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Windows 10 Registry Paths for Privacy Settings

C:Amie/ 5th June 201611th December 2018/ Microsoft, Software, Windows Deployment

System Requirements:

Windows 10 build 1511, 1607, 1703

The Problem:

If you are trying to tame Windows 10 Privacy settings using the registry (say for the creation of a secure by default base image), at the time of writing there doesn’t appear to be a good mapping reference between the Registry keys and the toggle buttons on the Windows 10 Privacy interface.

More Info

The table below outlines the registry locations for known entries found in the Privacy section of the Windows 10 Settings app.

The article was originally written for Windows 10 build 1511. It has subsequently been updated for build 1607. Specific entreis related to build 1511 are indicated by “[b1511]”. New items found in build 1607 are indicated by “[b1607]”. New items found in build 1703 are indicated by “[b1703]”.

Tab	Entry	Key Path [HKCU\…]	Key(s)	Value(s)
General	Let aps use my advertising ID for experiences across apps (turning this off will reset your ID)	SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AdvertisingInfo	Enabled Id	[0\|1] <delete>
General	Turn on SmartScreenFilter to check web content (URLs) that Windows Store apps use	SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppHost	EnableWebContentEvaluation	[0\|1]
General	Send Microsoft info about how I write to help us improve typing and writing in the future	SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Input\TIPC	Enabled	[0\|1]
General	Let websites provide locally relevant content by accessing my language list	Control Panel\International\User Profile	HttpAcceptLanguageOptOut	[0\|1]
General	[b1703] Let windows track app launches to improve start and search results	SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced	Start_TrackProgs	[0\|1]
Location	Location On/Off	SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeviceAccess\Global\{BFA794E4-F964-4FDB-90F6-51056BFE4B44}	Value	[Allow\|Deny]
	Location On/Off	SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Sensor\Permissions\{BFA794E4-F964-4FDB-90F6-51056BFE4B44}	SensorPermissionState	[0\|1]
	[b1607] Location On/Off	SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeviceAccess\Global\{BFA794E4-F964-4FDB-90F6-51056BFE4B44}	InitialAppValue Type	Unspecified InterfaceClass
Location	[b1511] <there is no UI element to globally control this> [b1607] Location Service	SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeviceAccess\Global\{E6AD100E-5F4E-44CD-BE0F-2265D88D14F5}	Value	[Allow\|Deny]
	[b1607] Location Service	SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeviceAccess\Global\{E6AD100E-5F4E-44CD-BE0F-2265D88D14F5}	InitialAppValue Type	Unspecified InterfaceClass
Camera	Camera On/Off	SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeviceAccess\Global\{E5323777-F976-4f5b-9B55-B94699C46E44}	Value	[Allow\|Deny]
	[b1607] Camera On/Off	SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeviceAccess\Global\{E5323777-F976-4f5b-9B55-B94699C46E44}	InitialAppValue Type	Unspecified InterfaceClass
Microphone	Mic On/Off	SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeviceAccess\Global\{2EEF81BE-33FA-4800-9670-1CD474972C3F}	Value	[Allow\|Deny]
	[b1607] Mic On/Off	SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeviceAccess\Global\{2EEF81BE-33FA-4800-9670-1CD474972C3F}	InitialAppValue Type	Unspecified InterfaceClass
Speech, inking & typing	Disable Cortana	SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search	CortanaEnabled	[0\|1]
Account Info	Let apps access my name, picture and other account info	SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeviceAccess\Global\{C1D23ACC-752B-43E5-8448-8D0E519CD6D6}	Value	[Allow\|Deny]
	[b1607] Let apps access my name, picture and other account info	SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeviceAccess\Global\{C1D23ACC-752B-43E5-8448-8D0E519CD6D6}	InitialAppValue Type	Unspecified InterfaceClass
Contacts	[b1511] <there is no UI element to globally control this> [b1607] Let apps access my contacts	SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeviceAccess\Global\{7D7E8402-7C54-4821-A34E-AEEFD62DED93}	Value	[Allow\|Deny]
