Win XP = Win 3.1 Jacked?

[Sinister-wolf]

I was just fishing through my files when I came across a setup.inf in the system folder.

[setup]
help = setup.hlp
; Place any programs here that should be run at the end of setup.
; These apps will be run in order of their appearance here.
[run]
[dialog]
caption = "Windows Setup"
exit = "Exit Windows Setup"
title = "Installing Windows 3.1"
options = "In addition to installing Windows 3.1, you can:"
printwait = "Please wait while Setup configures your printer(s)..."
copywait = "Welcome to Microsoft Windows 3.1!\n\n - If you're new to Windows, see 'A Brief Tour of\n Microsoft Windows' in the Getting Started book.\n\n - If you've used Windows before, see 'New\n in This Version' in the Getting Started book."
copywait4="Make sure you register your copy of Microsoft Windows 3.1.\nWhen you register, Microsoft will:\n\n - Notify you of product updates and new product releases.\n\n - Send you a FREE Windows newsletter."
copywait5 = "\n\nThis would be a great time to remove the serial number label\n from the inside back cover of the Getting Started with Windows\nbook and place it on your computer for future reference."
[data]
; Disk space required
; <type of setup>= <Full install space>, <Min install space>

. . .

is it in your XP as well and why would it be? c:\windows\system\setup.inf

[Ned Seagoon]

Hi Wolf

I just took a look in that folder of my XP pro installation, that file does not exist but there is a setup.inf whichalso makes mention of Windows 3.1. It is a large file but appears to contain info from all windows operating systems to aid installation of XP see part of this file below:-

; This is data needed by the MS-DOS half of setup so that it can copy the
; proper kernel and start Windows for the GUI portion of setup.
;
; ** MS-DOS documentation says that first byte of command line for 4a call
; ** should be space. ==> in execcmd RHS leave first space as it is now
[winexec]
execstd = "dosx.exe "
execcmd = " krnl286.exe /b /q:"
exechimem = "xmsmmgr.exe"
himemcmd = ""
Krnl386 = 2:krnl386.exe
Krnl286 = 2:krnl286.exe
dosx = 2:dosx.exe

; Names of the disks Setup can prompt for.
[disks]
1 =. ,"Microsoft Windows 3.1 Disk #1",disk1
2 =. ,"Microsoft Windows 3.1 Disk #2",disk2
3 =. ,"Microsoft Windows 3.1 Disk #3",disk3
4 =. ,"Microsoft Windows 3.1 Disk #4",disk4
5 =. ,"Microsoft Windows 3.1 Disk #5",disk5
6 =. ,"Microsoft Windows 3.1 Disk #6",disk6
7 =. ,"Microsoft Windows 3.1 Disk #7",disk7

BF

[Sinister-wolf]

i wonder if there's a way to use this as an exploit for something Oo

thanks BF