atomizer

i'm new as well, so i can't be of much help. having said that, i'd suggest reading all of the sticky'd topics that apply to you. also see this guide, although it seems pretty outdated. the unattended forum is a good place to look as well. getting answers to questions seems a bit tough in general. sometimes no one knowledgable responds (but at least they try), or you get the famous "use the search function". often, those belonging to the latter group fail to question that you may have already searched and came up empty. rather than repeating, or simply linking to information, they prefer you spend another 4 hrs. poking around in the dark.

thanks for clearing that up... i think -- i didn't pick a way to incorporate the reg file, but if i decide to auto run it in the ISO, should the comment remain (does nLite already set "reg edit 5"), or not, or does it even matter? while i'm at it, thanks to all of you for contributing to this project so that dummies like me can benefit. i can hardly wait to build my first "clean" windows ISO. i'm taking my time and trying to learn more about it so i can get it reasonably correct the first time around, because, wow, it's a lot of work if you want to build a complete, customized, ready-to-use install.

well, i got through 16 pages of this post before i called it quitz. one question: on the very first line, "Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00" is commented out. is this for safety? i assume it should be uncommented when incorporating it into an ISO (which i'm still trying to figure out what method is best)?

question... can ya use wild cards in reg values? if so, and since all the "malicious" file types are in this key, can we say: "LowRiskFileTypes"=".*;" don't know if the ";" needs to be there or not. i'm dumb.

lines 2068 - 2074 i'm thinking... ;----- ;----- ;----- [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer] ;----- No file-folder connections ;----- (i.e., de-link saved HTML files from their associated "_files" folder) "NoFileFolderConnection"=dword:00000001 should be... ;----- ;----- No file-folder connections ;----- (i.e., de-link saved HTML files from their associated "_files" folder) ;----- [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer] "NoFileFolderConnection"=dword:00000001 ;----- no? i'm no expert by any means, so please double check this.

classic! anyone who holds billy on a pedestal for anything other than being a very successful business man (notice "honest" is NOT included) has their head buried so far in the sand its sick. MS OS's are a joke.