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Set Variable in Preinstallation Task for use in Post Installation Task - K2000

I am using the GetComputerName and SetComputerName executables for my scripted installs so we can name the computer at the beginning of the install and walk away until completion.

I also have a vbscript that I use to join the computer to the domain.  I feed the Username, Password, and OU to the script but I would like to not have to put a password in with the Post Installation task.  Is there a way like the GetComputerName PreInstall task that I can prompt for the Password during PreInstall and use it as a variable for my script in the PostInstall?


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  • Hello,
    any special reason why you do not want to put a password in with the Post Installation task?
    Is that for security concerns or to be able to generalize more the procedure? - StockTrader 10 years ago
    • Convinence mostly. We have a scripted install with a VBscript that will join the computer to the domain in the appropriate container of AD. The script is written to accept the container, username, and password. I may need to change the password at some point in the future so I would rather not have to go to each of the 15 scripted installs and change it. - JordanNolan 10 years ago
      • I understand. I do not think that there is a way to use GetComputerName for that but I have another couple of ideas you may use:
        1-(simpler) store the password (scambled if you want) in a file on a share of one of your file servers (\\Myserver\mypass\mypass.txt), amend your script to read that value, unscramble it if needed and then use it...
        2-(more complex but not so much)-store the password in a database and modify the script to read it...
        Kind regards,
        Marco = StockTrader - StockTrader 10 years ago

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Posted by: SMal.tmcc 10 years ago
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you can create a script that sets a variable that gets passed to your other scripts.

Set PassWRD=thepasswordtouse

So instead of calliing container, username, and password you would call container, username, and %PassWRD%.  You may have to modify your vbs scripts to change from user input %3 to %PassWRD% in the script

container, username, and password

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