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@Radimus Everything is blocked, but at first run (for example), mIRC might ask for permission to access the internet. And I don't want to see that permission box (to allow or block) to come up at all, then what do I do? The below. @kC_ Yes, must be possible. Here's what you have to know: 1. Windows Firewall has 2 profiles, one which is used when it is independant. And another which is used when the PC is on a domain. So both can be configured differently. Remember to put entries for whatever programs you want to configure for firewall-access in both these keys: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\DomainProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List] 2. Configure the below settings (if you want to) for both keys (as I said above) [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile] "EnableFirewall"=dword:00000001 "DoNotAllowExceptions"=dword:00000000 "DisableNotifications"=dword:00000000 3. Then, the actual blocking or allowing of programs is quite simple. Again, add the required program path in both keys. Below is an example of blocked and enabled executable, respectively: ; Windows Firewall policies [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List] "%ProgramFiles%\\mIRC\\mirc.exe"="%ProgramFiles%\\mIRC\\mirc.exe:*:Enabled:mIRC" "%ProgramFiles%\\mIRC\\mirc.exe"="%ProgramFiles%\\mIRC\\mirc.exe:*:Disabled:mIRC"I think the pattern is like this- path=path:ports:ED:title where, title is what it is named (according to firewall) and ED is enabled or disabled. If you put a star character in the ports position, it is understood to be a setting for all ports (unlike port or subnet selective blocking). Apply these registry settings at T-12 or at first-logon. Further, remember to use system variables, because using absolute paths is not good for portability. In all the above paths, double-slashes is a requirement. Hoping this helps....

There'd be many firmware chips on a laptop.... Which one do you mean? If you are referring to the BIOS, then you can use a tool used for BIOS flash/upgrading. AMI and Award BIOS tools exist in graphical/windows form, and you can use it to save surrent BIOS to .BIN form (not more than 512 KB, normally). Then, do a binary or hex compare. You'd get the tools on your laptop's bundled CDs (or find out the make of your BIOS and get it from a similar desktop PC's bundle, or download).

Hi greg, You should not need to have any CABs at all. You should create an Administrative Install Point, which has all files uncompressed. Have you read the guide for office 2003 unattend? guide - click here Do tell whether it works now (when using the guide).

1. I haven't yet checked out Ghost9. 2. If I were you, I'd install ghost 8 on an XP machine, and then copy away the DOS-based executable to a CD with win98 boot-floppy as the boot-sector. You can then boot into the CD, and run ghost, with access to most features, including ghost-casting. Looks like this topic has something which you might be looking for: Bootable Ghost Multi-CD to deploy images - guide

No, there's no mistake anywhere. I can understand what you're saying.... I've noticed that it happens only with OEM CDs. If you use a retail CD, everything will be unattended (without stopping for username/org). EDIT: Seems like someone has found a way around this problem, take a look at this topic - click here.

You have to have a retail CD, and find the unattend settings creator on it. Then it will make you a file called "MSBATCH.INF" which you just put nto the cabs folder (the Win95 installer folder) which has setup.exe. Then, when you run setup from DOS, it gets automatically read and used for totally silent install. If you have an OEM CD, it will stop at the "Registered To:" screens for input. And FYI, win95 unattended is the same as win98/ME.

What do you really want to know? 1. CDshell is cumbersome - check out easyboot for the task. 2. And if it is too big for the CD burn it on DVD, or reduce it by cutting out unnecessary folders.

No no.... Don't bother to waste time to do new layout/design, etc. Just a html link at bottom of each page to go to next page in proper order of how the guide should be read - that is all should be quite good. In the bargain, there's another benefit of doing so. Disabled people and screen-reader software can access the guide too. (now don't ask me what those ppl would do with unattended guides )

Why is this in Gamers Hangout?

Did you read the posts above? 2 methods are mentioned - one is to directly use the OEMpnpDrvrsPath method (that way no more setup issues). The other one, is to use the switches that Metzen says.

