Re: SecEdit INF format

From: Roger Abell (mvpNOSpam_at_asu.edu)
Date: 01/12/05

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    That is a good question. At W2k release there was much
    talk about how the adm and inf files were now Unicode.
    I however have discovered that for the secedit.inf it really
    does not seem to matter.
    However, it comes in Unicode, and since it is just as simple
    to open and write the file from vbs in Unicode, why not just
    keep it that way? 

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Roger Abell
Microsoft MVP (Windows  Security)
MCSE (W2k3,W2k,Nt4)  MCDBA
"EdT" <etippelt@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1105438737.033156.40190@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> In the Security INF files used by Secedit, what does the section
> [Unicode]
> Unicode = Yes
> actually mean ?
>
> Does it specify the format of the INF file; whether it is written in
> Unicode or ASCII ??
> I need to be able to edit the INF file using vbscript when moving from
> domain to domain, to pick up the correct SIDS for the groups in that
> domain, and I therefore would prefer the file to be in ASCII format...
> EdT
>
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