
   
```
This problem is referenced in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:

ARTICLE-ID: Q133337
TITLE : Automate Setup to Configure TCP/IP for Static Addressing Fails

In OEMNXPTC.INF, search for the following lines:


   ForListDo $(OldCardList)
       ifstr(i) $(CardServiceKey) == ""
           ifstr $(CardList) == ""
                set CardList = $($)
           else
                set CardList = $(CardList)"@"$($)
           endif
       debug-output "Doing:"$($)
       debug-output $(CardList)
       set DefaultIPAddress = *($(IPAddressList),$(CardCount))
       set DefaultSubnetMask = *($(SubnetMaskList),$(CardCount))

Add the following lines right after the previous lines (Change first the NameServer and NameServerBackup IP addresses below with the appropriate IP addresses. A + indicates that the current line and the next line is one complete line):


      Debug-Output "OEMNXPTC.INF: Open netbtkey "$($)
      OpenRegKey $(!REG_H_LOCAL) "" +
      "System\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetBT\Adapters\"$($) +
      $(MAXIMUM_ALLOWED) WinsParamKey
         ifstr(i) $(WinsParamKey) != ""
             EnumRegValue $(WinsParamKey) WinsList
             QueryListSize WinsListSize $(WinsList)
             Debug-Output "OEMNXPTC.INF: Wins list size = "$(WinsListSize)
             ifint $(WinsListSize) != 0
                 ; Value of NameServer : *(*($(WinsList),1),4)
                 ifstr(i) *(*($(WinsList),1),4) != ""
                     goto nowinsadd
                 endif
             endif
             set NewValueList = +
      {{NameServer,$(NoTitle),$(!REG_VT_SZ),"135.135.2.8"},+
      {NameServerBackup,$(NoTitle),$(!REG_VT_SZ),"135.135.7.1"}+
                                }
             Shell  $(UtilityInf), AddValueList, $(WinsParamKey) , +
      $(NewValueList)
             ifint $($ShellCode) != $(!SHELL_CODE_OK)
                 Debug-Output "OEMNXPTC.INF: ShellCode error: cannot write
      wins servers addresses."
                 goto ShellCodeError
             endif
      nowinsadd = +
             CloseRegKey $(WinsParamKey)
          endif

To make use of the changes you have made, run Setup from the directory on your hard drive.

Additional query words: prodnt

Keywords : nttcp ntconfig NTSrvWkst
Version : 3.50 3.51
Platform : WINDOWS
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