INFO: How to Disable LMHOSTS Lookup During an Unattended Installation

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1. Create a new share on a network server and then copy the I386 folder (or appropriate platform folder) from the Windows NT 4.0 CD-ROM to the new share.
2. Using any text editor (such as Notepad), add the following entry to the [Unattended] section of the Unattend.txt file:
   

         OEMPreinstall = Yes

3. Save and then close the Unattend.txt file.
4. Create a new folder named $OEM$ in the share you created in step 1.
5. In the $OEM$ folder, create a file with the following entries. Save the file as <filename>.reg, where <filename> is your choice of names (for example, Mychange.reg):
   

         REGEDIT4
   
         [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetBT\Parameters]
         "EnableLMHOSTS"=dword:00000000
   						

6. In the $OEM$ folder, create a file named Cmdlines.txt. This file should contain the following entries, including the quotation marks surrounding the entry
   

         [Commands]
         "Regedit.exe /s .\<filename>.reg"
   						

   
   where <filename> is the name of the registry file you created in the previous step.
7. Copy the Regedit.exe file from the share you created in step 1 to the $OEM$ folder.
8. Run Windows NT 4.0 Setup in Unattended mode using the Unattend.txt file. For example, use the following command
   
   winnt /u:unattend.txt /s:<sourcefiles>
   
   where <sourcefiles> is the location of the shared folder you created in step 1.