Customize Preinstall of XP service pack 2

[Guest]

I need to install service pack 2 on a number of PC's, and was wanting to use
the quiet command so I can run the installation on the persons PC with
minimum interuption. However the default options for the install iinclude
the firewall being turned on which is not what I want so was wondering if
there is a way the setup defaults can be changed?

Any help would be most apreciated.

Thanks

Danny

 

[Guest]

Good afternoon
Please try to install SP2 with the following options:

xpsp2.exe /passive /norestart /o

when the sp2 is installed, set the service "Windows Firewall / Internet
Connection Sharing (ICS)" on Disable. This is the parameter
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess - Modify the parameter
start to 4.

I hope you can follow me ...

Best Regards,

Thomas
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[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

I need to install service pack 2 on a number of PC's, and was wanting to use
the quiet command so I can run the installation on the persons PC with
minimum interuption. However the default options for the install iinclude
the firewall being turned on which is not what I want so was wondering if
there is a way the setup defaults can be changed?

Hi

If you have Active Directory, use Group Policy for this, more about
Windows Firewall Group Policy settings in WF_XPSP2.doc:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=4454e0e1-61fa-447a-bdcd-499f73a637d1


If Group Policy is not an option:

An alternative is to set some registry settings before or after the
SP2 installation so the FW disables itself when it finds those
registry settings.

The registry settings are:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\DomainProfile
\EnableFirewall=0 (DWORD data type)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\StandardProfile
\EnableFirewall=0 (DWORD data type)

(adding the registry values after SP2 is installed will also disable
the firewall at next startup)

Those registry values are documented in WF_XPSP2.doc

WF_XPSP2.doc "Deploying Windows Firewall Settings for Microsoft
Windows XP with Service Pack 2" is downloadable from
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=4454e0e1-61fa-447a-bdcd-499f73a637d1


This VBScript (.vbs) creates the registry values that disables the
firewall:

'--------------------8<----------------------
Set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

oShell.RegWrite "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall" _
& "\DomainProfile\EnableFirewall", 0, "REG_DWORD"

oShell.RegWrite "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall" _
& "\StandardProfile\EnableFirewall", 0, "REG_DWORD"

'--------------------8<----------------------