Saving WinXP Settings

[WebWacker]

Hey everybody,

I was wondering if it would be possible to save ALL the settings of WinXP to a file (or something), which I can restore after performing a new install?

I mean all settings, that includes everything I edited in gpedit.msc and services I started/stopped, etc...

I\'m kind of an installation junkie... I\'m just getting a little bit fed up with all the settings I have to edit everytime
(I have to edit like almost EVERYTHING... I hate defaults!)

Thnx in advance

[Burner]

Most of your setting can be done with a security template such as services, file rights, and some policy settings. You can also add additional registry settings and rights. First you should create a security template then import the template during the install. Here is the command line that I used.

cmd /c secedit /configure /db %SystemRoot%securitydatabaseWXP_Secure.sdb /cfg %SystemRoot%SecurityTemplatesWXP_Secure.inf /log %SystemRoot%OptionsCabsLogFilesWXP_Secure.log

The security template can easily be edited with mmc. Good Luck! Let me know if I can help further.

[Tracky110XP]

you can do a system state backup with NTbackup, if you are running XP Home then you will need to install it off the CD, it is somewhere in the support folder.

after you install it take it out of the wizzard mode then work with it.

with a system state backup it will backup all of the registry, also all of the contents of the system32 folder, this means you will have all of your updates.

there is a lot more information on the MS KB about the system state backup, but don\'t limit the search to just XP.