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Bootable Win2k disk w/ SP1 and 128-bit encryption
« on: March 27, 2001, 05:34:44 PM »
Recently I was able to create a bootable Win2k cd w/ SP1 slipstreamed on.  But I was thinking of the next step to improve my bootable cd.  I was wondering how/if you can slipstream the 128-bit encryption pack into the installation.  Any info would be great!

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RGibson

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Bootable Win2k disk w/ SP1 and 128-bit encryption
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2001, 01:50:14 PM »
I am thinking the exact same thing!  I would love to incorporate the 128-bit encryption in the CD.

I am also wanting to do more with the winnt.sif file than described in the articles I have found recently on unattended installations. For example, wondering if I can add a Global Group to the Administrator\'s group in my winnt.sif file. One of the first things we have to do is add ClientAdmin to the local administrator\'s group on the desktop. Also, there are so many little desktop settings, removing some icons, adding others, shortcuts to put on desktops, to prepare our computers for the users in our company, not to mention all of the standard applications -- if we could automate some of this setup it would help our ClientAdmin group a lot. Anyone out there done any fancy stuff with the winnt.sif file?

RGibson

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Bootable Win2k disk w/ SP1 and 128-bit encryption
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2001, 02:04:37 PM »
One other thing I am wondering about -- is it possible to incorporate the latest version of Internet Explorer too? Our company is using IE 5.5 SP1.

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Bootable Win2k disk w/ SP1 and 128-bit encryption
« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2001, 09:25:58 AM »
While you can incorporate SP1 into the Win2K CD image (following the steps outline on this here website), you might (or might not) be able to incorporate the 128-bit security patch in a similar fashion. The 128-bit encryption is activated through a single file, RSAENHS.DLL, located in the System32 directory.

I\'ve successfully used this in unattended installation images by placing the file in the $OEM$$$system32 folder on a server-side installation image, and the image installs w/encryption enabled. So there isn\'t any special registry stuff to tweak to activate it.

However, if you put it in the i386system32 folder in a CD image and reburn it, I don\'t know if the installation script will copy the file to the installation and thus enable it. It depends on whether it\'s using a predefined set of file or simply copying the contents of the CDs i386system32 folder.

Given that you can slipstream SP1, and that it surely has extra files that aren\'t part of the original RTM image, I would suspect offhand that it can indeed be done.

However, I\'ve not tested this by burning a CD and installing it - maybe I\'ll give it a go later today.

First one to do so successfully gets a lollipop in my book.

-Matt

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Bootable Win2k disk w/ SP1 and 128-bit encryption
« Reply #4 on: April 09, 2001, 06:01:09 PM »
I have been looking for anything and everything about the unattend.txt file (winnt.sif.)  I have came accross a couple sections that may help.  I am in the process of testing them, and don\'t know how they work exactly.  The parameters are:  [GuiRunOnce], and [SetupParams]  under GuiRunOnce, you would place something like \"command_1\"  Under the SetupParams you would put something like UserExecute=\"and then the directory of something\"

I hope this helps,  I may have explained it a little off.  You can read more about it at:  www.win2000mag.com/Articles/Print.cfm?ArticleID=16219

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« Reply #5 on: April 10, 2001, 07:17:49 AM »
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Bootable Win2k disk w/ SP1 and 128-bit encryption
« Reply #6 on: April 11, 2001, 10:13:30 AM »
I am reading up on the same thing -- so far I have a completely unattended installation w/ a bootable W2K-SP1 CD. I just copied the I386 folder to this folder: I386$OEM$ -- that is supposed to copy the contents to the corresponding drive/folder. I just burned it yesterday and don\'t know if it works yet -- we are having a semi-blizzard  and no one is going anywhere today. Next I\'d like to install latest Internet Explorer (maybe in the GUIRunOnce section). Where do you find what switches work with a specific executable? /quiet or /unattend or -quiet. The Technet chapter says to contact the application vendor \"before you preinstall any application.\" I am thinking I might install the 128-bit encryption in the [SetupParams] section, but don\'t really understand this completely yet. The other thing, I have to decide what is important, because it all has to fit on one CD.

I am taking it a step at a time. Adding something new every few days, as I read up on it. Another good place for info on this topic, which I haven\'t finished reading yet, is on the Technet subscription CD -- Chapter 25 (Part 6) \"Automating Client Installation and Upgrade\".  A co-worker has a subscription and looked the information up for me -- if you know anyone who has a subscription to it, it has so much more info than the Technet on the Microsoft site, good and more explicit information. (Sorry if this was too long.)

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« Reply #7 on: April 11, 2001, 10:25:11 AM »
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« Reply #8 on: April 12, 2001, 02:22:37 AM »
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