Service Pack 2 installation customization?

[Russ Sanderlin]

Is it possible to customize the way Service Pack 2
installs on a machine other than just the command line
switches which do not offer that much other than stream
line the actual deployment experience to the user.

I want to know how to tweak SP2 to remove the firewall
functionality immediately without having to come behind
and run netsh.

If not, I suppose maybe a batch file would work for the
entire installation?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Is it possible to customize the way Service Pack 2
installs on a machine other than just the command line
switches which do not offer that much other than stream
line the actual deployment experience to the user.

I want to know how to tweak SP2 to remove the firewall
functionality immediately without having to come behind
and run netsh.

If not, I suppose maybe a batch file would work for the
entire installation?

It's released?

 

[Mike Kolitz]

The best you can get for right now is info about the release candidates.
Microsoft has a huge amount of information available about them here,
including a lot of firewall deployment info.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/winxpsp2.mspx

I would recommend, however, that you learn to work *with* the firewall
instead of just turning it off completely. Even if all your workstations
are behind a corporate firewall, there's still benefit to having another
layer of security on your workstations.

 

[Rob]

i dont know about installing it on machines already running, but for
machines you're building using unattended techniques, there are many
unattend.txt options for installing sp2 once you've slipstreamed it.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

"Deploying Windows Firewall Settings for Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2"

Windows XP Service Pack 2 provides Windows Firewall, an enhanced firewall that is
enabled by default. This white paper describes the methods used to deploy Windows Firewall
settings in a managed environment:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...e1-61fa-447a-bdcd-499f73a637d1&DisplayLang=en

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

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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"Russ Sanderlin" (e-mail address removed) wrote in message:

| > Is it possible to customize the way Service Pack 2
| > installs on a machine other than just the command line
| > switches which do not offer that much other than stream
| > line the actual deployment experience to the user.
| >
| > I want to know how to tweak SP2 to remove the firewall
| > functionality immediately without having to come behind
| > and run netsh.
| >
| > If not, I suppose maybe a batch file would work for the
| > entire installation?

 

[Guest]

I completely agree, but deploying this service pack is
going to create a lot of corruption here. Politically the
environment I am in requires some precise configuration to
make everyone happy. At the very least, I simply wanted to
know if I could just turn the firewall off and build it up
later.

Thank you all for the information though!!!

Russ Sanderlin, MCSE