Howto: Custom install of SP2 network version

[-Karl]

I am finding it a little difficult to create a custom install of XP SP2
network version.

We need to upgrade over 300 PC's and I have yet to find teh
documentation on how to create a silent custom version for it. I am
however finding how to slipstream and use the winnt.sif file which is
NOT what I want,

Where is the documentation on how to create a custom install for JUST
SP2 network version??

Thanks!

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

I am finding it a little difficult to create a custom install of XP SP2
network version.

We need to upgrade over 300 PC's and I have yet to find teh
documentation on how to create a silent custom version for it. I am
however finding how to slipstream and use the winnt.sif file which is
NOT what I want,

Where is the documentation on how to create a custom install for JUST
SP2 network version??

Hi

See "Deploying Windows XP Service Pack 2" here for
documentation on the command line parameters:

Service Pack 2 for Windows XP: Resources for IT Professionals
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/winxpsp2


The only thing you will be able to do any customizing on is the
firewall configuration (as part of the SP installation itself).
http://groups.google.com/[email protected]


All other customizing will need to be done afterwards (using e.g.
Group Policy or registry changes)

 

[-Karl]

So then how do I deploy SP2 to all the clients? Even if I use SMS, I
am unable to disable the firewall service during installation which
means that once it's deployed, I would be unable to see these PC's
afterwards

I am on a NT4 domain and don't use any policies so what other method is
there to disable the firewall during installation?

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

So then how do I deploy SP2 to all the clients? Even if I
use SMS, I am unable to disable the firewall service during
installation which means that once it's deployed, I would be
unable to see these PC's afterwards

I am on a NT4 domain and don't use any policies so what other
method is there to disable the firewall during installation?

Hi

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

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<----------------------

 

[-Karl]

It would seem I missed that part in the documentation. I was looking
for specific topics for maanging the firewall settings and failed to
read the documentation closely enough to catch it. Thanks for
pointing this out to me!

Thank you also for showing me the VBS script that I will be able to use
quickly and easily as we instead of a .reg file