I so wanted this to work, but at least on the XP machine I'm testing with, the Start value is 00000002 whether ICS is on or off. I don't see any changes in the SharedAccess key whether I enable ICS or not on this machine.
I'm thinking about exporting the registry and running diff... --Cal Chidaushe, Mavhu wrote: > We have been implementing the ICS disable check since spring semester > and it has help decrease the number of rogue shared wireless connections > and other problems associated with ICS. In our environment it was a two > pronged approach because we had student machines (not in Active > Directory) and faculty/staff machines (in Active Directory). Our > faculty/staff machines had a GPO being applied that disabled ICS. So in > order to make things work for both students and faculty/staff users, I > used the following: > > > > - 2 checks. One for students and one for faculty/staff AD machines. > > - 1 Rule > > - 1 remedial *.reg file to bring you into compliance (this file > is bundled into a self extracting *.exe that will autorun and user is > given default .reg file warning when installing. > > - 2 requirements. One for each group. (I don’t recall why I did > this, I’d have to dig up my notes for details explaining this section) > > > > See details below: > > > > Remedial Section: > > /_Disable.reg_/_ <*/file contents:below/*>_ > > *************************************************** > > Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 > > > > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess] > > "Start"=dword:00000003 > > ****************************************************** -- Regards, -- Cal Frye, Network Administrator, Oberlin College www.calfrye.com, www.pitalabs.com "Accomplishments have no color. --Leontyne Price.