	[b1607] Let apps access my contacts	SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeviceAccess\Global\{7D7E8402-7C54-4821-A34E-AEEFD62DED93}	InitialAppValue Type	Unspecified InterfaceClass
Calendar	Let apps access my calendar	SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeviceAccess\Global\{D89823BA-7180-4B81-B50C-7E471E6121A3}	Value	[Allow\|Deny]
	[b1607]Let apps access my calendar	SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeviceAccess\Global\{D89823BA-7180-4B81-B50C-7E471E6121A3}	InitialAppValue Type	Unspecified InterfaceClass
Call history	Let apps access my call history	SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeviceAccess\Global\{8BC668CF-7728-45BD-93F8-CF2B3B41D7AB}	Value	[Allow\|Deny]
	[b1607] Let apps access my call history	SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeviceAccess\Global\{8BC668CF-7728-45BD-93F8-CF2B3B41D7AB}	InitialAppValue Type	Unspecified InterfaceClass
Email	Let apps access and send email	SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeviceAccess\Global\{9231CB4C-BF57-4AF3-8C55-FDA7BFCC04C5}	Value	[Allow\|Deny]
	[b1607] Let apps access my call history	SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeviceAccess\Global\{9231CB4C-BF57-4AF3-8C55-FDA7BFCC04C5}	InitialAppValue Type	Unspecified InterfaceClass
Messaging	Let apps read or send messages (text or MMS)	SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeviceAccess\Global\{992AFA70-6F47-4148-B3E9-3003349C1548}	Value	[Allow\|Deny]
Radios	Let apps control radios	SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeviceAccess\Global\{A8804298-2D5F-42E3-9531-9C8C39EB29CE}	Value	[Allow\|Deny]
	[b1607] Let apps control radios	SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeviceAccess\Global\{A8804298-2D5F-42E3-9531-9C8C39EB29CE}	InitialAppValue Type	Unspecified InterfaceClass
Sync with devices	Let your apps automatically share and sync info with wireless devices tat don’t explicitly pair with your PC, tablet or phone	SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeviceAccess\Global\LooselyCoupled	Value	[Allow\|Deny]
	[b1607] Let your apps automatically share and sync info with wireless devices tat don’t explicitly pair with your PC, tablet or phone	SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeviceAccess\Global\LooselyCoupled	InitialAppValue Type	Unspecified LooselyCoupled
Feedback & diagnostics	Windows should ask for my feedback	SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Siuf\Rules	PeriodInNanoSeconds NumberOfSIUFInPeriod	0/<n> 0/<n>
Feedback & diagnostics	Send your device data to Microsoft	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection	AllowTelemetry	[0\|1\|2\|3]
Messaging	[b1607] Let apps read or send messages (text or MMS)	SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeviceAccess\Global\{21157C1F-2651-4CC1-90CA-1F28B02263F6}	Value	[Allow\|Deny]
Messaging	[b1607] Let apps read or send messages (text or MMS)	SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeviceAccess\Global\{992AFA70-6F47-4148-B3E9-3003349C1548}	Value	[Allow\|Deny]
Notifications	[b1607] Let apps access my notifications	SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeviceAccess\Global\{52079E78-A92B-413F-B213-E8FE35712E72}	Value InitialAppValue Type	[Allow\|Deny] Unspecified InterfaceClass
Background apps	[b1607] Let apps run in the background	SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\BackgroundAccessApplications	GlobalUserDisabled	[0\|1]
App diagnostics	[b1703] Let apps access diagnostic information	SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeviceAccess\Global\{2297E4E2-5DBE-466D-A12B-0F8286F0D9CA}	Value InitialAppValue Type	[Allow\|Deny] Unspecified InterfaceClass
Tasks	[b1703] Tasks	SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeviceAccess\Global\{E390DF20-07DF-446D-B962-F5C953062741}	Value InitialAppValue Type	[Allow\|Deny] Unspecified InterfaceClass

The following list additional configuration settings found in the registry that have unknown consequences on the UI.

