Computer cannot automatically join domain with SYSPREP.INF paramet

[Guest]

Hello

I created an image of a PC, used SYSPREP to eliminate all the SIDs and
defined a SYSPREP.INF file to automate the configuration of the PC after
applying a new image. I just ask the user to enter the computer name during
the mini setup. The rest is defined in the SYSPREP.INF. Everything works
fine, except that the PC cannot join the domain. Here is the appropriate
section of the SYSPREP.INF file:

[Identification]
JoinDomain=xxxxx.local
DomainAdmin=administrator
DomainAdminPassword=xxxxxxx

The computer tries to join and after several minutes finds out that there is
a network problem. If I restart the PC, I'm able to add manually the computer
to the problem, without any problem.

Has someone an idea ?

Thanks for any reply
Nicolas

 

[Guest]

Do you have the NIC drivers copied into a directory under C:\Sysprep? If not,
the most likely culprit is that the driver isn't installed for your network
card. Just make a directory under C:\Sysprep called drivers (or whatever) and
then make sure that you modify OEMPnPDriversPath under the [Unattended]
section with the path to those drivers. This is what my OEMPnPDriversPath
section looks like -- OEMPnPDriversPath =
"Sysprep\drivers\NIC\INTEL;Sysprep\drivers\NIC\Broadcom;Sysprep\Drivers\NIC\RealTEK"

 

[Guest]

One more thing if it isn't obvious, you'll need to copy the NIC drivers for
your network cards to that Sysprep directory.

Do you have the NIC drivers copied into a directory under C:\Sysprep? If not,
the most likely culprit is that the driver isn't installed for your network
card. Just make a directory under C:\Sysprep called drivers (or whatever) and
then make sure that you modify OEMPnPDriversPath under the [Unattended]
section with the path to those drivers. This is what my OEMPnPDriversPath
section looks like -- OEMPnPDriversPath =
"Sysprep\drivers\NIC\INTEL;Sysprep\drivers\NIC\Broadcom;Sysprep\Drivers\NIC\RealTEK"

Hello

I created an image of a PC, used SYSPREP to eliminate all the SIDs and
defined a SYSPREP.INF file to automate the configuration of the PC after
applying a new image. I just ask the user to enter the computer name during
the mini setup. The rest is defined in the SYSPREP.INF. Everything works
fine, except that the PC cannot join the domain. Here is the appropriate
section of the SYSPREP.INF file:

[Identification]
JoinDomain=xxxxx.local
DomainAdmin=administrator
DomainAdminPassword=xxxxxxx

The computer tries to join and after several minutes finds out that there is
a network problem. If I restart the PC, I'm able to add manually the computer
to the problem, without any problem.

Has someone an idea ?

Thanks for any reply
Nicolas

 

[Guest]

Thanks Mike

We were a step further in implementing an automatic first logon that starts
a NETDOM command. That works, but if we have some time we will try your
solution.

There is just one thing that I do not understand. Why if we took an image of
a PC that was already configured with the correct NIC drivers, should we once
again add these drivers in the SYSPREP directory ? We used the SYSPREP in our
previous Windows 2000 deployement without any SYSPREP.INF parameter... There
were 2 setup phases and in the second one (after the first reboot), we were
able to join the domain, so I consider that the computer knows its drivers...
but the problem is perhaps that at the XP stage where we want to join, they
are not started yet ??!!??

Regards
Nicolas

One more thing if it isn't obvious, you'll need to copy the NIC drivers for
your network cards to that Sysprep directory.

Do you have the NIC drivers copied into a directory under C:\Sysprep? If not,
the most likely culprit is that the driver isn't installed for your network
card. Just make a directory under C:\Sysprep called drivers (or whatever) and
then make sure that you modify OEMPnPDriversPath under the [Unattended]
section with the path to those drivers. This is what my OEMPnPDriversPath
section looks like -- OEMPnPDriversPath =
"Sysprep\drivers\NIC\INTEL;Sysprep\drivers\NIC\Broadcom;Sysprep\Drivers\NIC\RealTEK"

Hello

I created an image of a PC, used SYSPREP to eliminate all the SIDs and
defined a SYSPREP.INF file to automate the configuration of the PC after
applying a new image. I just ask the user to enter the computer name during
the mini setup. The rest is defined in the SYSPREP.INF. Everything works
fine, except that the PC cannot join the domain. Here is the appropriate
section of the SYSPREP.INF file:

[Identification]
JoinDomain=xxxxx.local
DomainAdmin=administrator
DomainAdminPassword=xxxxxxx

The computer tries to join and after several minutes finds out that there is
a network problem. If I restart the PC, I'm able to add manually the computer
to the problem, without any problem.

Has someone an idea ?

Thanks for any reply
Nicolas