disabling games

[Jeff S]

Hi, I am working with a windows 2k system at work, fellow
employees are playing solitaire and other windows games
when they shouldn't be.Is there a way to delete these
windows games or otherwise disable them?, or heck maybe
even corrupt them so they wont work. Some of them also
know that you can type "sol" in the run box to open
solitaire. Thanks in advance

 

[John John]

Are you wanting to remove the games on one or many machines?

To remove them on one machine only run these commands one at a time:

Rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection FreecellUninstall 132 games.inf

Rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection MinesweeperUninstall 132 games.inf

Rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection SolitaireUninstall 132 games.inf

Rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection Pinball.Remove 132 pinball.inf


Or you can edit the sysoc.inf file and delete HIDE on the games line:

Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,HIDE,7
Pinball=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,pinball.inf,HIDE,7

will become:

Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,,7
Pinball=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,pinball.inf,,7

Note the 2 commas remain (...,,7)

Now the games should show up in the Add/Remove Control Panel applet.

To remove the games accross many pcs on a network you can use a script.
Run this in a script:

sysocmgr /i:%windir%\inf\sysoc.inf /u:c:\ocm.txt /q

You need an answer file for it:

[Components]
pinball = off
games = off
Minesweeper = off
Solitaire = off
Freecell = off

The path to the answer file is specified in the u switch in the command,
sysocmgr /i:%windir%\inf\sysoc.inf /u:[path]\ocm.txt /q

John

 

[Jeff S]

Hi, I first ran the commands and did notice that the games
didn't show up under start, programs, accessories but I
was still able to type "sol" in the run box and it still
came up, I then edited the sysoc.inf files that I found by
going thru search(3).After editing, I saved them but
they didn't show up in the "add/remove programs". Did I
do something wrong?, Thanks-----Original Message-----

Are you wanting to remove the games on one or many machines?

To remove them on one machine only run these commands one at a time:

Rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection

FreecellUninstall 132 games.inf

Rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection

MinesweeperUninstall 132 games.inf

Rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection

SolitaireUninstall 132 games.inf

Rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection Pinball.Remove 132 pinball.inf


Or you can edit the sysoc.inf file and delete HIDE on the games line:

Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,HIDE,7
Pinball=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,pinball.inf,HIDE,7

will become:

Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,,7
Pinball=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,pinball.inf,,7

Note the 2 commas remain (...,,7)

Now the games should show up in the Add/Remove Control Panel applet.

To remove the games accross many pcs on a network you can use a script.
Run this in a script:

sysocmgr /i:%windir%\inf\sysoc.inf /u:c:\ocm.txt /q

You need an answer file for it:

[Components]
pinball = off
games = off
Minesweeper = off
Solitaire = off
Freecell = off

The path to the answer file is specified in the u switch in the command,
sysocmgr /i:%windir%\inf\sysoc.inf /u:[path]\ocm.txt /q

John

Hi, I am working with a windows 2k system at work, fellow
employees are playing solitaire and other windows games
when they shouldn't be.Is there a way to delete these
windows games or otherwise disable them?, or heck maybe
even corrupt them so they wont work. Some of them also
know that you can type "sol" in the run box to open
solitaire. Thanks in advance

.

 

[John John]

Ooops! Sorry about that, remove HIDE on all these lines:

Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,HIDE,7
AccessUtil=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,accessor.inf,HIDE,7
CommApps=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,communic.inf,HIDE,7
media_clips=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,mmopt.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
MSWordPad=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,wordpad.inf,HIDE,7

Now in the Add/Remove Programs > Add/Remove Windows Components the games
should be available to uninstall. After removal if sol.exe is still
there see if you can rename it then reboot the machine. If it didn't
reappear then you can try deleting it.

John

Hi, I first ran the commands and did notice that the games
didn't show up under start, programs, accessories but I
was still able to type "sol" in the run box and it still
came up, I then edited the sysoc.inf files that I found by
going thru search(3).After editing, I saved them but
they didn't show up in the "add/remove programs". Did I
do something wrong?, Thanks-----Original Message-----

Are you wanting to remove the games on one or many
machines?

