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<blockquote data-quote="Grazzt" data-source="post: 314070" data-attributes="member: 7">[PLAIN]Re: Re: [OT] Stipped down version of Windows XP[/PLAIN]Except MSN messenger is &quot;hidden&quot; in XP. Rather you can't go that route to delete it.&nbsp; As a matter of fact, there are several hidden components that you can safely delete that MS has &quot;hidden&quot; away. Here (for those that dont know) is the way to &quot;unhide&quot; and kill them.Microsoft didn't want you to be able to remove programs like Windows Messenger. It's installed by default, and it doesn't appear in the Add/Remove Program applet in control panel.You can force the issue by editing the SYSOC.INF file, located in C:\Windows [or your Windows Directory]\inf folder. Open it in Notepad.Under the [Components] heading, you'll see a whole bunch of parameters for various Windows applets. Some off them contain the word &quot;Hide&quot;. Those particular programs, which include Windows Messenger (msmsgs), Terminal Server, PinBall, and others, are installed on your XP system, but their entries are hidden from Add/Remove Dialog.To remove Windows Messenger, edit Hide out of the line that reads:msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7So that it looks like this: msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,7Save the file, close it and open Add/Remove Program Applet. Click on Windows Components button and you'll see Windows Messenger listed. Uncheck it and click Next to purge that program from your system.And in case you kill messenger from your system and happen to use Outlook or Outlook Express as your mail client, this greatly slows down the opening process of said program (for some users). Here is how you fix that:Users who experience a slow down will find a error in the system error log saying &quot;The server {FB7199AB-79BF-11D2-8D94-0000F875C541} did not register with DCOM within the required timeout.&quot;The solution this problem. Just Open up regedit (START | RUN | regedit) and do a search in the registry for the string {FB7199AB-79BF-11D2-8D94-0000F875C541} Modify the keys InProc32 and LocalServer32 default key to a empty string. After a reboot, Outlook will start up as fast as possible.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Grazzt, post: 314070, member: 7"] [b][PLAIN]Re: Re: [OT] Stipped down version of Windows XP[/PLAIN][/b] Except MSN messenger is "hidden" in XP. Rather you can't go that route to delete it. As a matter of fact, there are several hidden components that you can safely delete that MS has "hidden" away. Here (for those that dont know) is the way to "unhide" and kill them. Microsoft didn't want you to be able to remove programs like Windows Messenger. It's installed by default, and it doesn't appear in the Add/Remove Program applet in control panel. You can force the issue by editing the SYSOC.INF file, located in C:\Windows [or your Windows Directory]\inf folder. Open it in Notepad. Under the [Components] heading, you'll see a whole bunch of parameters for various Windows applets. Some off them contain the word "Hide". Those particular programs, which include Windows Messenger (msmsgs), Terminal Server, PinBall, and others, are installed on your XP system, but their entries are hidden from Add/Remove Dialog. To remove Windows Messenger, edit Hide out of the line that reads: msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7 So that it looks like this: msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,7 Save the file, close it and open Add/Remove Program Applet. Click on Windows Components button and you'll see Windows Messenger listed. Uncheck it and click Next to purge that program from your system. And in case you kill messenger from your system and happen to use Outlook or Outlook Express as your mail client, this greatly slows down the opening process of said program (for some users). Here is how you fix that: Users who experience a slow down will find a error in the system error log saying "The server {FB7199AB-79BF-11D2-8D94-0000F875C541} did not register with DCOM within the required timeout." The solution this problem. Just Open up regedit (START | RUN | regedit) and do a search in the registry for the string {FB7199AB-79BF-11D2-8D94-0000F875C541} Modify the keys [b]InProc32[/b] and [b]LocalServer32[/b] default key to a empty string. After a reboot, Outlook will start up as fast as possible. [/QUOTE]

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