Minesweeper #2

[Dan Still]

I still can't install Minesweeper (or any other Windows
games) with XP. This is where I'm at...

First I tried this...

1. With the Windows XP CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive, click
Start, and then click Control Panel.
2. Double-click Add or Remove Programs.
3. Click Add/Remove Windows Components.
4. In the Windows Components Wizard, click Accessories
and Utilities (the words, not the check box), and then
click Details.
5. Use the appropriate method:
- If the Games check box is not checked...
- If the Games check box is checked...

***HERE'S MY PROBLEM: There is no Games check box in #5
above!!!

Then I tried this (from the advice of Jimmy S -
Thanks!)...

1. Choose Start / Run / Copy+Paste the next line into
the RUN box and press [ENTER]:
notepad %SystemRoot%\Inf\Sysoc.inf

2. Scroll down until you find the line that reads:
Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,HIDE,7
and delete the HIDE from the line so it now reads:
Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,,7

2b. Scroll down to the line that reads:
Pinball=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,pinball.inf,HIDE,7
and delete the word HIDE from the line so it now reads:
Pinball=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,pinball.inf,,7

3. Click File / Exit and choose YES to save the changes
you made to the file.

4. Click Start / Settings / Control Panel / Add-Remove
Programs and follow the instructions you posted in the
first post to reinstall Games now that they're listed.

***THAT DIDN'T WORK EITHER. Here's what happened: The
word "HIDE" was not on the original "Games=" line. But
it was in the original "Pinball=" line. I removed it
from Pinball. Then I could see Pinball on the list, but
not under "Accessories and Utilities". It's under a
nameless line above that. I checked the box next
to "Pinball" and also "Internet Games" and installed them
successfully... or so I thought. I still can't find them
anywhere. Where are they? How do I get Minesweeper,
Freecell, etc.???

Thanks, Dan

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi Dan,

Is this a home system, or a corporate / business system?
Is your version of Windows XP branded (Dell, IBM, etc.?)

--
Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com


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_________________________________________________________

|I still can't install Minesweeper (or any other Windows
| games) with XP. This is where I'm at...
|
| First I tried this...
|
| 1. With the Windows XP CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive, click
| Start, and then click Control Panel.
| 2. Double-click Add or Remove Programs.
| 3. Click Add/Remove Windows Components.
| 4. In the Windows Components Wizard, click Accessories
| and Utilities (the words, not the check box), and then
| click Details.
| 5. Use the appropriate method:
| - If the Games check box is not checked...
| - If the Games check box is checked...
|
| ***HERE'S MY PROBLEM: There is no Games check box in #5
| above!!!
|
| Then I tried this (from the advice of Jimmy S -
| Thanks!)...
|
| 1. Choose Start / Run / Copy+Paste the next line into
| the RUN box and press [ENTER]:
| notepad %SystemRoot%\Inf\Sysoc.inf
|
| 2. Scroll down until you find the line that reads:
| Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,HIDE,7
| and delete the HIDE from the line so it now reads:
| Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,,7
|
| 2b. Scroll down to the line that reads:
| Pinball=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,pinball.inf,HIDE,7
| and delete the word HIDE from the line so it now reads:
| Pinball=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,pinball.inf,,7
|
| 3. Click File / Exit and choose YES to save the changes
| you made to the file.
|
| 4. Click Start / Settings / Control Panel / Add-Remove
| Programs and follow the instructions you posted in the
| first post to reinstall Games now that they're listed.
|
| ***THAT DIDN'T WORK EITHER. Here's what happened: The
| word "HIDE" was not on the original "Games=" line. But
| it was in the original "Pinball=" line. I removed it
| from Pinball. Then I could see Pinball on the list, but
| not under "Accessories and Utilities". It's under a
| nameless line above that. I checked the box next
| to "Pinball" and also "Internet Games" and installed them
| successfully... or so I thought. I still can't find them
| anywhere. Where are they? How do I get Minesweeper,
| Freecell, etc.???
|
| Thanks, Dan
|

 

[Dan Still]

I have Windows XP Home Edition. I bought it online.
It's legal. The sticker with the Product Key says it's
an OEM Product.

My computer is a Dell XPS T450 from 1999. It originally
had Windows 98. I did a clean install last year when I
bought XP. But I've never seen any of the games.

Thanks, Dan

-----Original Message-----
Hi Dan,

Is this a home system, or a corporate / business system?
Is your version of Windows XP branded (Dell, IBM, etc.?)

