I need to finally switch over to SP2, and I'm wondering if there are ways to get rid of the new "features" of SP2? What has been stopping me from upgrading has been that warning window that pops up when an (unregistered / unverified / whatever) .exe file is opened. Is this something that can be done away with for good? I haven't been able to find the magic key words so far to get an answer off google.
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SP2 customization?
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meastaugh1
Technical User
- Apr 21, 2002
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Haven't done so myself, but I believe you can manage these new settings in group policy. You probably just have to do it from a machine with SP2 installed.
This is the list of policy settings including those added in SP2:
This is the list of policy settings including those added in SP2:
skipholiday
Technical User
Get the update.
You can still enable or disable anything.
You can still enable or disable anything.
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I guess it's not bugging me after all! I had a screwed up video codec & installed a different codec pack that ended up trashing most all video playback, so I decided it's a good time for a reloading of Windows. I put all the updates on, and XP only bugged me for the first two apps I installed. All others never gave me a warning. I know from setting other brand new systems I was getting warnings on every app I was installing.
Whatever I did, I did it quite well!
It just gets me on how wrong Microsoft implements a lot of their warning systems. If 99% of the time you're opening up a file or installing drivers that you definately want to do and are 100% positive they're not going to put a virus on the computer - the warnings become totally meaningless & nothing more than an annoyance. It's definately not going to stop anyone then of opening that one rare file which actually does contain a virus. MS's methods are self-defeating most of the time, so sometimes it's good to be able to turn the warnings off.
Whatever I did, I did it quite well!
It just gets me on how wrong Microsoft implements a lot of their warning systems. If 99% of the time you're opening up a file or installing drivers that you definately want to do and are 100% positive they're not going to put a virus on the computer - the warnings become totally meaningless & nothing more than an annoyance. It's definately not going to stop anyone then of opening that one rare file which actually does contain a virus. MS's methods are self-defeating most of the time, so sometimes it's good to be able to turn the warnings off.
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