Tab	Entry	Key Path [HKCU\…]	Key(s)	Value(s)
n/a	[b1607] ???? Possibly something to do with app access to Phone Call history	SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeviceAccess\Global\{235B668D-B2AC-4864-B49C-ED1084F6C9D3}	Value	[Allow\|Deny]
	[b1607] Let apps access my name, picture and other account info	SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeviceAccess\Global\{235B668D-B2AC-4864-B49C-ED1084F6C9D3}	InitialAppValue Type	Unspecified InterfaceClass
n/a	[b1607] ????	SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeviceAccess\Global\{8c501030-f8c2-40b2-8b3b-e6605788ff39}	Value InitialAppValue Type	[Allow\|Deny] Unspecified InterfaceClass
n/a	Has something to do with Device Access	SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeviceAccess\Global\{9D9E0118-1807-4F2E-96E4-2CE57142E196}	Value	[Allow\|Deny]
n/a	Has something to do with Device Access	SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeviceAccess\Global\{B19F89AF-E3EB-444B-8DEA-202575A71599}	Value	[Allow\|Deny]
n/a	[b1511] Has something to do with Device Access [b1607] Appears deprecated	SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeviceAccess\Global\{E83AF229-8640-4D18-A213-E22675EBB2C3}	Value	[Allow\|Deny]
Location	[b1607] General location. apps that cannot use my precise location can still use my general location, such as city, postcode or region.	?	?	?
n.a	[b1703] Unknown	SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeviceAccess\Global\{00EEBD44-EB0F-4A94-A2D4-D5C4ED5FA66D}	Value	[Allow\|Deny]

Creating a Fully Patched Windows 2000 SP4 Slipstreamed Installation CD

C:Amie/ 19th February 200824th April 2019/ Microsoft, Software, Windows Server

System Requirements:

Windows 2000 Professional, Server
Test PC or Virtual Machine capable of running Windows 2000

About:

This guide is in effect a very lazy way of creating an up-to-date Slipstream CD for your Windows 2000 installation. There are plenty of good guides on creating Windows Service Pack integrated CD’s, this guide is not intended to duplicate such content, but to take it a little further than they are prepared to go, while showing you a very easy trick in minimising the installation time required to patch your deployment.

Windows 2000 SP4 was and is the last Service Pack for Windows 2000. Its Release To Manufacturing date was 25/06/2003 and was released to the public a day later. The problem is that June 2003 was a long, long time ago, and there have been many patches released for Windows 2000 since – including an Update Rollup Package (URP).

With a completely vanilla Windows 2000 installation the deployment process goes something like:

Install Windows 2000 RTM
Install Windows 2000 SP4
Reboot
Install Windows 2000 URP
Reboot
Install Internet Explorer 6.0
Reboot
Install DirectX 9.0c
Reboot
Install Windows Media Player 9.0
Install BITS 2.0
Install Windows Installer 3.1
Reboot
Hit Windows Update
Wait for each system to download the more than 100+ updates required
Reboot
Return to Windows Update and download any items now available from prerequisite installations
Reboot
Install and patch Applications

If you have done it, you know that it isn’t particularly fun.

Isn’t this what corporate deployment tools are for?

Yes! You would be completely correct in that argument, however the premise of this guide is that I find such a system to be unnecessarily messy and very resource wasteful.

Let me explain by stepping back through the list

Install Windows 2000 RTM – The system’s i386 store is vanilla, and is stored on ever PC (+600MB overhead) and a +200MB dllcache is created for these files to be used by SFC

Install Windows 2000 SP4 – A SP4 uninstall backup is created of all uninstalled files, a secondary cache is created of the SP for state changes (+150MB)

URP, BITS, Windows Installer 3.1 – Again they have uninstall backups (+35MB)

Windows Update – This is over 300MB to download for each workstation unless you are performing central deployment. Each one creates an uninstall backup, each one fills up the registry with removal data (creating an excessive list in Add/Remove) and this is exceptionally time consuming for deployment.

MSIE 6.0, DX9 and WMP9 – These component updates are outside the remit of this guide as there is no official method of integrating these files (there are however unofficial methods). You will need to drop these onto your installation irrespective of following this process, along with a couple of other bits from Windows Update.

So my solution – if you have the opportunity in your deployment – is to get as much of the update process integrated into the install as is possible, without resorting to human deployment. In other words, performing natural Slipstreams of as many of the updates as you can before starting the rollout.

This is of course not a new concept, after all, Microsoft wrote integration routines into almost every Windows update released post 2000 SP4 for a reason.

So what is the point of this guide exactly?

Simple, this guide will run you through doing the slipstream, but minimising the time it take you to get hold of all of the little updates that you require manually before you install – basically, I am going to show you how to cheat!

How-to Guide :

For the purpose of this guide I am going to assume that you are using a Microsoft Virtual PC 2004/2007 test system. You can use any other virtualisation client, or a physical test system to do this, however you will need to explore file copies on your own.

