I just had a neighbor bring me his laptop that he had blown up with all kind of infections. He asked me to rebuild it and do what I could do to 'protect it'
Clean XPsp1a CD
another CD with all the hotfixes with a bat to install them silently
Code:
start /wait %CDROM%\SVCPACK\DOTNETFX.EXE /Q:A /R:N
start /wait %CDROM%\SVCPACK\DX9NTOPK.EXE /Q:A /R:N
start /wait %CDROM%\SVCPACK\MBSASE~1.EXE /Q:A /R:N
...
start /wait %CDROM%\SVCPACK\Q832894.EXE /Q:A /R:N
start /wait %CDROM%\SVCPACK\ENU_Q8~1.EXE /Q:A /R:N /C:"DAHOTFIX.EXE /Q /N"
start /wait %CDROM%\SVCPACK\KB8324~1.EXE /Q:A /R:N /C:"DAHOTFIX.EXE /Q /N"
start /wait %CDROM%\SVCPACK\OE60SP~1.EXE /Q:A /R:N
start /wait %CDROM%\SVCPACK\QCHAIN.EXE
reboot, then install my freeware apps
Code:
start /wait %CDROM%\apps\AVGAntiVirus.EXE
start /wait %CDROM%\apps\Adaware6181.exe /s
start /wait %CDROM%\apps\GoogleToolbarInstaller.exe /q /d
start /wait %CDROM%\apps\spywareblastersetup.exe /SILENT /NOCANCEL /SP- /NORESTART
start /wait %CDROM%\apps\pskill spywareblaster.exe
start /wait %CDROM%\apps\AdbeRdr60_enu_full.exe -p"-s /v\"/qb\""
start /wait %CDROM%\apps\Acro-Reader_6.0.2_Update.exe -p /S /v/qn
start /wait %CDROM%\apps\quicktimealt133.exe /SILENT /SP- /nocancel
start /wait %CDROM%\apps\realalt123.exe /SILENT /SP- /nocancel
start /wait %CDROM%\apps\7z313.exe -y /q /r:n
start /wait msiexec.exe /I %CDROM%\apps\Shockwave.msi /qb-
start /wait msiexec.exe /I %CDROM%\apps\Flash.msi /qb-
start /wait msiexec.exe /I %CDROM%\apps\MBSASetup-en.msi /qb-
All thos apps needed to be started once and run/enable the autoupgrade and in the case of some of them, enable some features
Then install these from the web:
https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/ehowes/www/res/ie-spyad.exe
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.txt
I also like to add a few additional sites to the restricted... Real.com, webshots.com, AOL.com and Yahoo.com(if I can get away with it)
I turned on the firewall
then set the user up with a 'restricted' user account and explain how to expect and desire the error messages of when apps fail during install
I know this particular user has MSOffice and must use Outlook and MSN Explorer/Internet, otherwise I'd have set him up with OpenOffice and pegasus mail (after uninstalling OE).
I'm half way considering Imaging his HD to a DVD for me do a quick restore in the future... (But I'd still charge him for 3 or 4 hours work) Considering how I have automated most of this, I doubt I spent more than 30 minutes or so with actual clicking. A disk image would make this about 20 minutes total.
A fair portion of this would have to be modified for the corporate environment, but home use and many freeware apps are metter than most shareware and some retail products... especially considering speed and app bloat
