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Old November 1st 09, 11:44 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Mi Tasol
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Default How do I remove games from XP

Greetings
The company has just bought me a new HP laptop with the upgrade from
Vista to XP Pro SP3.
I have removed the games link from the start menu but when I remove
the individual games from Windows either HP or MS immediately re-
install them. It is beyond our sys admin.
How can I permanently delete them?
Thanks
Mi Taso
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Old November 1st 09, 11:55 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Pegasus [MVP]
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Default How do I remove games from XP


"Mi Tasol" wrote in message
...
Greetings
The company has just bought me a new HP laptop with the upgrade from
Vista to XP Pro SP3.
I have removed the games link from the start menu but when I remove
the individual games from Windows either HP or MS immediately re-
install them. It is beyond our sys admin.
How can I permanently delete them?
Thanks
Mi Taso


An upgrade from Vista to XP Pro? This would be a downgrade, which is not
possible. I suspect that you upgraded from WinXP to Vista, in which case you
should repost your question in a Vista forum.


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Old November 2nd 09, 12:10 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Andrew McLaren[_7_]
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Default How do I remove games from XP

Mi Tasol wrote:
The company has just bought me a new HP laptop with the upgrade from
Vista to XP Pro SP3.
I have removed the games link from the start menu but when I remove
the individual games from Windows either HP or MS immediately re-
install them. It is beyond our sys admin.
How can I permanently delete them?


Hi, Mi Tasol

To remove the Games on Windows XP, do this:

- go to Start menu, Control Panel

- in Control Panel, run "Add/Remove Programs"

- in the Add/Remove applet, select "Add/Remove Windows Components" from
the left-hand panel;

- the Windows Component Wizard will be started;

- select Accessories and Utilities in the list of Components;

- press the Details button;

- you will see 2 subcomponents listed: Accessories, and Games;

- remove the check mark next to Games;

- press OK to return to the Wizard front panel;

- press Next; the games will be deleted;

- exit from the Wizard and applet.

Hope it helps,

Andrew


PS: Mi Tasol - yu save Tok Pisin? Wantok bilong me?

--
amclar at optusnet dot com dot au
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Old November 2nd 09, 02:25 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Anthony Buckland
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Default How do I remove games from XP


"Mi Tasol" wrote in message
...
Greetings
The company has just bought me a new HP laptop with the upgrade from
Vista to XP Pro SP3.
I have removed the games link from the start menu but when I remove
the individual games from Windows either HP or MS immediately re-
install them. It is beyond our sys admin.
How can I permanently delete them?
Thanks
Mi Taso


Why bother? Do you share your laptop with someone
who can't be trusted not to run the games? Can't you
trust _yourself_ not to run them? Are you desperate for
space (in which case get a much bigger drive)? If having
the icons in your face is the problem, delete them from
your desktop. The programs will still be there, along with
whatever scads of stuff your machine came with that you
don't intend ever to use, but the route to them will be a
lot less obvious.


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Old November 8th 09, 10:36 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Mi Tasol
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Default How do I remove games from XP

On Nov 2, 9:10*am, Andrew McLaren wrote:
Mi Tasol wrote:
The company has just bought me a new HP laptop with the upgrade from
Vista to XP Pro SP3.
I have removed the games link from the start menu but when I remove
the individual games from Windows either HP or MS immediately re-
install them. *It is beyond our sys admin.
How can I permanently delete them?


Hi, Mi Tasol

To remove the Games on Windows XP, do this:

- go to Start menu, Control Panel

- in Control Panel, run "Add/Remove Programs"

- in the Add/Remove applet, select "Add/Remove Windows Components" from
the left-hand panel;

- the Windows Component Wizard will be started;

- select Accessories and Utilities in the list of Components;

- press the Details button;

- you will see 2 subcomponents listed: Accessories, and Games;

- remove the check mark next to Games;

- press OK to return to the Wizard front panel;

- press Next; the games will be deleted;

- exit from the Wizard and applet.

Hope it helps,

Andrew

PS: Mi Tasol - yu save Tok Pisin? Wantok bilong me?

--
amclar at optusnet dot com dot au


Thanks to All for responses (XP is better than Vista and definitely an
upgrade) and yes Andrew - em nau, mi save
 




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