Article ID: 143473
Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
This article was previously published under Q143473
SYMPTOMS
When you perform an unattended Setup of Windows NT 4.0, you may receive
one of the following messages:
- Pre-installation completed successfully - press any key to shut down
and reboot the system.
- File system conversion complete.
When you receive one of these messages, the unattended Setup stops.
CAUSE
This behavior occurs when you use the following lines in your Unattend.txt
file:
[Unattended]
NoWaitAfterTextMode=1
Filesystem=ConvertNTFS
ExtendOemPartition=1
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, follow these steps:
- Extract the Setupdd.sys file from the latest Windows NT 4.0 Service
Pack or download the Setupdd.sys file from the following location:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/usa/NT40/
hotfixes-postsp2/setupdd-fix
For example, to extract all Service Pack files from Windows NT 4.0
Service Pack 3 to the current folder, type the following command at a
command prompt:
Nt4sp3_i.exe /x
- Copy the Setupdd.sys file to the folder from which you run Windows NT
unattended Setup.
- Edit the Unattend.txt file to add the "nowait" option to the end of
the "ExtendOemPartition" line. For example, edit the Unattend.txt file
so it includes the following lines:
[Unattended]
NoWaitAfterTextMode=1
Filesystem=ConvertNTFS
ExtendOemPartition=1, nowait
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0.
This problem is 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):
Additional query words: prodnt deploy rollout pause expand Unattended Setup Install
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