Windows 2000 Tips &
Tweaks -Removing Unused Windows
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< Windows 2000 Tips & Tweaking Guide created by Michael
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During Windows 2000 Setup, the following components are installed by default:
Games Accessories (Calculator, Clock, and so on) Multimedia Accessibility options
These items also do not appear in the Add/Remove Programs tool in Control Panel after Setup
is finished. This article describes how to cause these items to be displayed during Setup or
in the Add/Remove Programs tool after Setup is finished.
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NOTE: Microsoft does not support the editing or modifying of .inf files included on the
Windows 2000 CD-ROM or distribution server. This information is provided only as a
convenience and is not supported. Displaying the Items After Setup Is Finished
In the %SystemRoot%\Inf folder on the system volume, use a text editor (such as Notepad) to
open the Sysoc.inf file.
Locate the "old base components" line.
For each component you want to appear in the Add/Remove Programs tool, remove the comma and
"Hide" comment. For example, change
Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,HIDE,7
to:
Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,,7
Also remove the "HIDE" option from the "AccessUtil=" line. If you leave this option hidden,
then none of the other components in the "old base components" section are available in
Add/Remove Programs.
Save and then close the file.
You can now go to Add/Remove Programs/Add Remove Windows Components to remove unnecessary
items.
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