[wds] WDS Creating two AD accounts

[MrFrostmaul]

Hi,

I have made our installation of Windows finally automatic with unattended files, but currently having a small issue with the naming of the computers.

 

I have it set in WDS server properties to "%MAC", as cannot leave this field blank which is fine. In the unattended file there is no mention of the section, but yet when the image has installed successfully there are two accounts in AD, one is the computers MAC and the other is being generated from somewhere else... In the pending devices in WDS, i just select approve and not name and approve so have no idea where this other computer account name is coming from.

 

I checked the computers name once it re-imaged is the other one and not the computers mac name which it should be.

 

Anyone know how to resolve this issue?

 

Thanks

[ijk]

In your unattend file for your Windows image (we use WSIM to create these files) you need to:

 

- add the component (for 64bit arch for example), amd64_Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup_neutral to section 4, 'specialize'

- within 'Settings' and against 'ComputerName' enter a '*'.

 

The resultant XML will contain something like:

 

  GMT Standard Time
  My Owner Name
  My Org Name
  *
  My Product Key

[MrFrostmaul]

Hi,

I have put the * in, but still getting same issue.

[ijk]

Are you sure that '%MAC' is a valid entry for naming? Try adding a letter, e.g. 'Z%MAC'. & did you reapply the updated image unattend file to the image in the WDS console?

[MrFrostmaul]

Hi,

From the help that part of WDS it shows %MAC is valid and it does create a computer account with the computers MAC and puts in the correct OU, but the problem is this other name which seems to be renaming the computer again and creating another account but no idea where this is coming from.

 

I re-applied it to the WDS console.

[ijk]

I'm sorry - you've reached the limit of my knowledge. Hope you get something sorted.

[MrFrostmaul]

Ok, thanks for your help.

[MrFrostmaul]

I have tried other settings now and still happening.

Configuration in WDS is below, and works by the correct name and putting in the correct OU:

 

In the unattended file there I took out , but in AD there is another computer account being created which is called "WIN-3G5HI3CM220", but no idea where this one is coming from. It was happening before I took out the computername section in the unattended file. The computers name once installed is "WIN-3G5HI3CM220", and it seems like this is taking priority over the WDS system.

 

Anyone seen this before?

[ijk]

 

In the unattended file there I took out , but in AD there is another computer account being created which is called "WIN-3G5HI3CM220", but no idea where this one is coming from. It was happening before I took out the computername section in the unattended file. The computers name once installed is "WIN-3G5HI3CM220", and it seems like this is taking priority over the WDS system.

 

Anyone seen this before?

 

That is a product of removing the * element. I know this is all counterintuitive - I've never found WDS easy.

 

Can you post screenshots of all of the tabs on the server config? And include the whole page. Above you've cropped it.

[MrFrostmaul]

Hi,

These are the tabs which have been changed on the server for WDS

 

http://i.imgur.com/dALN0P9.png

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Thanks

[ijk]

Hello,

Apologies for the lengthy delay. I've been off work.

 

Did you get anywhere?

 

The screenshots all look correct to me.