Apple's release last week of a patch addressing 17 Mac OS X-related vulnerabilities inspired George Ou to muse on the relative security of the Mac and Windows platforms. "Even though the Mac platform is too sparse for the spread of conventional Mac-based worms," writes Ou, "it is entirely conceivable that a Windows-based worm can be designed to attack Mac-based vulnerabilities along with Unix ones. If such a cross-platform attack ever were to happen, you can pretty much throw the monoculture theory out the window." READ FULL STORY

Response to a story about an industry panel's conclusion that e-mail users are partly to blame for how out-of-control the spam problem is. Many Internet users are "lazy," tech executives noted during a panel discussion led by industry pundit Esther Dyson, and need incentive and education to practice better e-mail hygiene. While David Berlind agrees that end users are the most empowered to stem the tide of spam, he disagrees with the notion that users ought to accept more of the burden through better execution of best practices. Sure, it's your own **** fault -- but here's the real reason why. View: ZDnet blogs

No I don't! (thanks to nuhi )Hmm... and linux is a major peg in my job - so I need to be able to read the pages on that OS as well. Plain-HTML compatibility is so wonderful.....

UPDATE: First post has been updated to add a link to the easy oobeinfo.ini method for adding users.

And your case is perfectly suited for using the oobeinfo.ini method. Don't use the useraccounts.cmd method.I still say it works perfectly fine, try reading through the entire thread (and spend an hour on experimenting with it is all it takes to get it working) - oobeinfo.ini usage

You really should try it out once before asking. (saves time on waiting for answer) You wanted some plugin to make WMP minimise to tray, and that's what the above does. Minimise to system-tray (the words) *IMPLIES* that there is no tab left on the taskbar. Please note, that the plugin above, is only for a WinXP with WMP9 installed. (I'm not sure if it will work with WS2k3 - but you can try it and see. In any case, you should not look for entertainment on a server ) If what you want is to minimise to taskbar with controls on the taskbar, then you don't need to add anything else - WMP9 and 10 has that function by itself.

Hey all, A few thoughts of mine on the above article... People are seeing all this news about XPSP2 being vulnerable to security holes, and the news about upgrades to SP2 being problematic, and confusing the two. The SP2 upgrade will be fine if you do it correctly, and the SP2 holes exist in previous versions as well. I hate the way in which these news sites write articles - it makes you think, that *ONLY* SP2 is having these problems. Fact is, what they actually mean to say is, these security holes exist in XPSP1 and SP0 as well - its just that SP2 was not perfect enough to fix all the holes. And let me tell you, nothing can possibly be perfect, least of all in the IT sector where ppl have fun in finding vulnerabilities to hack into. Please spread the reality - its not like Windows always had so many vulnerabilities, of which a majority got fixed with SP2. But a few still remain. So if you see these news reports and decide that SP2 is not good enough for you - you got to be an id***. Because SP1 and SP0 is even worse than SP2. And if you henceforth have problems because of not having upgraded to SP2, its your own headache and you have no right to ask your vendor for support - because what could have saved you known problems has already been rejected by you. Don't be surprised if Customer Support staff give you a one-line response to all your help-calls: "Upgrade to SP2." You know what's most funny about the whole "upgrade to SP2" business ? Much of so-called problems is being experienced and reported and written-about by unlicensed users of XP. Possibly the only losers, is n00b pirates, who weren't able to get through the enhanced checking for authenticity in SP2 - because they are afraid about what might have been embedded into the SP to trap them. And if you have any application that won't work fine with SP2's new security, even then its your mistake - because SP2 was being tested since over a year (were you out mosquito-hunting all that time?). And in that period, you should have either reported bugs and got it fixed, or moved to a new version of your app (or if you use custom software, got it changed/re-coded by the developer). Bottomline : There's something wrong with you if you use XP and haven't moved to SP2. [/RANT over] What do you think?

Right. Post edited to give credit to source.

Windows XP SP2 flaw complex but dangerous Source : ZDnet news

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But there has been some amount of success in its objective. article

Lycos anti-spam campaign bites the dust Lycos anti-spam weapon melts away Update: After days of negative publicity and criticism, the 'Make love not spam' application is no longer available. Lycos says it's just been too popular, and promises it will be back

Initial projections had said mid-2005. But remember its MS you're speaking about, so you never know..... (SP2 for XP got delayed by a year ). In fact, this (SP1 for ws2k3) itself is a delay - it was originally supposed to be out earlier.

The EXE would be unusable in linux, plus I strip out IE from XP. The "Next Page" arrow thingie would be nice... Ha ha! Yes, I love offline. More suggestions: The guide already has a page about [shell] section of winnt.sif, right? We could add a page for .theme (with a sample given) including info to set WMP skin. Setting WMP skin unattended MS page about .theme

Setting WMP skin unattended MS page about .theme