Firstly, thanks to all who participated with testing. Between us, we covered almost all Windows, except WinMe.
Here's my findings from the results posted:
1. The installer worked fine with no errors warning of missing system files. This shows they are all present by default under all the OSes tested, including XP, which is the one I had most concern about.
2. Some reported requests by the SB60Runtime to connect with an IP. From what I am reading, this is your own internal network IP, as the application build includes that file for use in system wide software deployments including across internal networks. Not much I can do about that, as the component is added at build time, with no design option to exclude it.
3. There is no security concern with that request, because it is only requesting an internal network connection as it detected the presence of an active IP address for the machine.
I deduce this because of the following:
a) Most of you are running (I imagine) always on cable/sat internet connections. Thus you have a permanent IP assigned to the machine.
b) Rosalie uses dialup and got the request too... but admits she has a mobo with a fast ethernet adapter installed. Ethernet adapters also have permanently assigned and active IP addresses, as they are installed to make the machine cable-ready.
c) I do not see the IP connect request, even though I also have a fast ethernet adapter installed.
This difference between myself and Rosalie is explainable, however. I disabled my adapter in all hardware profiles via Device Manager, soon after the mobo was fitted, as I found it interfered with my dialup connection. So while I have the hardware installed, it is disabled, and thus the permanent IP assigned to it is not detected.
4. The OB1 offline browser sometimes wants to connect to the internet. I again don't see this with mine, but deduce it is because I have a link to my domain on the Start Page it loads, and also have the browser's Home Page set to my domain. Since I get this same phenomenon with Internet Explorer when similar pages are loaded from file, I know if I were to remove those online references, the request would not occur.
Conclusion:
I can remove the links within the browser and pages, that is no loss. So that problem is solved. I cannot stop SB60Runtime asking to connect to the local IP, because there is no turn off at the design stage since it is only added at build time. The most I can do is update the Readme file to explain about this, and that it does not pose a security threat as permission can be denied without detriment.