Definitions of Terms

MSupdate – These are QFE files for Windows 2000. There are two types Express (used by Windows Update) and Full-File (available for administrators to download from Microsoft). This article requires the use of Full-File updates. MSupdate files for Windows 2000 make use of the shell icon shown below and will always display an installation screen similar to the one exampled below.

MSI – Microsoft Installer (aka. Windows Installer) files. These are suffixed with .msi and cannot be used as part of this process

Cab Installer – Cab installers are the oldest form of Microsoft deployment technology, very few updates are deployed using this format – with a few Windows Script updates being an obvious exception.

Component Update – For the purpose of this article, component update refers to updates that do not apply to the core operating system, but extend an area of it. For example, Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1, DirectX 9.0c, Windows Media Player 9.0 or MDAC 2.8 SP1.

BITS 2.0 & Windows Installer 3.1 – The Background Intelligent Transfer Service and Windows Installer 3.1 are requisite updates necessary for access to Windows Update on any new PC installation. The BITS update is also responsible for the upgrading of the Windows 2000 automatic updates procedure, although there will be a time delay requiring Internet access between the appearance of the new UI in the control panel while Automatic Updates self-updates and inventories the fresh install.

Prepare the Test System

Step 1
Install Windows 2000 on the test system (with or without an SP level, with or without the Post SP4 URP installed, it doesn’t matter)

Step 2
Install Windows 2000 SP4 if you need to. Do not use Windows Update.

Step 3
Install Windows 2000 Post SP4 URP (KB891861 version 2) if you need to. Do not use Windows Update.

Step 4
Install Windows 2000 KB842773 BITS 2.0 and WinHTTP 5.1 Update. Do not use Windows Update.

Step 5
Install Windows 2000 KB893803 Windows Installer 3.1 version 2. Do not use Windows Update.

Step 6
Install Virtual PC’s Virtual Machine Additions

Step 7
Reboot the VM

Step 8
Go to Windows update, you can install MS Update if you want, but do remember the distinction between a MSUpdate patch and MSI/Cab Install and Component Updates (e.g. MSIE 6.0 SP1, DirectX etc).

Step 9
Copy the Critical Update List into notepad, add anything from the other categories that you want to include as well – remembering that is has to be a deployable MSUpdate (not MSI or Cab based). Remove the Windows Malicious Software Scanning Tool from the notepad list.

Step 10 (the boring part)
Point your browser to http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/
In the search box, cut the KB number from notepad into the search box, hit search, find the required update for:

Windows 2000 SP4

MSIE 5.01 SP4

Windows Media Player 6.4

MDAC 2.5 SP3

Outlook Express 5

Download it into a new folder on the Slipstream workspace PC called c:\au\.

Note: I suggest that you cut the KB numbers out of the notepad file, as you will then know exactly where you are in the list.

It took me approximately 35-40 minutes to do this for the experiment that created this guide, and I was slowed down considerably by my storing all of the download URL’s below for your convenience.

Step 11
Install all of the updates at this point. Remember you just downloaded them all! So close Windows update and use the download files.
DO NOT update Internet Explorer to 6.0, DirectX, MDAC or Media Player – you are ONLY installing patches. I recommend that you write a batch script for the installation and use the ” -n -z -q” options as this will make the patch install fly through very quickly on the test system and save you from having to accept the EULA every time.

Step 12
Reboot the test system

Step 13
Go back to Windows Update. Find any NEW updates that have appeared as a result of a prerequisite installation – remember, we are not updating MSIE 6, WMP, DirectX etc and are only interested in MSupdate patch files!
Repeat the Step 10, 11 and 12 process for any new updates.

Step 14
Once you are happy that you have all the MSupdate files that Windows Update is going to give you, you might want to look around and consider any additional updates that you require in your deployment – so long as it is an MSupdate file, you can add it in here. Just download it into the c:\au folder on the Slipstream workspace PC.
At this point you can kill off the VPC if you wish.

