Hello Bob,
Just to be clear, when you removed the computer name entry, do you remove
the entire line or just the value? I tested this with removing the line and
it did stop on the computer name page in mini setup. I would recommend
checking your sysprep.inf, it could have run with an older version of your
inf that still had the computer name entry defined. Here is the definition
for the computer name entry:
ComputerName
Specifies the computer name.
Syntax ComputerName = computer_name
Value computer_name
Registry subkey HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\
ComputerName\ComputerName
Example ComputerName = MYCOMPUTER
Comments If the ComputerName entry is empty or missing, the end user must
enter a computer name. If the value is *, Setup generates a random computer
name based on the organization name specified.
If computer_name is longer than 63 characters, the string truncates to 63
characters.
To address your second issue, sysprep will not remove or change and
administrator password that has been previously set. This was designed as a
security measure. A work around for this is to run " net user Administrator
"" " while logged in as administrator. This will blank out the admin password
and you will then be able to set this via Sysprep.inf.
Hope that helps,
Tom D. [MSFT]
Windows Sustained Engineering
ArrrghBob said:
Hi Joe,
Thank you so much for your suggestion. Unfortunately, when I tried removing
the entry in the .inf file, it did no good. As the mini-setup begins to run,
it immediately fills in a auto-generated machine name, and doesn't stop for
me to enter a different machine name in it's place. Any other ideas? Have
you ever successfully had this work on an XP machine?
Rob
JoesCat said:
Edit your sysprep.inf file . . .
The following section contains the machine name. If it isn't there, I
belive you'll be prompted:
[UserData]
ComputerName=nnnnnnn
FullName=somedepartmentorpersonname
OrgName=someorganizationname
ProductID=aaaaa-aaaaa-aaaaa-aaaaa-aaaaa
ArrrghBob said:
I have two problems when I run sysprep on an xp image.
1. In the minisetup I want the setup to be mostly automated, but I want it
to stop so I can give the new machine a unique machine name that I choose.
2. Every time I run sysprep on an xp system, when the minisetup runs, it
says something like "Can't change Administrator password". I would like to
clear that up, but it's not as important as number 1.
Can anyone suggest something.
--
Rob
"Eddies in the space/time continuum"
Ford Prefect