--
Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com


Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx? scid=FH;[LN];gms
Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite:

http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact

MS Support at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx? scid=sz;en-us;top
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________

|I still can't install Minesweeper (or any other Windows
| games) with XP. This is where I'm at...
|
| First I tried this...
|
| 1. With the Windows XP CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive, click
| Start, and then click Control Panel.
| 2. Double-click Add or Remove Programs.
| 3. Click Add/Remove Windows Components.
| 4. In the Windows Components Wizard, click Accessories
| and Utilities (the words, not the check box), and then
| click Details.
| 5. Use the appropriate method:
| - If the Games check box is not checked...
| - If the Games check box is checked...
|
| ***HERE'S MY PROBLEM: There is no Games check box in #5
| above!!!
|
| Then I tried this (from the advice of Jimmy S -
| Thanks!)...
|
| 1. Choose Start / Run / Copy+Paste the next line into
| the RUN box and press [ENTER]:
| notepad %SystemRoot%\Inf\Sysoc.inf
|
| 2. Scroll down until you find the line that reads:
| Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,HIDE,7
| and delete the HIDE from the line so it now reads:
| Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,,7
|
| 2b. Scroll down to the line that reads:
| Pinball=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,pinball.inf,HIDE,7
| and delete the word HIDE from the line so it now reads:
| Pinball=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,pinball.inf,,7
|
| 3. Click File / Exit and choose YES to save the changes
| you made to the file.
|
| 4. Click Start / Settings / Control Panel / Add-Remove
| Programs and follow the instructions you posted in the
| first post to reinstall Games now that they're listed.
|
| ***THAT DIDN'T WORK EITHER. Here's what happened: The
| word "HIDE" was not on the original "Games=" line. But
| it was in the original "Pinball=" line. I removed it
| from Pinball. Then I could see Pinball on the list, but
| not under "Accessories and Utilities". It's under a
| nameless line above that. I checked the box next
| to "Pinball" and also "Internet Games" and installed them
| successfully... or so I thought. I still can't find them
| anywhere. Where are they? How do I get Minesweeper,
| Freecell, etc.???
|
| Thanks, Dan
|


.

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi Dan,

If you have the full version Windows XP CD supplied to you then..
To add/remove Windows XP Games: Click START / Control Panel /
Add or Remove Programs / Add Remove Windows Components /
Accessories and Utilities / [Details...] / Games / [Details...] / then check
(or uncheck and then recheck the games) / Click [Next] or [OK] to finish.

If you have only been given a Restore CD those instructions won't work.

--
Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com


Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite: http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
MS Support at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=sz;en-us;top
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________

|I have Windows XP Home Edition. I bought it online.
| It's legal. The sticker with the Product Key says it's
| an OEM Product.
|
| My computer is a Dell XPS T450 from 1999. It originally
| had Windows 98. I did a clean install last year when I
| bought XP. But I've never seen any of the games.
|
| Thanks, Dan
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Hi Dan,
| >
| >Is this a home system, or a corporate / business system?
| >Is your version of Windows XP branded (Dell, IBM, etc.?)
| >
| >--
| >Cheers, Windows XP MVP
| Shell / User
| >Jimmy S.
| http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
| >
| >
| >Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
| scid=FH;[LN];gms
| >Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite:
| http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
| >MS Support at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
| scid=sz;en-us;top
| >My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I
| confer any rights.
| >_________________________________________________________
| >
| | >|I still can't install Minesweeper (or any other Windows
| >| games) with XP. This is where I'm at...
| >|
| >| First I tried this...
| >|
| >| 1. With the Windows XP CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive,
| click
| >| Start, and then click Control Panel.
| >| 2. Double-click Add or Remove Programs.
| >| 3. Click Add/Remove Windows Components.
| >| 4. In the Windows Components Wizard, click Accessories
| >| and Utilities (the words, not the check box), and then
| >| click Details.
| >| 5. Use the appropriate method:
| >| - If the Games check box is not checked...
| >| - If the Games check box is checked...
| >|
| >| ***HERE'S MY PROBLEM: There is no Games check box in
| #5
| >| above!!!
| >|
| >| Then I tried this (from the advice of Jimmy S -
| >| Thanks!)...
| >|
| >| 1. Choose Start / Run / Copy+Paste the next line into
| >| the RUN box and press [ENTER]:
| >| notepad %SystemRoot%\Inf\Sysoc.inf
| >|
| >| 2. Scroll down until you find the line that reads:
| >| Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,HIDE,7
| >| and delete the HIDE from the line so it now reads:
| >| Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,,7
| >|
| >| 2b. Scroll down to the line that reads:
| >| Pinball=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,pinball.inf,HIDE,7
| >| and delete the word HIDE from the line so it now reads:
| >| Pinball=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,pinball.inf,,7
| >|
| >| 3. Click File / Exit and choose YES to save the
| changes
| >| you made to the file.
| >|
| >| 4. Click Start / Settings / Control Panel / Add-Remove
| >| Programs and follow the instructions you posted in the
| >| first post to reinstall Games now that they're listed.
| >|
| >| ***THAT DIDN'T WORK EITHER. Here's what happened: The
| >| word "HIDE" was not on the original "Games=" line. But
| >| it was in the original "Pinball=" line. I removed it
| >| from Pinball. Then I could see Pinball on the list,
| but
| >| not under "Accessories and Utilities". It's under a
| >| nameless line above that. I checked the box next
| >| to "Pinball" and also "Internet Games" and installed
| them
| >| successfully... or so I thought. I still can't find
| them
| >| anywhere. Where are they? How do I get Minesweeper,
| >| Freecell, etc.???
| >|
| >| Thanks, Dan
| >|
| >
| >
| >.
| >