QFE Direct Download List (As of 18/02/2008)

I suggest that you copy and paste the below into a text file and run it through a download manager rather than attempting to access each file by hand. Please note that I have no intention of maintaining the list below, or in correcting any URL changes that Microsoft make.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=90&p=&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=3dd3b530-7f43-4c18-8298-6e8797431a5d&u=http%3a%2f%2fdownload.microsoft.com%2fdownload%2f4%2f3%2f2%2f43215dcd-b8b3-4c8f-a40f-278789f4eb33%2fWindows2000-KB896423-x86-ENU.EXE

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=90&p=&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=1032a039-468b-4c5f-8c1c-5e54c2832e41&u=http%3a%2f%2fdownload.microsoft.com%2fdownload%2fb%2fc%2f5%2fbc5a01b7-5fd9-4201-8cd0-352cfc1dcf7b%2fIE5.01sp4-KB944533-Windows2000sp4-x86-ENU.exe

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=90&p=&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=93b3d0a3-2091-405e-8dd4-10f20dc2be7f&u=http%3a%2f%2fdownload.microsoft.com%2fdownload%2f3%2f3%2ff%2f33fe5bc7-822e-4070-a7a1-f1d1723eb3ba%2fWindows2000-KB943055-x86-ENU.exe

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=90&p=&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=980f5457-c7b5-421c-8643-0e57429ec156&u=http%3a%2f%2fdownload.microsoft.com%2fdownload%2f7%2fd%2fa%2f7da6c210-492d-4efe-9bc4-803d8e04c77f%2fWindows2000-KB941644-x86-ENU.exe

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=90&p=&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=7956632e-17d9-4876-8340-84fe3e43e5cc&u=http%3a%2f%2fdownload.microsoft.com%2fdownload%2fb%2fa%2f4%2fba43cfc7-9545-4960-b58c-ab8ef5c3a7a5%2fWindows2000-KB943485-x86-ENU.exe

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=90&p=&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=06196774-5a11-4525-b53c-8cb000738949&u=http%3a%2f%2fdownload.microsoft.com%2fdownload%2fc%2f2%2f4%2fc242a118-5dfe-4382-a8fd-1c3cdfd4cd4e%2fWindows2000-KB941568-x86-ENU.exe

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=90&p=&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=bda9d0b4-f7cb-4d9d-b030-043d7437734b&u=http%3a%2f%2fdownload.microsoft.com%2fdownload%2f3%2fa%2fe%2f3ae9546e-621b-4429-aca3-ec55377d5f94%2fWindows2000-KB937894-x86-ENU.exe

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=90&p=&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=29763117-c2dc-4746-b31e-0b27350118e6&u=http%3a%2f%2fdownload.microsoft.com%2fdownload%2f8%2f3%2fe%2f83e821a9-4b14-4ab8-84ed-6d587d5b1c2b%2fWindows2000-KB923810-x86-ENU.exe

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=90&p=&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=5aa009c9-4edc-4f34-989b-0493549649e8&u=http%3a%2f%2fdownload.microsoft.com%2fdownload%2f1%2f8%2f7%2f18779735-b84e-49bc-98a5-8bdb18acfb17%2fOE5.5sp2-KB941202-Windows2000-x86-ENU.exe

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=90&p=&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=6c7fb9a8-1d8d-4307-b5c6-bc6c28ee09de&u=http%3a%2f%2fdownload.microsoft.com%2fdownload%2f3%2fa%2fb%2f3ab2060f-e590-4803-8176-8f324074fdef%2fWindows2000-KB933729-x86-ENU.exe

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=90&p=&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=245214ea-76f9-4755-8a14-a74232e20c1c&u=http%3a%2f%2fdownload.microsoft.com%2fdownload%2f8%2f8%2f5%2f885d7f8b-0355-45d9-a589-7c884ffea28b%2fWindows2000-KB936021-x86-ENU.exe

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=90&p=&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=7cd248ed-d154-4dce-89ef-ceefd2700965&u=http%3a%2f%2fdownload.microsoft.com%2fdownload%2fc%2f1%2f2%2fc12a5836-34ca-404b-87ef-dd870cbdf092%2fWindows2000-KB938827-x86-ENU.exe

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=90&p=&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=8fc8340b-c2b3-4559-835c-caa00cf086b9&u=http%3a%2f%2fdownload.microsoft.com%2fdownload%2f1%2fe%2f0%2f1e0aea96-e2f4-4abf-a011-885ed3c19d4f%2fWindows2000-KB938829-x86-ENU.exe

