Computer Services
Stanton/Wilmington Campus
Net Meeting Install Notes

Observations

• install program will run unattended with /Q switch
• Policy file for server comes with Net Meeting Resource Kit
• To share apps, program tries to install additional drivers. :-(
• Might be possible to just run below command during unattended install:
  • %systemroot%\system32\rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection mnmdd 128 .\mnmdd.inf
    (Unfortunately, doing that doesn't seem to make sharing work, so it's back to a normal sysdiff situation)
• Seems like a sysdiff of installing sharing doesn't work unless you do a reboot and THEN do the /diff
• Arrgh, having a DEVIL of a time getting sharing to work. Now the latest theory is 1) install SP4, 2) nm21 /q, 3) install the inf files in various command flavors, 4) nm21 /q again, 5) install the sysdiff file. (At least this worked manually...)
• According to Q181495, ensure following key is set:
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\mnmdd
Start=dword:00000001
• Well, after much much trying, finally found a method that works. It is reflected in the stuff below...

Registry keys to auto-set

• City: REG_SZ "Delaware"
• Comments: REG_SZ "Delaware Tech"
• Country: REG_SZ "US"
• Don't Publish: REG_BINARY 00 00 00 00
• Email Name: REG_SZ "user@whatever"
• First Name: REG_SZ "forename"
• Last Name: REG_SZ "surname"
• Resolve Name: REG_SZ "ils.whatever/user@hopi.dtcc.edu"
• Server Name: REG_SZ "ils.whatever"
• User Name: REG_SZ "Real Name"

• Receive Directory: REG_SZ "F:\NetMeeting"

Inside HKCU/Software/Microsoft/Conferencing/Audio Control/

• Typical BandWidth: REG_BINARY 04 00 00 00

Note: The presence of the policy for Net Meeting creates the "User Location Service\Client\Server Name" key.

Set up of unattended install distribution point

• Copy nm21.exe from netmeeting resource kit to unattend\netmeeting on server
• Prepare sysdiff package file:
  1. Start with clean install
  2. Run nm21.exe /Q as administrator
  3. Run conf.exe program, set up an initial profile, values unimportant
  4. Quit program, then run again
  5. "sysdiff /snap snapshot" while program is running.
  6. When sysdiff done, quit sysdiff, switch focus back to netmeeting and...
  7. Select TOOLS | ENABLE SHARING
  8. Do NOT restart computer or press yes or no yet
  9. Execute: sysdiff /diff /c:"NetMeeting 2.1 sharing support" snapshot nmshare.sd
  10. Verify sysdiff file with: sysdiff /dump nmshare.sd dumpfile and then open dumpfile with notepad and ensure nothing weird got in there.
• Copy nmshare.sd to unattend/netmeeting distribution point
• Make an icon/shortcut to conf.exe and copy to unattend/netmeeting directory
• Create a mnmdd.reg file (see below) and stash in unattend/netmeeting distribution point

Contents of mnmdd.reg file

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\mnmdd]
"Start"=dword:00000001

Commands to put into a batch file for auto-install

:nm21
@echo NetMeeting 2.1 Install
n:\unattend\netmeeting\nm21.exe /q
sysdiff /apply /m n:\unattend\netmeeting\nmshare.sd
%systemroot%\regedit /s n:\unattend\netmeeting\mnmdd.reg
mkdir "%systemroot%\Profiles\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Internet
copy n:\unattend\netmeeting\*.lnk "%systemroot%\Profiles\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Internet\"
goto exit