Vista - Autorun script for XP & Vista

I am writing a vbs script, launched by autorun.inf on DVD/CD to achieve the
following:
- detect drive letter (done)
- detect OS (done) and take action if either XP or Vista found

The action to take is:
- if XP, open the first image in a folder on the DVD/CD using Windows
Picture/Fax viewer
- if Vista, open the first image in Photo Gallery

I like the option in both OS to start a slide-show from either Windows
application. My target users will certainly not have any other 3rd party
application for image viewing so I prefer to "have them use" the native
Windows image viewer interface.

The autorun.inf file looks like this:

[AutoRun]
icon=mycustom.ico
label="My Content Label"
shellexecute=viewjpg.vbs

This works perfectly for several XP systems i've tested. I don't have a
Vista test system but have tested burnt DVD/CD on 2 different Vista systems
in a store and while the autorun.inf does something (the custom icon and
text register on the disk in Computer folder), the script fails to execute.
Any ideas why? Might it be a security issue with store computers and
lockdown?

If necessary I can post the vbs here after some initial comments.

- Mitch
www.jensign.com
(p.s. it's been a while since I've done vbs/wmi )

A couple or three thoughts:

* Vista security is very high so things depend on
the privileges of the person logged on.

* Many anti-virus programs regard .vbs as a potential
virus, blocking and/or sounding an alarm with *any*
..vbs file.

* You probably already know this ... It's possible to
disable autorun. I don't allow it on my own machines.
I don't know how common it is for people to do that.

thesystemsexecute.

This is what I'm trying to determine .... what a standard user configuration
setting for Vista might look like.
I wonder if Microsoft's PPT "Package for CD" autorun.inf approach would be
blocked (which launches MS PowerPointViewer exe).

- Mitch

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