As I am currently unable to get my Windows Installations to work correctly over RIS (note: this means the last attempt didn’t work…), I thought I would give a go to installing ThinStation using RIS, and for machine without PXE boot roms, a USB stick installer. I thought from the outset that this would be
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RIS: Not Adding Computer to Domain
Just had a look at this problem again. Remembered the netsetup.log file that can be found in C:\Windows\Debug. Found more information: 08/17 09:25:02 NetpValidateName: checking to see if ‘ABCDE’ is valid as type 3 name 08/17 09:25:02 NetpCheckDomainNameIsValid for ‘ABCDE’ returned 0x54b 08/17 09:25:02 NetpCheckDomainNameIsValid [ Exists ] for ‘ABCDE’ returned 0x54b This indicates a problem
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RIS: Not adding computer to domain
I have just completed upgrading a Windows 2003 domain to Windows 2008. All has gone swimmingly. Everything seems to be working, apart from one thing: RIS. Not working is a bit extreme. I can load the CIW, enter in all of the details such as computer name, OU, and choose the image that I want
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Hi, Finally sat down and got this site sorted! Just wish it hadn’t taken 3 weeks to sit down and click half a dozen buttons to make it work. Anyhow, this blog will look at some of the things that I find, weird, wonderful and downright confusing. In a hope that at some point it
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