Windows XP Security Guide v2.2 Readme
April 13, 2006
© 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.


Contents

  1. Download and on-line locations for Windows XP Security Guide v2.2
  2. Brief description of Windows XP Security Guide v2.2
  3. Getting started
  4. Download component locations and descriptions
  5. Copyright and license agreement

1. Download and on-line locations for Windows XP Security Guide v2.2


2. Brief description of Windows XP Security Guide v2.2

The Windows XP Security Guide provides several levels of security guidance for customers who are interested in hardening deployments of Windows XP for desktop and laptop client computers in their environments.

This guide includes settings for Windows XP client computers that are deployed in a Microsoft Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003 Active Directory domain. Guidance  is also included for an environment that requires an extremely high level of security in which application compatibility or usability may be constrained. This guide also discusses procedures for implementing Windows XP security settings on stand-alone client computers.


3. Getting started

To begin using the solution, read Chapter 1, "Introduction to the Windows XP Security Guide".


4. Download component locations and descriptions

Windows_XP_Security_Guide_v2.2.zip

This folder extracts from the WinZip archive to the computer location that you specified. It contains the following files:
 Windows XP Security Guide
Provides several levels of security guidance for customers who are interested in hardening deployments of Windows XP for desktop and laptop client computers in their environments.
 Release Notes
 Readme
You are currently reading this file.
    Windows XP Security Guide Tools and Templates.msi
Installs the Windows XP Security Guide Tools and Templates on your computer.

 Windows XP Security Guide Tools and Templates
This is the top-level folder that installs to the computer location you choose (the default is C:\Documents and Settings\%Username%\My Documents) when you run the .msi file.
SCE Update
Contains scripts and data files to automatically update the user interface for the Security Configuration Editor as discussed in Chapter 3 of the guide.
Restore_SCE_to_Default.vbs
Rollback_SCE_for_MSS_Regkeys.vbs
sceregvl_W2K3_SP1.inf.txt
sceregvl_XPSP2.inf.txt
Strings-sceregvl.txt
Update_SCE_with_MSS_Regkeys.vbs
Values-sceregvl.txt
 Security Templates
Contains all security templates that are discussed in Chapters 2 and 3 of the guide.  It also contains an Excel spreadsheet that summarizes all of the recommendations in the guide.
EC-Desktop.inf
EC-Domain.inf
EC-Laptop.inf
Optional-file-permissions.inf
SSLF-Desktop.inf
SSLF-Domain.inf
SSLF-Laptop.inf
Windows XP Security Guide Settings.xls
Windows XP Service Pack 2 default security.inf
 Stand Alone Clients
Contains all sample scripts and templates that are used to harden stand-alone computers, which are discussed in Chapter 5 of the guide.
EC-Desktop.inf
EC-Laptop.inf
Legacy-EC-Account.inf
Legacy-EC-Desktop.cmd.txt
Legacy-EC-Desktop.inf
Legacy-EC-Laptop.cmd.txt
Legacy-EC-Laptop.inf
Legacy-SSLF-Account.inf
Legacy-SSLF-Desktop.cmd.txt
Lefacy-SSLF-Desktop.inf
Legacy-SSLF-Laptop.cmd.txt
Lefacy-SSLF-Laptop.inf
SSLF-Desktop.inf
SSLF-Laptop.inf
Standalone-EC-Account.inf
Standalone-EC-Desktop.cmd.txt
Standalone-EC-Laptop.cmd.txt
Standalone-SSLF-Account.inf
Standalone-SSLF-Desktop.cmd.txt
Standalone-SSLF-Laptop.cmd.txt
XP Default Security.sdb
 Test Tools
Contains tools that are related to "Appendix B: Testing the Windows XP Security Guide."
AdminChangePassWord.vbs
AdminFileAccess.vbs
AdminLogon.vbs
AdminPrint.vbs
AdminPrintQueues.vbs
Config.ini
DirectoryQuery.vbs
Imp_Read.txt
MSSLog.txt
PrintTest.txt
UserFileAccess.vbs
UserLogon.vbs
UserPrint.vbs
UserPrintQueues.vbs
Win2KReleaseIPRenewIP.vbs
Windows XP Security Guide Test Cases.xls
 License Terms
The license agreement for the contents of the .msi

5. Copyright and license agreement

© 2006 Microsoft Corporation.  This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 543 Howard Street, 5th Floor, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA.