Re: How to remove update

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From: C. Wulfman (cwulfman_at_NOucalgary.SPAM.ca)
Date: 09/16/04 

Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 10:07:42 -0600

Use this script at your own risk. So far I have used it in a lab of 25
machines and suffered no ill effects.

Reg.exe is a little utility from the NT4 resource kit.

The es650.txt file contains lines of the form

00-AB-D0-F5-79-6F|ES650-PC45|ES650PC|ES650|

-----------Begin script--------------

rem Kills the runonce to prevent error message from being popped up in
@echo off

set pwd=blahblah
set usr=administrator
set machinedatpath=\\yourserverhere\images$\dats\es650.txt
rem set machinedatpath=.\tempdat.txt

echo Press any key when ready to process ES650 or CTRL-C to quit
REM This will give a chance to bail if you did not want to do ES650
pause
echo Processing ES650
echo .
for /f "tokens=2 delims=|" %%i in (%machinedatpath%) do (

        echo Processing %%i...
        net use \\%%i /user:%usr% %pwd%
        copy reg.exe \\%%i\c$
        @echo on
        echo Deleting the runonce key...
        psexec \\%%i c:\reg delete
"hklm\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\GDI Detect
Tool.." /force
        echo Adding the GDITool=1 key...
        psexec \\%%i c:\reg add
"hklm\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\GdiDetectionTool\GDITool=1" REG_DWORD
        @echo off
        del \\%%i\c$\reg.exe
        net use /delete \\%%i

)

---------End script-----------------

davexnet01@yahoo.com wrote:

> Michael Satterwhite <satterwh.XNOXSPAMX@weblore.com> wrote in message news:<u$3zH62mEHA.3392@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl>...
>
>>Pete wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I have the same problem. The CPU is pegged at 100 %. I
>>>had this problem with an earlier update and I found a way
>>>to fix it. I had to hit ctrl-alt-del and then click 2- 3
>>>processes and switch them to realtime That got me some
>>>CPU speed back.....enough to get to the control panel and
>>>uninstall the update. I don;t remember which processes
>>>to switch though !!!!
>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>The latest automatic update is a disaster. Since
>>
>> installing it, it takes 5
>>
>>>>minutes to bring up VB6. Just switching between windows
>>
>> can take 1 - 2
>>
>>>>minutes. I desperately need to get this piece of trash
>>
>> off my machine.
>>
>>>>One of the updates (and the one I suspect) is the GDI
>>
>> detection tool.
>>
>>>>Unfortunately, I don't see any way to delete it.
>>>>
>>>>Can someone offer some help? My computer may be more
>>
>> secure right now - but
>>
>>>>only because it is completely unusable.
>>
>>Although my machine is slow, that's not the problem. I can't see any way
>>this update *CAN* be uninstalled. The GDI Detection Tool isn't listed in
>>the Add/Remove Applications. It appears they've put this on our machines
>>with no way to remove it.
>
>
> I read the KB article and it says that it runs once during the
> install,
> but if you want to run it again, you have to download the manual
> version.
> This implies that *nothing* is actually installed.
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=873374
> Quote from article:
> "If you download the tool from the Windows Update Web site, you can
> run the tool only one time. To run the tool again, you must download
> the tool from the Microsoft Download Center."
>
> Dave

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