Izzie

My first attempt to get rid of IE before installation. I followed each step of http://www.vorck.com/2ksp5.html to getmyself a working updated install CD with IE5. That done I headed for a complete IE removal install disk using http://www.vorck.com/data/sp5files.zip (no COM, no MSDTC) and a non-english w2k install CD. I tested the result in a VM, installation went well and system seems fine (no thorough testing). next step was to integrate a web browser to replace IE, added firefox and some other stuff (gspot, openoffice, .net1.1sp1, qt alternative, real alternative, tweakUI, jre 1.5.0.6, unlocker) in \HFSVPK. all these are english versions I gathered here and from ryanvm's forum, this will do for testing purpose. (As the CD I'm building is intended for a non-english user with very little technical knowlegde, I'm planning to build localized switchless installer version for the final CD.) Tested in a VM again. installation goes well as excepted, all added apps are present and working. While I was taking a tour of the VM I started noticing some system parts were now in english instead of non-english. for example start menu now includes both a non-english accessories and english accessories directories, control panel appears in non-english in start menu, but in english in a non-english my computer icon on the desktop. the window title of the control panel is also in english. this "features" can't make it to the final version of the install CD. I can either switch back to a IE5 included version or use a localized IE removal fileset. For obvious reasons I wanna first try to go the no-IE way. so I've got a few questions: - how do I build a non-english IE removal fileset ? - do you know of a tutorial for that ? - what files are needed in the first place ? thanks for reading and for any help you can provide

I just built a HFSPLIT non-english w2k CD using http://www.vorck.com/2ksp5.html guide (kept IE5 for now). during file copy step (right after partitioning step), comes a file not found on CD error for a few files wuapi.dll, wuactl.exe, wuauclt1.exe, wuaucpl.cpl, wuaueng1.dll, wucltui.dll. I figured out the problem comes from WindowsUpdateAgent20-x86.exe hotfix. So I removed it from \HF directory and rebuilt a CD which worked. So I decided to check the faulty CD build for those supposedly missing files, and I found there were all present but with a wrong extension. wuapi.dll.mu_ wuauclt.exe.mu_ wuauclt1.exe.mu_ wuaucpl.cpl.mu_ wuaueng1.dll.mu_ wucltui.dll.mu_ then I expand the WindowsUpdateAgent20-x86.exe hotfix and found out the it contains multilingual files wuapi.dll.mui_xx wuauclt.exe.mui_xx wuauclt1.exe.mui_xx wuaucpl.cpl.mui_xx wuaueng1.dll.mui_xx wucltui.dll.mui_xx where xx is a 2 letter code for each language. I also found that each file also exists with the regular extension in a \xx subdirectory I makecabbed those and replaced them in the \SOURCESS and build an ISO with nlite 1.0RC6 and the file copy failure is gone. -edit- I just figured out I could use the \FIX directory and put those makecabbed file inside it. definitely a good idea to include such a directory.

I'm currently updating my hotfixes collection for win2kSP4 to discard the obsolete ones. Not sure if KB905495 has been included in win2k HF list on purpose but just in case: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-044 Vulnerability in the Windows FTP Client Could Allow File Transfer Location Tampering (905495) Published: October 11, 2005 | Updated: October 26, 2005 (...) Non-Affected Software: • Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/...n/ms05-044.mspx