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Just open the security center and click on the left where it says change the way Security Center alerts me. Uncheck the box for the automatic updates. This will get rid of the message and you don't have to disable the auto updates service when you turn off auto updates. Just remember to check for updates occasionally.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...kb;en-us;291559 Export the registry key they talk about and import it during your setup.

As NaelAmer found out it's used to disable the administrative share points. It's all over the net in guides to "secure" your pc. These are very useful in a network environment...not so much at home.

What I do at home is just have media center play directly from the network but I use simple file sharing for this. I don't have it map out the drive at all. You may have an issue since it's using a username and password on your samba share. You could try running the command I gave you and add /savecred. Then edit your registry where the folder names are stored for your "my videos" or "my music" section. Add the computers share there and see if mce will play those files using the stored credentials. If I remember right windows will try to log in to the samba server using the login info of the currently logged on user. If you create a user on your samba server using the same name and password of the name and password that you use to log into mce then it should allow you to connect anytime through network neighborhood or using the share folder connection in mce. If you have any questions about what I'm saying, let me know and I will elaborate further. From your statement earlier it sounds like you want to do what I do which is stream your music and movies over the network. Samba complicates this some due to permissions/credentials but should be relatively easy to do.

Check your registry here HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\parameters If you have Autosharewks in there...delete it. If that doesn't resolve your issue I would say make sure you have gotten rid of your virus and any malware and do a repair install of windows.

What exactly is this limitation? I just used the following batch file in my startup folder and it works perfectly fine in media center 2005. connect.bat sleep 20 net use z: \\server\shared /user:Administrator password /persistent:no sleep.exe I got from the windows server 2003 resource kit.

If you create this batch file on your desktop and run it, does it make the connection? If it doesn't make the connection then copy your command into a command prompt and see what the error is. If it does make the connection then all you should have to do is move the file to %userprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup and it should run just fine. If it works from the command line after windows is fully booted but not when you put it in the startup folder. Try having the batch file "sleep" to make sure windows networking is fully up before the command executes.

Create a batch file and add it to your startup folder. net use z: \\computername\sharename /user:Username password /persistent:no

Open my computer. Select tools - map network drive and check the box that says reconnect at logon. If you need to use a particular username and password choose connect using a different username.

runas /user:mydomain\myname "mmc %windir%\system32\compmgmt.msc"

suite...? Now I know I'm tired. By the way, I believe this also works if you do the same for an iso extension. I know windows media player will play them.

This topic may answer your question. Just change the extensions to suite your needs. http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=61837

If you are talking about using the "official" microsoft remote there isn't a button to close out. If you have just turned on the media center computer you can press the left button on the remote which should highlight the shut down button and select ok. From there you can accomplish what you want. The snapstream firefly has a button to close the media center interface which is really nice when the mce interface screws up and you can't see anything.

I know in windows xp you are able to adjust the settings. I'm assuming it works the same in 2003 but you'll have to test to know for sure. I think this resets the prompt to 10 hours between warnings and won't reboot with someone logged on. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU] "NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers"=dword:00000001 "RebootRelaunchTimeout"=dword:000002d0 "RebootRelaunchTimeoutEnabled"=dword:00000001 "RebootWarningTimeout"=dword:0000001e "RebootWarningTimeoutEnabled"=dword:00000001

Here is what my command looks like [GuiRunOnce] Command0="%systemroot%\Temp\end.cmd" If I remember right you also need to point to a location for drivers when you set oempreinstall to yes. OemPreinstall=Yes OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers" This assumes you created a folder called Drivers under $OEM$\$1\

1. I haven't used g4u so I can't comment on it. As long as it's the same as ghost you should have no problem. 2. If you are going to use imaging you'll need to use sysprep to strip SID's and have the image run a mini-setup to detect if there is differences in hardware on each computer. 3. I don't think microsoft would provide instructions on doing this if it wasn't legal according to them... 4. See the following page for further info on changing your key and activating... http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechn...oy/wpadepl.mspx If you have any other questions, let us know...

Are these xp computers running iis on port 80 (default)? I'm assuming you have used rras to forward ports from the external ip address and specified port (ie external ip:81) to the static ip of the particular computer and port (ie static internal ip:80) Is there a firewall setup on the internal computer? If so have you opened the port? Can you surf to the xp computers website from the windows 2003 computer? If so you are setup correctly on the xp side and there is an issue with the config of the server. When you say http://[server ip]:81 I assume that you are using the external ip of the server and not the internal ip? I just had to ask for clarification... If you can surf to the external ip and you get your 2k3 webserver I doubt the ISP is blocking any ports.

You could try importing the registry setting, killing explorer.exe with taskkill or task manager if you are testing from the gui, and then restart it. Then run the files you want to install. With some hkcu reg settings when you restart explorer the new settings take effect.

Extract the files from the executable. Run a silent setup with the /silent option... @ECHO OFF TITLE DirectX 9C Installation ECHO Installing Microsoft DirectX 9C ECHO Please wait... START "directx" /wait ".\dxsetup.exe" /silent EXIT

The only other thing I can think of is to set it as a low risk file type. Maybe this is what you are looking for. Or copy the files locally and run them...but if I remember right I still got those annoying prompts asking if I was sure I wanted to run them. Just edit the following to your liking. I just opened an exe across my network and I don't get the prompt, and my dep is on. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ;Gets rid of popup when running files you download [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download] "CheckExeSignatures"="no" "RunInvalidSignatures"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments] "SaveZoneInformation"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Associations] "LowRiskFileTypes"=".zip;.rar;.nfo;.txt;.exe;.bat;.com;.cmd;.reg;.msi;.htm;.html;.gif;.bmp;.jpg;.avi;.mpg;.mpeg;.mov ;.mp3;.m3u;.wav;"

Direct from Microsoft: "For unattended installations of Windows XP SP2, you can use the Unattend.txt file to pre-populate a specific DEP configuration. You can use the OSLoadOptionsVar entry in the [Data] section of the Unattend.txt file to specify a system-wide DEP configuration." Here [Data] OSLoadOptionsVar="/noexecute=policy_level" where policy_level is what you want it to be...in your case AlwaysOff. I haven't tested this, but will when I reinstall my os next time. Hope this is of use to you.