To remove them on one machine only run these commands one

at a time:

Rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection

FreecellUninstall 132 games.inf

Rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection

MinesweeperUninstall 132 games.inf

Rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection

SolitaireUninstall 132 games.inf

Rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection Pinball.Remove

132 pinball.inf

Or you can edit the sysoc.inf file and delete HIDE on the

games line:

Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,HIDE,7
Pinball=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,pinball.inf,HIDE,7

will become:

Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,,7
Pinball=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,pinball.inf,,7

Note the 2 commas remain (...,,7)

Now the games should show up in the Add/Remove Control

Panel applet.

To remove the games accross many pcs on a network you can

use a script.

Run this in a script:

sysocmgr /i:%windir%\inf\sysoc.inf /u:c:\ocm.txt /q

You need an answer file for it:

[Components]
pinball = off
games = off
Minesweeper = off
Solitaire = off
Freecell = off

The path to the answer file is specified in the u switch

in the command,

sysocmgr /i:%windir%\inf\sysoc.inf /u:[path]\ocm.txt /q

John

Jeff S wrote:

Hi, I am working with a windows 2k system at work,

fellow

employees are playing solitaire and other windows games
when they shouldn't be.Is there a way to delete these
windows games or otherwise disable them?, or heck maybe
even corrupt them so they wont work. Some of them also
know that you can type "sol" in the run box to open
solitaire. Thanks in advance

.

 

[Jeff S]

worked perfectly, Thanks!

-----Original Message-----
Ooops! Sorry about that, remove HIDE on all these lines:

Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,HIDE,7
AccessUtil=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,accessor.inf,HIDE,7
CommApps=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,communic.inf,HIDE,7
media_clips=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,mmopt.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
MSWordPad=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,wordpad.inf,HIDE,7

Now in the Add/Remove Programs > Add/Remove Windows Components the games
should be available to uninstall. After removal if sol.exe is still
there see if you can rename it then reboot the machine. If it didn't
reappear then you can try deleting it.

John

Hi, I first ran the commands and did notice that the games
didn't show up under start, programs, accessories but I
was still able to type "sol" in the run box and it still
came up, I then edited the sysoc.inf files that I found by
going thru search(3).After editing, I saved them but
they didn't show up in the "add/remove programs". Did I
do something wrong?, Thanks-----Original Message-----

Are you wanting to remove the games on one or many
machines?

To remove them on one machine only run these commands

one

at a time:

Rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection

FreecellUninstall 132 games.inf

Rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection

MinesweeperUninstall 132 games.inf

Rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection

SolitaireUninstall 132 games.inf

Rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection

Pinball.Remove

132 pinball.inf

Or you can edit the sysoc.inf file and delete HIDE on

the

games line:

Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,HIDE,7
Pinball=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,pinball.inf,HIDE,7

will become:

Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,,7
Pinball=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,pinball.inf,,7

Note the 2 commas remain (...,,7)

Now the games should show up in the Add/Remove Control

Panel applet.

To remove the games accross many pcs on a network you

can

use a script.

Run this in a script:

sysocmgr /i:%windir%\inf\sysoc.inf /u:c:\ocm.txt /q

You need an answer file for it:

[Components]
pinball = off
games = off
Minesweeper = off
Solitaire = off
Freecell = off

The path to the answer file is specified in the u

switch

in the command,

sysocmgr /i:%windir%\inf\sysoc.inf /u:[path]\ocm.txt /q

John

Jeff S wrote:


Hi, I am working with a windows 2k system at work,
fellow

employees are playing solitaire and other windows games
when they shouldn't be.Is there a way to delete these
windows games or otherwise disable them?, or heck maybe
even corrupt them so they wont work. Some of them also
know that you can type "sol" in the run box to open
solitaire. Thanks in advance

.

.

 

[John John]

You're welcome. Now just hope that the clever ones don't go back in
Add/Remove Windows Components and reinstall them... Nothing is
foolproof and fools can be pretty clever at times ;-)

John

worked perfectly, Thanks!