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=90&p=&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=31e63d6f-b6b7-41d7-8ae6-dd7fcf89d477&u=http%3a%2f%2fdownload.microsoft.com%2fdownload%2fa%2fb%2f5%2fab504195-7dbe-4f32-bfd6-157162af52fa%2fIE5.01sp4-KB938127-Windows2000sp4-x86-ENU.exe

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=90&p=&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=e63ccdc3-a2ed-4ef6-b8a1-3f8be4b2726d&u=http%3a%2f%2fdownload.microsoft.com%2fdownload%2fe%2f6%2f7%2fe6763a48-52bf-49cb-b111-1873472a5d1c%2fWindowsMedia6-KB925398-v2-x86-ENU.exe

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=90&p=&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=812e62c5-6e19-4b3b-8a10-861b871e1b41&u=http%3a%2f%2fdownload.microsoft.com%2fdownload%2f6%2fa%2f8%2f6a80131a-c5f1-4e13-a716-b7895340d5f6%2fWindows2000-KB926122-x86-ENU.exe

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=90&p=&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=b3599afb-7673-4ef6-a2b1-d77e39fd782c&u=http%3a%2f%2fdownload.microsoft.com%2fdownload%2f6%2f2%2f0%2f62000463-2b27-435a-a80c-7e93566ee71e%2fWindows2000-KB931784-x86-ENU.exe

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=90&p=&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=5b8e728c-cb9f-4176-93a0-bf42d6387f93&u=http%3a%2f%2fdownload.microsoft.com%2fdownload%2ff%2f0%2f2%2ff02c7875-1e33-417e-91c2-d851d6c412ea%2fWindows2000-KB935840-x86-ENU.exe

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Prepare the Slipstream Workspace

Step 1
While it goes and does that, let us prepare the Slipstream workspace.
Open My Computer
Open C:
Create a new folder called “2k” (c:\2k\)
Open this folder and copy the entire contents of your Windows 2000 CD into this folder

Step 2
Slipstream 2000 SP4 into this folder. Clearly if you are starting from a 2000 SP4 CD, you don’t need to do this.
Download W2KSP4_EN.EXE to the root of C:\
Open a command prompt at the root of C:\
Issue the command:
W2KSP4_EN.EXE -s:c:\2k
Wait for the confirmation dialogue that the Slipstream has been successful

Step 3
Slipstream the Windows 2000 Post SP4 URP (KB891861 version 2).
Download Windows2000-KB891861-v2-x86-ENU.EXE to the root of C:\
Open a command prompt at the root of C:\
Issue the command:
Windows2000-KB891861-v2-x86-ENU.EXE -integrate:c:\2k
Wait for the confirmation dialogue that the Slipstream has been successful

Step 4
Slipstream the Windows 2000 KB842773 BITS 2.0 and WinHTTP 5.1 Update
Download Windows2000-KB842773-x86-ENU.EXE to the root of C:\
Open a command prompt at the root of C:\
Issue the command:
Windows2000-KB842773-x86-ENU.EXE -integrate:c:\2k
Wait for the confirmation dialogue that the Slipstream has been successful

Step 5
Slipstream the Windows 2000 KB893803 Windows Installer 3.1 version 2
Download WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe to the root of C:\
Open a command prompt at the root of C:\
Issue the command:
WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe -integrate:c:\2k
Wait for the confirmation dialogue that the Slipstream has been successful

Step 6
Create the c:\au folder on the Slipstream PC if you haven’t done so already. Deposit all of the Windows Update files from the Test PC into here, along with any GENUINE MSUpdate installation packages. CAB installation files will not work! MSI files will not work!

Step 7
Open a command prompt at c:\au.
Issue the command:
Dir /a /b *.exe > chain.bat

Step 8
You will find a bat file called chain.bat in c:\au, open it.
At the end of every line add: ” -integrate:c:\2k”

For example:
Windows2000-KB925902-x86-ENU.exe
becomes
Windows2000-KB925902-x86-ENU.EXE -integrate:c:\2k

Step 9
Run chain.bat
I have intentionally left the confirmation prompt for each update on. You can add -q to the -integrate line if you don’t want to see them. The update will be slipstreamed at this point.
If you get any errors, you either have the command wrong, or the file is not one of the newer MSupdate patch files that supports integration or is a MSI, Cab distributable or Component update (e.g. Windows Media Player 9). You cannot Slipstream such updates, and must use corporate deployments tools for such updates.

