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Q190206: Unattended NT Option Pack Installation Ignores Some Parameters

Article: Q190206
Product(s): Internet Information Server
Version(s): winnt:4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 10-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT version 4.0 Option Pack 
- Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you install the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack in unattended mode,
several parameters documented in Unattend.txt do not work:

- Components are copied to their default locations no matter what you specify.

  a. CiCatalogPath in section [indexsrv]: Catalog is created under
     inetpub\Catalog.wci.

  b. PathPROGRoot in section [iis]: IIS 4.0 components are copied to
     %windir%\system32\inetsrv.

- Drivers are installed although you specified that they not be installed. For
  example, if you set DAC_DRV_SQLSRV = OFF, the SQL ODBC driver is nevertheless
  installed.

WORKAROUND
==========

Install the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack manually and choose Custom Mode
to set the parameters as needed.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack
version 1.0.


Additional query words: ntop iis uattended CiCatalogPath PathPROGRoot DAC_DRV_SQLSRV

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNT400search kbiisSearch kbiis400 kbWinNT400OptionPack
Version           : winnt:4.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

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