As you have probably noticed so far, for certain programs that are installed by default in Windows XP (ie I come to pack with it) there is no the option of uninstall through Add/Remove Programs FROM Control Panel.
To make these programs hidden to appear among the programs listed normally in Add/Remove Programs, Is there a Very simple solution, and if you follow the instructions below, it will be lacking in risks.
For the beginning, you must setati Windows XP to display including hidden files and folders (Open the menu Tools in Windows Explorer->Select Folder Options->View->Select Show hidden files and folders from below Hidden files and folders)
Then go to the folder Windows (usually located in C:) Locate and open the folder INF Then locate the file Sysoc.inf.
open Sysoc.inf USING Notepad-ul. You will notice the following list
[Version]
Signature = “$Windows NT$”
DriverVer=07/01/2001,5.1.2600.0
[Components]
NtComponents=ntoc.dll,NtOcSetupProc,,4
WBEM=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,wbemoc.inf,hide,7
Display=desk.cpl,DisplayOcSetupProc,,7
Fax=fxsocm.dll,FaxOcmSetupProc,fxsocm.inf,,7
NetOC=netoc.dll,NetOcSetupProc,netoc.inf,,7
iis=iis.dll,OcEntry,iis.inf,,7
com=comsetup.dll,OcEntry,comnt5.inf,hide,7
dtc=msdtcstp.dll,OcEntry,dtcnt5.inf,hide,7
IndexSrv_System = setupqry.dll,IndexSrv,setupqry.inf,,7
TerminalServer=TsOc.dll, HydraOc, TsOc.inf,hide,2 <== Terminal Server (Disables Fast User Login, Remote Desktop.)
msmq=msmqocm.dll,MsmqOcm,msmqocm.inf,,6
ims=imsinsnt.dll,OcEntry,ims.inf,,7
fp_extensions=fp40ext.dll,FrontPage4Extensions,fp40ext.inf,,7
AutoUpdate=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,au.inf,hide,7 <== Auto Update
msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7 <== Windows Messenger (aka MSN Messenger)
RootAutoUpdate=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,rootau.inf,,7
IEAccess=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,ieaccess.inf,,7
Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,,7 <== Games
AccessUtil=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,accessor.inf,,7
CommApps=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,communic.inf,HIDE,7
MultiM=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,multimed.inf,HIDE,7
AccessOpt=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,optional.inf,HIDE,7
Pinball=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,pinball.inf,HIDE,7 <== Pinball
MSWordPad=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,wordpad.inf,HIDE,7 <== WordPad
ZoneGames=zoneoc.dll,ZoneSetupProc,igames.inf,,7
[Global]
WindowTitle=%WindowTitle%
WindowTitle.StandAlone=”*”If you look carefully, you will discover the word HIDE appearing on different rows. You just discovered the hidden XP programs.
Delete the word Hide from the respective rows, but be careful Keep the commas located before and after it (ie , Hide, will become, ").
Save the file after you finish, then check Add/Remove Programs. You will notice that initially hidden programs will be listed among the rest of the programs that can be uninstalled.
Use: Before you change the SYSC.Inf you make a back-up of this file to make sure that there will be no problems following your intervention. Note that it is very possible that some of the "disregarded" programs can continue to refuse to be uninstalled, depending on System services of which they depend.