Installation Results & Analysis

The proof is clearly in the pudding, as they say. Using the method outlined on this page and removing the overhead for the page file and hibernation cache, a fresh installation of Windows 2000 Professional, without any CD customisation or corporate deployment (i.e. completely vanilla) rolls in at 695 MB.

At installation the Windows 2000 install was fully secured at first boot -at least from the Operating System perspective. This is a significant point, particularly for Server installations where the time it takes to install an operating system, patch it and roll-out security software before you even begin to configure its roles can under certain situations be a critical risk factor.

Most importantly this process took no longer than the time taken to install the OS from the new CD. There was no additional overhead, or any additional reboots required.

To experiment with the difference it was important to ascertain just how much different and how much longer the process takes normally. By performing the same installation from scratch, applying the same updates from Windows Update (not MSIE 6.0, Windows Media Player or DirectX) in order of:

Windows 2000 RTM

Windows 2000 SP4

Reboot

Windows 2000 Post SP4 URP

Reboot

BITS 2.0

Windows Installer 3.1

Reboot

Windows Update

Reboot

Windows Update

Reboot

The installation size again with the page-file and hibernation cache files removed was 1.36 GB – almost twice the size! The installation time was also considerably longer, with at best another hour on top of the workstation installation and five reboots before you can sensibly start using the deployment. A significant issue if you happen to be undertaking frequent manual installations.

An additional difference also exists in the volume fragmentation – obviously there are far more files on the second system, however the data blocks are more contiguous the slipstreamed installation.

Obviously any administrator will want to perform the required Internet Explorer, DirectX, Windows Media Player and MDAC updates in order to make the system that little bit more usable. Due to the deployment methods utilised for the stated technologies, these would have to be included in the corporate deployment distribution, rolled out from Windows Update / Windows Update Services or pushed out via Active Directory. Thankfully this situation is starting to be addressed with Windows XP and Windows Vista now that legacy support is being shelved from Component updates post Internet Explorer 7.0.

The entire process of creating the CD, and assuming that you do use shortcuts for batch operations for the slipstream should take around about an hour to perform. The time saving is immediate in that it will save you at least that while waiting for the additional update time and reboots on an average Windows 2000 system. Once you have the patches downloaded once, it is a very simple process to add in the new updates released on “Patch Tuesday” each month and re-burn the Slipstream CD using the existing guides on the Internet.

Conclusion

My argument that this process is an acceptable one is obviously based upon the fact that this would not be acceptable in an ideal world! Despite this, the updates for the additional component technologies are far less common that for the core OS (which this process has almost completely patched) – particularly given that Internet Explorer updates are cumulative in nature. This makes the burden of distribution services considerably smaller under the circumstances, reducing bandwidth requirements between new installations and Windows update, reducing load on corporate patch deployment system and reducing the load on deployment servers all in one process.

After a non-exhaustive experiment, the installation process of the critical component updates can be performed in 2 reboots using the following procedure:

Install MDAC 2.8 SP1

Install Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 (Do not click Finish at the end)

Install DirectX 9.0c (Do not click Finish at the end)

Install Windows Media Player 9.0 (ignore the grumble about previous installations)

Reboot

Aa manual reinstall of the Post SP4 URP to reflect the MSIE change

All new updates from Windows Update at this point (use deployment)

Reboot

At this point in the sample, the Windows 2000 installation size falls in at 878 MB all installed on the SlipStreamed system. Assuming the same installation size for the component updates and new patches, that pushes the raw install up to over 1.5GB.

Cannot unhide systems files under Windows 2000, XP, 2003 or Vista

C:Amie/ 25th January 20081st August 2018/ Microsoft, Software

System Requirements:

Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista

The Problem:

When attempting to show hidden files in the Windows Folder Options settings window, the bivariate “So not show hidden files and folders” / “Show hidden files and folders” radio buttons do not have a pre-selected value.

Optionless Radio Buttons

No matter which of the options you chose your system will not display hidden files through Windows Explorer, and will not save the “Show hidden files and folders” setting.

More Info:

This is invariably caused by a virus infection or spyware such as (but by no means exclusive to) W32/DKR.worm.

You need to ensure that you have fully disinfected your system using AntiVirus and AntiSpyware software before making the changes to restore the functionality of the Folder Options applet. Otherwise you are frankly wasting your time by troubleshooting the problem.

