How to prevent MS Internet components from installing in OSR2
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To prevent installation of Microsoft Internet components during an
(automated or manual) installation of Windows 95 OSR2, do the following:
Switch to your Windows 95 source directory, e.g. F:\WIN95. Now type
extract /a precopy2.cab setuppp.inf
This will extract the installation core file SETUPPP.INF into your
Windows 95 source directory.
Now load SETUPPP.INF into a text editor and comment out (use ;) all
references (lines) to the following INF files:
athena.inf
ohare.inf
mos.inf
inetmail.inf
This will prevent MS Internet Explorer and MS Internet Mail & News from
installing. To get rid of the Online Services folder, comment out
references to
msinfo.inf
as well. To even get rid of Active Movie, comment out references to
quartz.inf
as well. Now save SETUPPP.INF and write down the new file size of
SETUPPP.INF. Now load LAYOUT.INF (already there in the Windows 95 source
directory) into your text editor and perform exactly the same
modifications you've done to SETUPPP.INF before (comment out lines).
Finally, search for a line in LAYOUT.INF that reads
setuppp.inf=2,,xxxx
where xxxx represents the file size of the original SETUPPP.INF file.
Change this line to read
setuppp.inf=0,,yyyy
where yyyy represents the new file size of the modified SETUPPP.INF.
That's all, no need to repackage SETUPPP.INF into PRECOPY2.CAB, just
leave it in the source directory. Proceed with your manual or automated
installation as normal and you will
* never encounter *any* problems due to the lack of MS Internet
components in OSR2
* save network bandwidth by transferring less data during a typical
setup
* save 31 Megs of disk space on the workstation
* have an even a bit more faster and smoothly running Windows 95 OSR2
This information is contributed by all the helpful people who posted
suggestions and solutions to the OSR2 FAQ at
http://www.compuclinic.com/osr2faq/
Created June 8, 1998 by Ralf Buschmann.
E-Mail: ralf@conactive.com
WWW: http://www.conactive.com/win95/
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