fbreseal

Since nobody responded to my Computer Name post, I was wondering if y'all
could fill me in on how fbreseal works, so I can see about finding a
workaround. I assume setupcl.exe changes the SIDs on the filesystem. Does
setupcn.exe change
the computer name, autologin, etc?

Does the FBA broker calls to setupcn and setupcl? What Registry state tells
Windows to run these programs? Can I put my own executable in the same spot
to call SetComputerName before the OS reads the computer name, and tell
fbreseal to leave the computer name alone?

Thanks for any help,

David

fbreseal will change the autologin (enable /disable) and the computer name
(Unique name / or leave the default.). There are options to set these in the
extended properties. With the computer name if you have a name already
there, i.e. mysystem, a name of mysystem -###### will be generated. You can
tell fbreseal not to change the name so you can have another app set it
later.

Regards,

Sean Liming
www.sjjmicro.com / www.seanliming.com
XP Embedded Book Author - XP Embedded Advanced, XP Embedded Supplemental
Toolkit.


"David Morgan" <DavidMorgan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1EA4F8E6-A12B-4C8A-A7EE-F7D03895848E@microsoft.com...
> Since nobody responded to my Computer Name post, I was wondering if y'all
> could fill me in on how fbreseal works, so I can see about finding a
> workaround. I assume setupcl.exe changes the SIDs on the filesystem.
> Does
> setupcn.exe change
> the computer name, autologin, etc?
>
> Does the FBA broker calls to setupcn and setupcl? What Registry state
> tells
> Windows to run these programs? Can I put my own executable in the same
> spot
> to call SetComputerName before the OS reads the computer name, and tell
> fbreseal to leave the computer name alone?
>
> Thanks for any help,
>
> David

I am building a diskless cluster utilizing the Remote Boot infrastructure,
and would like to push out the same image to all the nodes, yet
deterministically set the Computer Name of each node. I would like to insert
my own code to set the Computer Name instead of letting setupcn.exe do it
automatically.

Browsing the registry after reseal, I found setupcn and setupcl in the
SetupExecute key under the Session Manager. I would like to disable setupcn
from changing the computer name (using the fbreseal params) and set it myself
with a simple app which queries a device on the serial port, and then sets
the name in the registry.

Since I'm running diskless, I can't preserve any state through reboots, and
I really don't want to keep N SDI images.

Thanks,

David

"Sean Liming (eMVP)" wrote:

>
> fbreseal will change the autologin (enable /disable) and the computer name
> (Unique name / or leave the default.). There are options to set these in the
> extended properties. With the computer name if you have a name already
> there, i.e. mysystem, a name of mysystem -###### will be generated. You can
> tell fbreseal not to change the name so you can have another app set it
> later.
>
> Regards,
>
> Sean Liming
> www.sjjmicro.com / www.seanliming.com
> XP Embedded Book Author - XP Embedded Advanced, XP Embedded Supplemental
> Toolkit.
>
>
> "David Morgan" <DavidMorgan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1EA4F8E6-A12B-4C8A-A7EE-F7D03895848E@microsoft.com...
> > Since nobody responded to my Computer Name post, I was wondering if y'all
> > could fill me in on how fbreseal works, so I can see about finding a
> > workaround. I assume setupcl.exe changes the SIDs on the filesystem.
> > Does
> > setupcn.exe change
> > the computer name, autologin, etc?
> >
> > Does the FBA broker calls to setupcn and setupcl? What Registry state
> > tells
> > Windows to run these programs? Can I put my own executable in the same
> > spot
> > to call SetComputerName before the OS reads the computer name, and tell
> > fbreseal to leave the computer name alone?
> >
> > Thanks for any help,
> >
> > David
>
>
>

Hi David. When you configure the System Cloning component, simply select
the option to keep the computer name, and the name will remain the same as
before the reseal. I don't know about the specifics of your technical query
about setupcn and setupcl, but if you have set the "Keep Computer Name"
option (Property cmiGenerateComputerName = 0), the name will not change on
boot. Then you just need to run your app to enact the name change.

Hope this helps clarify the situation. =)

--
Matt Kellner (mattkell@online.microsoft.com)
SDET, Windows Embedded Group

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
===============================

