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Nice work as always Simon!

I tried that.. I disabled "Norton Antivirus Auto-Protect Service" and "Symantec Core LC" after it installs... still prompts. I didnt see any other norton/symantec service that should be turned off to prevent this. and again.. not a single other of my vbscripts (out of perhaps 10) that run in my runonceex have this problem.. they all run fine.

For some reason NAV doesnt like the latest VBScript I just created and prompts with the 'malicious script detected' prompt which you need to grant to run. I run a bunch of scripts in my RunOnceEx after NAV is installed and this is the only one it complains about... Anyone know how I can get around this? Whether it be killing some process or a something particular I need to include in my VBScript so Im not prompted to grant access to run it? Thanks!

NP!

Well, I havent been able to get the method working outlined in that other thread.. so in the meantime, I wrote a VBScript which launches the Network Setup Wizard, steps through it screen by screen, leaving the defaults on pretty much every one. It then turns the firewall off as the wizard turns it on for some dumb reason. Dim FSO, WshShell Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") WshShell.Run ("rundll32 hnetwiz.dll HomeNetWizardRunDll") Do until WshShell.AppActivate ("Network Setup Wizard") WScript.Sleep 2000 Loop ' Hit N for Next at Welcome Wizard WshShell.SendKeys "%N" WScript.Sleep 500 ' Hit N for Next at Before you continue... WshShell.SendKeys "%N" WScript.Sleep 500 ' Hit N for Next at Select connection method WshShell.SendKeys "%N" WScript.Sleep 500 ' Hit N for Next at Computer Description WshShell.SendKeys "%N" WScript.Sleep 500 ' Hit N for Next for Network name WshShell.SendKeys "%N" WScript.Sleep 5000 ' Hit N for Next for File and printer sharing WshShell.SendKeys "%N" WScript.Sleep 500 ' Hit N for Next for Ready to apply network settings WshShell.SendKeys "%N" WScript.Sleep 5000 ' Hit J for Just finish the wizard, then N for next WshShell.SendKeys "%J" WScript.Sleep 500 WshShell.SendKeys "%N" WScript.Sleep 500 ' Hit Enter to finish wizard WshShell.SendKeys "{ENTER}" WScript.Sleep 2000 'Turn off Firewall WshShell.RegWrite "HKLM\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\Standard Profile\EnableFirewall", 0, "REG_DWORD" WScript.Quit

because youre not trying to remove internet explorer or outlook express.. these 2 icons are created at the time your desktop is drawn... the rest are already in place.. which is why you have no problem removing them at the runonceex stage.

Just thought Id let you guys know, you will never remove these with your cleanup.cmd or anything else for that matter which is called in your runonceex, regardless of the method you use. The problem is these shortcuts are created at the time the desktop is drawn... which occurs after runonceex. The only way you can get around this is by placing a script in your 'Startup' start menu folder to delete these items... anything in the startup folder is launched after the desktop is drawn. Heres the batch file I use... I dont remove these shortcuts, but I do move them to another start menu folder.. just modify it to delete instead of move... CMDOW @ /HID @echo off set AUStart=%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Programs set UserStart=%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs MOVE /Y "%UserStart%\Internet Explorer.lnk" "%AUStart%\Internet" MOVE /Y "%UserStart%\Outlook Express.lnk" "%AUStart%\Internet" DEL /Q /F "%AUStart%\Startup\cleanup2.cmd" EXIT

right... but Ive already done that.. my question is, can I redo my MST to an office source which has already been shrinked? ::EDIT:: nm.. tried it and it works without issue....

Excellent.... Now a follow up question.. I ran the Office reducer tool thats floating around here after creating the MST... assuming I dont go trying to add more components, but simply edit some outlook account settings I made.. should I be all set? Thanks again!

Is it possible to edit my unattended.mst file after Ive already created it? Or do I have to do it all over again? I need to change a couple outlook settings I put in....

whats it up to now anyway? 4-5 hundred? heh...

Ive inquired about this numerous times and havent gotten an answer... unfortunately I dont think its possible.

name this file winnt.sif and youll be set.

Also looking for an SAA similar to 'Who lock me', which allows me to see what program is 'locking' a particular file, preventing from editing, removing or moving it. Any ideas? Thanks again!

Simons right about the gmail notifier... the only difference is that its integrated into your browser as opposed to running an additional program and sitting in your systray...

Anyone know of a stand alone vid player that includes multiple codecs with it which dont need to be installed or registered? That way I could toss it on my usb key and on PC's that dont have codecs installed, I can just run it instead of worrying about installing a bunch of codecs? thanks!

Well.. Im hoping that this method will work after I get some answers to questions I posted there... This looks to be exactly what Im looking to do without needing to run the wizard at all! Thanks prathapml!

You do know theres a search function right? 1st hit of searching for 'integrate' brings it up.....

Perhaps try adding the reg tweak to disable showing hidden items: ; ---- 00000001 = Shows | 00000000 = Hides [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] "Hidden"=dword:00000000

http://www.windowsitpro.com/Windows/Articl.../8741/8741.html Check out the 'Setup Manager' section.. it explains where the doc, which lists all of the winnt.sif components, is located.

Excellent... thanks. Been so long since I used IE forgot about those settings! I assume this info is contained in the REG so I can just take a shot before and after?

Well I could alawys write a VBS script to simulate the keystrokes if I knew how to call the actual wizard... how bout that command?

looking all over and cant seem to find this.. sorry if its already been discussed... but how can I change the Edit context menu to open with Notepad instead of MS Word for html files? Thanks!!

anyone have a work around for this?

And for future reference all you need to do is create a text document with nothing in it and call the file whatever you want.