>>> Otherwise, how would you expect to install SP3 if it doesn't make an 
>>> account for you to run the install from?
>>
>> How about the local admin account? You know, since it asks for a 
>> password for that during setup anyway...
> 
> Yeah. You'd need to be more expert at configuring Windows setups before 
> modifying what accounts it creates during setup and such.

As it is, it decides whether to create a local account based on whether 
you join a domain or not. I don't see why it can't just *ask* you 
whether you want it to create a local account or not...

>> It's just irritating.
> 
> But that's your job. It's obviously not irritating enough to work out 
> how to avoid the problem. :-)

Uh, didn't this thread start out with "M$ doesn't document things well 
enough"?

>>> Again, what's hard? Where did you look for the resource kit before?
>>
>> I was reading some KB article, and it said something like "see 
>> KB384728374 for how to obtain the resource kit". And I don't remember 
>> what happened from there. There was lots of time-consuming link 
>> chasing, but I never did find a download. 
> 
> And you didn't think to go to microsoft's search engine and type in 
> "download resource kit"?

I think I might have. But in general, Microsoft's own search engine 
tends not to find anything useful. Google typically works better. Like I 
said, I think I managed to download a Word document explaining how to 
use the resource kit, but not the resource kit itself.

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