[Removing Outlook express from new users]

On windows 2000....

I have removed outlook express from windows components.

I have removed the 2 registry keys from within HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\xxxxx as described in various posts and microsoft's site.

I have also removed any traces of the icons from the default user profile yet when a new user logs in they get the Outlook Express icons!!

This is driving me crazy as I have followed everything I can find on the net about this. I have even opened the the user.dat file in the default users folder to double check.

Any ideas?

Thanks

[Windows 2000 file permission problems]

Thanks.

Looking at it, other than the ability to delete folders in Program files and WINNT the Power User group seems identical to the admins group on a folder level. Is that correct?

Also, we do not run any group policy's through the domain as we are a mixed Novell/Microsoft environment. Where can I assign (ar at least look at) rights to the registry on the PC itself?

[Windows 2000 file permission problems]

Is there a specific reason your users need to be Administrators, instead of something like a Power User or a regular User with system modifications to allow them to do whatever it is they need to do, be that registry and/or filesystem changes? Because this is expected behavior when a user is in the Administrators group, and cannot be changed.

Thanks for taking the time to reply, much appretiated!

Everybody being in the administrators group was setup before I worked here. It's something to do with some bespoke software running at various sites. It's never been a problem until this because if a user messed up the PC we would just re-image it withing 10 minutes.

I will have to look into what need's modifying on the power user. I was kind of hoping for some sort of %username% in a registry key instead of the admins group.

The fact you've said it's expect is great as it saves me a lot of time flogging a dead horse!!

Cheers

[Windows 2000 file permission problems]

Just to add to this I have sort of figured out what it is.

All the domain users are a member of the local administrators group.

It would seem that when a user creates a folder the creater owner becomes the local admin group not the user!!

If I remove domain users from local administrators it all works fine! The user becomes the owner not the local admin group.

The problem now though is the users have to be a member of the local admin group.

Any help or suggestions on this would be much appretiated!

Carl

[Windows 2000 file permission problems]

Hi,

I want to create a folder on the c: of a Windows 2000 workstation and make it so any user can create a folder in there but once they do, only they can read/write in that folder.

I created the folder, went to it’s security settings and turned off inheritable permissions.

I then set it so the everyone group could:

Traverse folder

List folder

Read Attributes

Read Extended Attributes

Create Folders

Read

But for ‘this folder only’

I then gave the creator owner group full permissions for ‘subfolders only’

If I login as a user, go to the folder I can create a new folder no problem. However if I try create a file (e.g a txt file) it creates the file but then I cannot edit that file or open it.

I cannot see anything wrong in my method but if anybody can help that would be fantastic!!!!

Regards

Carl

[Silent upgrade, McAfee 4.5.1 to 8.0i]

Thanks again Ctrl-X, i'll give that a try tomorrow. I did try it using the "settings preserved" but I didn't do it in combo with the setup.exe

I'll see how that one goes tomorrow.

Apparently my new grant number will arrive on friday.... too late. I need this out before then.

Thanks for your help

[Silent upgrade, McAfee 4.5.1 to 8.0i]

I tried sticking that line in my Setup.ini but it didn't work

But I have managed to reload my FTP settings by copying out the SiteList.xml file.

Here is my batch file if anyone has anymore ideas for the rolling out the console password.

echo.
echo.
echo ESR Crashing IE Fix
echo.
echo - Removes McAfee 4.5.1
echo - Installs McAfee 8.0i
echo - Installs KB842773
echo - Installs KB893803
echo.
echo.
echo.
echo.

echo Applying Windows Update KB842773
F:\PUBLIC\BHIS\ESRCrashingIEFix\KB842773\WindowsXP-KB842773-v2-x86-enu.exe /quiet /norestart
echo Finished installing KB842773
echo.
echo.
echo.

echo Applying Windows Update KB893803
F:\PUBLIC\BHIS\ESRCrashingIEFix\KB893803\WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe /quiet /norestart
echo Finished installing KB893803
echo.
echo.
echo.

echo Removing McAfee Version 4.5.1
msiexec /x {87AEFD84-BC0D-11D4-B885-00508B022A51} /Q
echo Removed McAfee 4.5.1
echo.
echo.
echo.

net stop "windows installer" 
net start "windows installer" 
echo.
echo.
echo.

echo Installing McAfee to Version 8.0i
msiexec /i F:\apps\MCAFEE\vse80i\extracted\VSE800.msi /passive
echo Finished Installing McAfee 8.0i
echo.
echo.
echo.

echo Copying SiteList.xml to C
copy "F:\PUBLIC\bhis\ESRCrashingIEFix\SiteList.xml" "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Network Associates\Common Framework\SiteList.xml"
echo Done

[Silent upgrade, McAfee 4.5.1 to 8.0i]

Cheers for that Ctrl-X, i'll give it a try on Monday when I'm back in the office.

I'll post in with my results.

[Silent upgrade, McAfee 4.5.1 to 8.0i]

I've had a look through the McAfee post but coulen't find the answer to what I need.

Basically, I have an amount of PC's (100+) and I need to upgrade McAfee from 4.5.1 to 8.0i. I need it to be done silently and to keep the existing settings, namely the console password, path for DAT updates times to scan the PCs.

I'm currently using a batch file rolled out through Zenworks to call a setup.exe. See below. But when I do the install the settings are being wiped out. I have tried using the VSE800.exe but didn't have any luck either.

@echo off

echo Windows will Restart after this process is complete.
echo Please save any work before continuing
pause
cls


echo Updating McAfee to Version 8.0i
start /wait "" F:\PUBLIC\bhis\McAfee\vse80i\setup.exe REBOOT=r ADDLOCAL=ALL /qb-!
echo Finished updating McAfee 8.0i


echo Applying Windows Updates KB842773, KB893803 - DO NOT CLOSE

F:\PUBLIC\BHIS\ESRCrashingIEFix\KB842773\WindowsXP-KB842773-v2-x86-enu.exe /passive
echo Finished installing KB842773

F:\PUBLIC\BHIS\ESRCrashingIEFix\KB893803\WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe /passive /forcerestart
echo Finished installing KB893803

EXIT

Can someone point me in the right direction?

TIA Carl

[Hello Guys and Gals]

Hi, i'm new around here, got a question regarding McAfee 8.0i silent upgrades, but i'll post that in the appropriate place.

I usually spend my forum time hanging around here