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Dobby

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  1. what is the : "Offline Image Location:" for? is it needed ? wht do I put in it or do I leave it as IS ?

    I think it's for the WAIK to figure out which image source was used so it can reload the correct catalog (I could be wrong though). Not sure why it's been put in this script generator.

    On a separate note, the script generates components with processorArchitecture="i386" but shouldn't it be x86? This is what WAIK generates anyway.

  2. *Possible bug*

    On Task Selection screen:

    Check Components and Bootable ISO options (but uncheck Enable before apply)

    Then Select components to remove and hit Apply.

    When it's finished you don't get the option to Burn or create an ISO which I thought you would. You only get the options Finish or Exit which both quit the application.

  3. This is good advice. Unfortunately I have three computers. One is mine, one is my wifes and the other is our media centre. I can't rely on my wife to not browse dodgy sites or be sent dodgy links (She is Ukrainian after all!). However we do use Firefox and we are behind a router. Personal files are also all on a second drive in each of the machines. Having a small, fast AV package just gives me piece of mind that my wife isn't going blow up our LAN!

  4. Hey this is interesting. Could you elaborate on the process a bit more. I know when installing drivers from media you use SetDriversRoot which calls X:\Setup.exe at the end (after setting the root) so are you saying that this method does not use setup.exe? If so how does it work? Can you still install drivers/apps? Why do both methods exist? Too many questions?!

    Thanks.

  5. For those interested (and for those that haven't bothered to do any research) according to AV Comparatives:

    For on demand detection (report released Feb 2007) top marks go to Gdata AVK, TrustPort, AVIRA, F-Secure, Kaspersky and eScan. Just missing the top score were Symantec and NOD32. Interestingly Microsoft OneCare came bottom.

    However the other report for proactive/retrospective scanning (released May 2007) including false positives and scanning speed gives only NOD32 top marks while AVG and Fortinet get the wooden spoon.

    Now I'm not saying this is gospel or anything but it sure beats the "xxx AV software is the best because I said so" type review ;)

  6. To do a silent install:

    ndntenst.exe /silentmode

    Configure NOD32 the way you want then export the registry settings from:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Eset

    Oh that's of course if you have an x64 OS. I think you can drop the "Wow6432Node\" bit if you are using 32 bit Windows

  7. What are your thoughts on silently installing games?

    Is it more hastle than it's worth?

    I've not had very good experience trying to silently install games mainly because:

    • They're big!
    • They are not designed to be silently installed
    • You have to use something like AutoIT or an install monitor and repackage them
    • Personally I usually play the single player to completion then play online a bit then move on to the next one. Although there are one or two games I still play like Half Life 2. Maybe those are the ones I should silently install (but how do you know you're going to keep playing them!)

    Have I missed something?

  8. It seems Avast does and it's pretty good although not the fastest AV out there but that might just be issues they are having with Vista. It was fine when I was using XP. I would not recommend AVG even though it does support 98. It has many false positives and does not catch in the wild viruses. In other words next to useless. Anyone who says it's good has just managed to avoid downloading anything dodgy. Virus Bulletin and AV comparatives both concur on this and I've heard many colleauges confirm also. Avoid like the plague (pun intended ;) )

  9. For some reason I didn't get notified for replies to this post so sorry for not replying earlier (I just did a Google search and turned this up!).

    If I remember the ISS file needs to be either in the same location as the setup you are running or you can specify it's location for example:

    Setup.exe /s /f1"C:\Temp\Setup.iss"

    I don't have my Zen anymore as my Sony Ericsson has a 4GB MP3 player on it and it just works as a USB device. Hurrah! TTPack is still handy though.

  10. AVG Free Edition is the best. :thumbup :thumbup :thumbup :thumbup :thumbup

    Virus Bulletin Comparison on Nod32's site

    I know it's on Eset's website (home of NOD32) but it's a report from Virus Bulletin (You have to login to the Virus Bulletin website)

    I love the second graph: Missed in the Wild Viruses - AVG's figure? 'Truncated to fit on graph' - Class!

    Interestingly they don't compare Avast which I thought was pretty popular these days. I've used Avast for about four years but I'm fed up with it's increasing sluggishness. I've been trialling NOD32 for the last week or so and I have to say I'm impressed. Fast as hell and low memory footprint.

  11. I guess this is because I removed Remote Desktop in vLite:

    Registering with Service Control Manager to monitor Terminal Service status failed with The specified service does not exist as an installed service.
    , retry in ten minute.

    Get this message in the event log. It's obviously no major issue but is it possible to stop this happening.

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