I am not sure where to start and the really depressing thing is that
we have 8000+ desktops to update, so any pointers or help is
appreciated.

Thanks in Advance

Steve

%SystemRoot%\System32\rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection
MSClient.ndi 128 %SystemRoot%\inf\netmscli.inf

MSClient.ndi is simply one section of the INF file; you may need to
explicitly call the MSClient.ndi.Services section as well.

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I am not so sure that this will work. I tried it with the MSClient.ndi section,
and the  MSClient.ndi.Services section, and several of the others as well, no
luck.

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If all your computers are SP1, you are out of luck I think. With SP2 or SP3
installed, Snetcfg.exe would have made this an easy install. My experience is
that Snetcfg.exe does not work very well with Win2k pre-SP2.

Snetcfg is a sample tool in the Microsoft Windows Driver Development Kit
(...\src\network\config\netcfg) that must be compiled into an exe from the
source (C/C++?) before it can be used.

The finished compiled Win2k version can be downloaded from
http://www.jsiinc.com/reghack.htm. See Tip 4700 for this (WinXP needs the
version that comes with the WinXP DDK).

Install of "Client for Microsoft Networks" on a Win2k SP2/SP2 computer:

C:\>snetcfg -v -c c -i ms_msclient
Trying to install 'ms_msclient'...
...done
*** You need to reboot your computer for this change to take effect ***

Install of "Client for Microsoft Networks" on a Win2k SP1 computer:

C:\>snetcfg.exe  -v -c c -i ms_msclient
Trying to install 'ms_msclient'...
..failed. Error code: 0x80070002

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That's annoying... the method works with portions of the TS installer.
I suspect this has too many externals which need to be taken into
account.

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In a follow up to the mail from Torgeir Bakken, I discovered that the
utility snetcfg will work on W2K SP1. I added the -l command switch to
direct it towards netmscli.inf. Here is the command line I used

C:\snetcfg.exe -v -l %SystemRoot%\inf\netmscli.inf -c c -i ms_msclient

With the result being

Trying to install 'ms_msclient'...
...C:\WINNT\inf\netmscli.inf was copied to C:\WINNT\INF\netmscli.inf
...done

This appears to have installed the client successfully, as I am able
to connect to another PC.

Is there any possible problems this method may create??

Thanks again all

Steve

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