Unattended Setup Stops Unexpectedly

• Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0

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.

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:

1. 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



2. Copy the Setupdd.sys file to the folder from which you run Windows NT unattended Setup.



3. 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):

S E R V P A C K

MORE INFORMATION

To use the "ExtendOemPartition" option in Windows NT 4.0 unattended Setup, the "OemPreinstall" option must be enabled. The "OemPreinstall" option was originally designed to allow the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) to stop Windows NT Setup so the computer could be shipped to a customer at that point.

For more information about these and other options available in Windows NT 4.0 unattended Setup, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q155197
TITLE : Unattended Setup Parameters for Unattend.txt File

Additional query words: prodnt deploy rollout pause expand

Keywords          : kbsetup kbbug4.00 kbfix4.00 ntsetup kbfix4.00.sp3 NTSrvWkst 
Version           : 4.0
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbbug 

Last Reviewed: February 11, 1999