Software Deployment

For Re-Packaging Firefox latest versions, you can follow this link:

http://msiworld.blogspot.com.au/2012/01/packaging-mozilla-firefox-901.html

Have you looked in the knowledge base? You'll find the information you require in there, I've added the link at the top of the thread!

I'd recommend the CCK Wizard add-on

If you're looking at preventing the average user from re-enabling autoupates you could also consider a locked preference file.

This requires taking a copy of a prefs.js file from a firefox profile and changing user_pref to lockPref for all preferences you want to lockdown. I use a single master file and set only options such as proxy, ntlm auth, updates off etc then i byteshift to obfuscate the values by byteshifting (http://www.alain.knaff.lu/howto/MozillaCustomization/cgi/byteshf.cgi using a value of 13) to create a cfg file.

Once you have a cfg file you need to modify .\firefox\greprefs\all.js and locate:

pref("general.config.obscure_value", 13); // for MCD .cfg files

Below this add:
pref("general.config.filename", "myrules.cfg"); // My locked down preferences

Dump the myrules.cfg in the root of firefox and thats it. As long as users don't have R/W to .\firefox it prevents most users from re-enabling settings you don't want on.

const Help01_Text      = "Please run this script using CScript."  
const Help02_Text      = "This can be achieved by"
const Help03_Text      = "1. Using ""CScript script.vbs arguments"" or" 
const Help04_Text      = "2. Changing the default Windows Scripting Host to CScript"
const Help05_Text      = "   using ""CScript //H:CScript //S"" and running the script "
const Help06_Text      = "   ""script.vbs arguments""." 

const ForReading = 1
const ForWriting = 2

dim args
dim fso
dim filename, wfile
dim orfile, owfile
dim str

if not IsHostCscript() then
	wscript.echo(Help01_Text & vbCRLF & Help02_Text & vbCRLF & _
                          Help03_Text & vbCRLF & Help04_Text & vbCRLF & _
                          Help05_Text & vbCRLF & Help06_Text & vbCRLF)
	wscript.quit(-1)
end if

set args = wscript.arguments

set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

if args.Count = 1 then
	filename = args(0)
	if fso.FileExists(filename) then
		on error resume next
		set orfile = fso.OpenTextFile(filename, ForReading)
		if not err then
			wfile = fso.GetBaseName(filename) & "_.txt"
			set owfile = fso.OpenTextFile(wfile, ForWriting, true, 0)
			if not err then
				owfile.write encrypt(orfile.ReadAll, 13)
				owfile.Close
				wscript.echo "Successfully created file " & wfile
			else
				wscript.echo "Error create/open file " & wfile & ". 0x" & hex(err.Number) & " " & err.Description
			end if
			orfile.Close
		else
			wscript.echo "Error open file " & filename & ". 0x" & hex(err.Number) & " " & err.Description
		end if
		set owfile = nothing		
		set orfile = nothing
	else
		wscript.echo "File " & filename & " not found."
	end if
else
	wscript.echo "Error. Missing text file as argument."
end if

set args = nothing
set fso = nothing

function encrypt(str, n)
	dim i, out
	for i = 1 to len(str)
		out = out & chr(asc(mid(str, i, 1)) + n)
	next
	encrypt = out
end function

'
' Determines which program is being used to run this script. 
' Returns true if the script host is cscript.exe
'
function IsHostCscript()
	on error resume next
	
	dim strFullName 
	dim i, j 
	dim bReturn
	
	bReturn = false
	strFullName = wscript.FullName
	i = InStr(1, strFullName, ".exe", 1)
	if i <> 0 then
		j = InStrRev(strFullName, "\", i, 1)
		if j <> 0 then
			if LCase(Mid(strFullName, j+1, i-j-1)) = "cscript" then
				bReturn = true  
			end if	
		end if
	end if
	
	if err <> 0 then
		Log("The scripting host could not be determined. Error " & Hex_Text & hex(Err.Number) & Space_Text & Err.Description)
	end if

	IsHostCscript = bReturn
end function