Thanks Phil, that's perfect!
I think you're right that an installer would've been a better idea,
I'm nearly finished now though, I'll remember for next time.
If it's of interest, here's the code I've written to use sysocmgr:
/// <summary>
/// Disable and remove Internet Explorer Enhanced Security,
IIS (Internet Information Services) and other non-essential windows
components
/// </summary>
private void disableNonEssentialWindowsComponents()
{
Process sysOcMgr = new Process();
sysOcMgr.StartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo(
"sysocmgr.exe",
@"/i:C:\windows\inf\sysoc.inf /u:WinComponents.txt /
q /r");
sysOcMgr.Start();
sysOcMgr.WaitForExit();
sysOcMgr.Close();
}
The contents of WinComponents.txt:
[Components]
IEHardenUser=Off
IEHardenAdmin=Off
iis=Off
On 25 Aug 2008, at 05:30, Phil Sayers wrote:
and there is always this:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/222444
-----Original Message-----
From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics.
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Matthew
Brindley
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 6:14 PM
To: ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM
Subject: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Programmatically adding/removing windows
components
Morning folks,
Is anyone aware of an API or platform function(s) for interacting with
the "Add/remove windows components" dialog (the one you'll see in XP
down the LHS of the add/remove programs dialog).
I'm writing a deploy application for new Windows Server 2003/8
servers, and I'd like a way to programmatically:
- Disable Internet Enhanced Security Configuration (IESC)
- Uninstall the "Application Server" component (including IIS
and
friends).
Permissions isn't a problem, it'll be running under the admin account
with elevated permissions.
Uninstalling the app server stuff isn't that important, I can always
just disable their services, but removing IESC is very important.
I'm using C#, but certainly don't mind using P/Invoke or even a
different language/framework if needed.
Thanks in advance!
--
Matt
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