"David Morgan" <DavidMorgan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:04A26DBE-6AAD-4323-8989-A2B0D8F67274@microsoft.com...
>I am building a diskless cluster utilizing the Remote Boot infrastructure,
> and would like to push out the same image to all the nodes, yet
> deterministically set the Computer Name of each node. I would like to
> insert
> my own code to set the Computer Name instead of letting setupcn.exe do it
> automatically.
>
> Browsing the registry after reseal, I found setupcn and setupcl in the
> SetupExecute key under the Session Manager. I would like to disable
> setupcn
> from changing the computer name (using the fbreseal params) and set it
> myself
> with a simple app which queries a device on the serial port, and then sets
> the name in the registry.
>
> Since I'm running diskless, I can't preserve any state through reboots,
> and
> I really don't want to keep N SDI images.
>
> Thanks,
>
> David
>
> "Sean Liming (eMVP)" wrote:
>
>>
>> fbreseal will change the autologin (enable /disable) and the computer
>> name
>> (Unique name / or leave the default.). There are options to set these in
>> the
>> extended properties. With the computer name if you have a name already
>> there, i.e. mysystem, a name of mysystem -###### will be generated. You
>> can
>> tell fbreseal not to change the name so you can have another app set it
>> later.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Sean Liming
>> www.sjjmicro.com / www.seanliming.com
>> XP Embedded Book Author - XP Embedded Advanced, XP Embedded Supplemental
>> Toolkit.
>>
>>
>> "David Morgan" <DavidMorgan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:1EA4F8E6-A12B-4C8A-A7EE-F7D03895848E@microsoft.com...
>> > Since nobody responded to my Computer Name post, I was wondering if
>> > y'all
>> > could fill me in on how fbreseal works, so I can see about finding a
>> > workaround. I assume setupcl.exe changes the SIDs on the filesystem.
>> > Does
>> > setupcn.exe change
>> > the computer name, autologin, etc?
>> >
>> > Does the FBA broker calls to setupcn and setupcl? What Registry state
>> > tells
>> > Windows to run these programs? Can I put my own executable in the same
>> > spot
>> > to call SetComputerName before the OS reads the computer name, and tell
>> > fbreseal to leave the computer name alone?
>> >
>> > Thanks for any help,
>> >
>> > David
>>
>>
>>

Hi Matt,

Thanks for the reply. If I add my app to the SetupExecute key after setupcn
and setupcl, can I simply run SetComputerName and have it take effect without
a reboot?

Thanks,

David

"Matt Kellner (MS)" wrote:

> Hi David. When you configure the System Cloning component, simply select
> the option to keep the computer name, and the name will remain the same as
> before the reseal. I don't know about the specifics of your technical query
> about setupcn and setupcl, but if you have set the "Keep Computer Name"
> option (Property cmiGenerateComputerName = 0), the name will not change on
> boot. Then you just need to run your app to enact the name change.
>
> Hope this helps clarify the situation. =)
>
> --
> Matt Kellner (mattkell@online.microsoft.com)
> SDET, Windows Embedded Group
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> ===============================
>
> "David Morgan" <DavidMorgan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:04A26DBE-6AAD-4323-8989-A2B0D8F67274@microsoft.com...
> >I am building a diskless cluster utilizing the Remote Boot infrastructure,
> > and would like to push out the same image to all the nodes, yet
> > deterministically set the Computer Name of each node. I would like to
> > insert
> > my own code to set the Computer Name instead of letting setupcn.exe do it
> > automatically.
> >
> > Browsing the registry after reseal, I found setupcn and setupcl in the
> > SetupExecute key under the Session Manager. I would like to disable
> > setupcn
> > from changing the computer name (using the fbreseal params) and set it
> > myself
> > with a simple app which queries a device on the serial port, and then sets
> > the name in the registry.
> >
> > Since I'm running diskless, I can't preserve any state through reboots,
> > and
> > I really don't want to keep N SDI images.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > David
> >
> > "Sean Liming (eMVP)" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> fbreseal will change the autologin (enable /disable) and the computer
> >> name
> >> (Unique name / or leave the default.). There are options to set these in
> >> the
> >> extended properties. With the computer name if you have a name already
> >> there, i.e. mysystem, a name of mysystem -###### will be generated. You
> >> can
> >> tell fbreseal not to change the name so you can have another app set it
> >> later.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Sean Liming
> >> www.sjjmicro.com / www.seanliming.com
> >> XP Embedded Book Author - XP Embedded Advanced, XP Embedded Supplemental
> >> Toolkit.
> >>
> >>
> >> "David Morgan" <DavidMorgan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:1EA4F8E6-A12B-4C8A-A7EE-F7D03895848E@microsoft.com...
> >> > Since nobody responded to my Computer Name post, I was wondering if
> >> > y'all
> >> > could fill me in on how fbreseal works, so I can see about finding a
> >> > workaround. I assume setupcl.exe changes the SIDs on the filesystem.
> >> > Does
> >> > setupcn.exe change
> >> > the computer name, autologin, etc?
> >> >
> >> > Does the FBA broker calls to setupcn and setupcl? What Registry state
> >> > tells
> >> > Windows to run these programs? Can I put my own executable in the same
> >> > spot
> >> > to call SetComputerName before the OS reads the computer name, and tell
> >> > fbreseal to leave the computer name alone?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for any help,
> >> >
> >> > David
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>