-=PCTechTalk=- Security guide for WinXP

From: "Bashful Bob" <Bashfulbob@xxxxxxx>
To: "PCTT" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 03:23:58 -0500
First I have not tried this procedure. I am posting it as an interesting 
article. I neither can or cannot recommend it.


I am including some excerpts from the article below.

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An end-users guide to basic security practices for creating a new Windows XP 
desktop



This guide is mostly focused on creating a decently secure installation of 
Windows XP Professional for an end-

user. While the vast majority can be applied to Windows XP Home, and OEM 
Restore Disk Sets, there are a few 
instances where these two media will need to be setup in a different manner.

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Installing Windows XP:

 

Now we will install Windows XP. If you've used nLite to create a custom Windows 
XP installation CD, the 

Windows XP installation will be exactly the same as if you using your original 
Windows XP installation CD. 
The only difference is that under Advanced Networking Preferences, you might 
want to consider disabling LM-
HOST lookups. (Again to help protect from the LM Hash security vulnerability.) 
This won't affect most end-
user experience since LMHOST file lookups are only needed when a client machine 
cannot find a networked 
computer after exhausting other kinds of lookup attempts and is not a common 
practice anymore.

If you are going to be installing your OEM Restore Disks, this will proceed 
just as normal (even if you've 

edited them with nLite). In our example of using OEM Restore Disks with XPLite; 
after making a back-up CD 
of XPLite, Firefox, Thunderbird, and Service Pack 2; this is actually the first 
step of securing our system since 
most of our windows installation customization will occur in the 
post-installation period.

In review of this section, we've created a fresh install of Windows XP on our 
secure system. If you used the 

custom Windows XP CD we created then you base installation of Windows is ready 
to be customized for end-
user usage. If you are planning on using XPLite, then you will want to proceed 
to the first section of Post-Installation Configuration: Customizing Windows XP 
with XPLite.
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