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How can I stop my system from prompting me for a product ID during a Microsoft Remote Installation Services (RIS) installation?
John Savill
December 1, 2003
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A. Because the default RIS answer file (i.e., the ristndrd.sif file in the i386templates folder of the RIS image) doesn't include a product ID, the system will prompt you for the product ID during installation. To avoid having to provide this information every time, perform the following steps:
Open the ristndrd.sif file in the i386templates folder of the RIS image location for which you want to set the CD-ROM key.
Locate the [UserData] section of the file.
Add the line
ProductID = "XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX"and replace the text in quotes with the product ID.
Save the file.
For example, the [UserData] section of my ristndrd.sif file looks like
[UserData]FullName = "%USERFIRSTNAME% %USERLASTNAME%"OrgName = "%ORGNAME%"ComputerName = %MACHINENAME% ProductID = "XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX"Read more about:
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