completely disabling Network Setup Wizard

[TJ]

We would like to completely disable the Network Setup Wizard, so that
when a new NIC (PCMCIA) is inserted to on of our client's laptops,
they will not be able to change the already configured settings for
it, or any of the other NIC's.

All users are in the administrator group on their own machine, but
they are restricted by Group Policies.

One option is to completely remove hnetwiz.dll, so that it cannot be
accessed any longer, but I'm quit partial to the removal of system
components like dll's ..

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Guest]

Not sure if you resolved this yet, but I am looking for this solution as
well(for different reasons). I have considered altering the permissions on
hnetwiz.dll using subinacl from the 2K reskit. This will solve my problem
without removing the dll, but it is not the exact solution.

I have been looking into the registry to either hide the wizard or alter
it's behavior. It is possible to hide the wizard if the machine is a member
of a domain...

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2728520d-1ec8-4c68-a551-316b684c4ea7}\ShellFolder\"HideInDomain"=dword:00000001
- OR
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{2728520d-1ec8-4c68-a551-316b684c4ea7}\ShellFolder\"HideInDomain"=dword:00000001

In these same keys there is an Attributes reg_dword value as well (currently
at 0). I have not found anything on what the possible values are or what
this key does. If anyone has any insight on this one I would appreciate it.

Following the usual registry hack trail, I ended up here...

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\NetworkNeighborhood\NameSpace\{2728520d-1ec8-4c68-a551-316b684c4ea7}

there is a default value pointing back to the clsid
2728520d-1ec8-4c68-a551-316b684c4ea7

There is another D_Word value called SuppressionPolicy with a value of
0x08000000 (134217728). Again, I find no info on possible values or the
purpose of this key.

i'm sorry if this does not help you, TJ, but there is very little info on
this stupid wizard. I attempted to remove all references from the registry
and the damn thing still runs....might as well remove IE.

Again, if anyone has clue about these specific keys I would greatly
appreciate it.