Step 1: Why does it do it?

The virus will have modified the default property value of the registry flag responsible for specifying your preference. While Windows Explorer expects to be able to set a DWORD type for the value, the Virus will have changed the registry type to a Reg_SZ, meaning that the system is unable to read to or write to the value – hence you are unable to save your preference change after you have removed the virus from your system.

Note: If you have not removed the virus from your system then there is good reason to believe that the virus itself is preventing you from making any such that so as to prevent its own demise.

Open regedit and navigate to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

Incorrect (Left) : Correct (Right)

Delete the REG_SZ named Hidden, you do not need to manually recreate the DWORD. Don’t celebrate yet, follow step 2 BEFORE you succumb to the spleen bursting need that you now have to view your hidden files. Otherwise you will be doing step 1 again.

Step 2: Repairing the Explorer Default Flag Associations

The virus really did not want you to view hidden files on the PC, so in addition to preventing you from changing the setting, it also ensured that should you attempt to fix the problem, Explorer would simply break the setting itself – thus ensuring that there is no way that Windows Explorer is going to show you hidden files.

Navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL

Fix Explorer

Note the presence of the REG_SZ Checked value, this should be a DWORD value. Its job is to tell the Explorer form what to do when someone selects the Show hidden files and folders option, and currently it is being told to write a string value, not a DWORD.

Delete the CheckedValue REG_SZ, create a similarly named DWORD and set its value to equal 1 as shown in the image below.

Fixed Values

You can now view your hidden files and folders.

CDO Error Message “Error ‘80040211’”

C:Amie/ 5th January 200812th August 2018/ IIS, Microsoft, Programming, Software

System Requirements:

Windows Server
Internet Information Services
ASP
CDO

The Problem:

When attempting to send an email using CDO under Windows Server you receive the following unspecific error message from your application debugger or web browser session:

error ‘80040211’
<path>/<file>.asp, line ##

Your application is unable to relay email into the SMTP system.

More Info:

The CDO error message is certainly due to your configuration of the SMTP server, or CDO’s inability to raise the stated SMTP server.

Step 1

A frequent cause of this error message comes from messages with lengthy message lines. It is common place within SMTP systems to refuse to transmit text lines that are greater than around 1000 characters (including the CRLF).

This does not mean that the message itself cannot be greater than 1000 characters, but that individual lines before the carriage return must be less than or equal to 998 characters (the CR [carriage return] and the LF [line feed] count as the remaining two characters).

This rule applies to plain text and to HTML messages. Ensure that your messages comply with this rule.

Step 2

Ensure that your ISP does not require authenticated SMTP access. If they do, you will need to modify your CDO connector to include authentication. In ASP this is achieved through the addition of the following lines into the CDO settings.

.Item(cdoSMTPAuthenticate) = cdoBasic
.Item(cdoSendUserName) = “YOUR-USER-NAME”
.Item(cdoSendPassword) = “YOUR-PASSWORD”

Step 3

Ensure that your system is able to connect to to the SMTP service port. A quick trick to check for SMTP connectivity without relying upon port scanners is:

Open a command prompt
Type:
telnet <fully-qualified-domain-name / SMTP Server IP address> 25For example: telnet smtp.www.c-amie.co.uk 25
If the path to your SMTP server is being blocked you will see the following message
Connecting To <server>…Could not open connection to the host, on port 25 : Connect failed

If your server is unable to access the STMP network, then this error message is consistent with such a failure. The most likely cause of such a block is a firewall rule from a software firewall or a rule configured on a hardware firewall by the network administrator.

An additional consideration to make while checking for connectivity is the impact that Anti-Virus and real-time Anti-Spyware products may have. For example, McAfee Virus Scan Enterprise 8.0.0i makes use of an anti-spyware rule that prevents mass mailing worms from sending email. McAfee will block the SMTP port by default and must be configured to allow IIS (or your application) to relay email.

To reconfigure McAfee Enterprise 8.0.0i:

Open Virus Scan Console
Double click Access Protection
Highlight the “Prevent mass mailing worms from sending email” and click Edit
For IIS 6.0 running in with standard IIS 6.0 application protection add w3wp.exe to the exceptions list.

For application you will need to query the McAfee log file for the executable name involved in the error message. By default this log can be found at:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Network Associates\VirusScan\AccessProtectionLog.txt