-----Original Message-----
Ooops! Sorry about that, remove HIDE on all these lines:

Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,HIDE,7
AccessUtil=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,accessor.inf,HIDE,7
CommApps=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,communic.inf,HIDE,7
media_clips=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,mmopt.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
MSWordPad=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,wordpad.inf,HIDE,7

Now in the Add/Remove Programs > Add/Remove Windows

Components the games

should be available to uninstall. After removal if

sol.exe is still

there see if you can rename it then reboot the machine.

If it didn't

reappear then you can try deleting it.

John


games

I

still

found by

going thru search(3).After editing, I saved them but
they didn't show up in the "add/remove programs". Did

I

do something wrong?, Thanks-----Original Message-----


Are you wanting to remove the games on one or many

machines?


To remove them on one machine only run these commands

one

at a time:


Rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection

FreecellUninstall 132 games.inf


Rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection

MinesweeperUninstall 132 games.inf


Rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection

SolitaireUninstall 132 games.inf


Rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection

Pinball.Remove

132 pinball.inf


Or you can edit the sysoc.inf file and delete HIDE on

the

games line:


Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,HIDE,7
Pinball=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,pinball.inf,HIDE,7

will become:

Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,,7
Pinball=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,pinball.inf,,7

Note the 2 commas remain (...,,7)

Now the games should show up in the Add/Remove Control

Panel applet.


To remove the games accross many pcs on a network you

can

use a script.


Run this in a script:

sysocmgr /i:%windir%\inf\sysoc.inf /u:c:\ocm.txt /q

You need an answer file for it:

[Components]
pinball = off
games = off
Minesweeper = off
Solitaire = off
Freecell = off

The path to the answer file is specified in the u

switch

in the command,


sysocmgr /i:%windir%\inf\sysoc.inf /u:[path]\ocm.txt /q

John

Jeff S wrote:



Hi, I am working with a windows 2k system at work,

fellow


employees are playing solitaire and other windows

games

when they shouldn't be.Is there a way to delete these
windows games or otherwise disable them?, or heck

maybe

even corrupt them so they wont work. Some of them

also

know that you can type "sol" in the run box to open
solitaire. Thanks in advance

.

.

 

[Steven L Umbach]

In addition you can add executables to the disallowed Windows applications
via local Group Policy. This will prevent the application from being run
anywhere on the computer by that names. Users may figure out that renaming
the executable will allow it to run. The link below explains more. Use
gpedit.msc to open local Group Policy which will apply to ALL users that
logon by default. --- Steve

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;323525

 

[Jason Ede]

Just disabled add/remove programs with a suitable policy then

You're welcome. Now just hope that the clever ones don't go back in
Add/Remove Windows Components and reinstall them... Nothing is
foolproof and fools can be pretty clever at times ;-)

John

worked perfectly, Thanks!

-----Original Message-----
Ooops! Sorry about that, remove HIDE on all these lines:

Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,HIDE,7
AccessUtil=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,accessor.inf,HIDE,7
CommApps=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,communic.inf,HIDE,7
media_clips=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,mmopt.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
MSWordPad=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,wordpad.inf,HIDE,7

Now in the Add/Remove Programs > Add/Remove Windows

Components the games

should be available to uninstall. After removal if

sol.exe is still

there see if you can rename it then reboot the machine.

If it didn't

reappear then you can try deleting it.

John

Jeff S wrote:

Hi, I first ran the commands and did notice that the

games

didn't show up under start, programs, accessories but

I

was still able to type "sol" in the run box and it

still

came up, I then edited the sysoc.inf files that I

found by

going thru search(3).After editing, I saved them but they didn't
show up in the "add/remove programs". Did

I

do something wrong?, Thanks-----Original Message-----


Are you wanting to remove the games on one or many


machines?


To remove them on one machine only run these commands

one

at a time:


Rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection


FreecellUninstall 132 games.inf


Rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection


MinesweeperUninstall 132 games.inf


Rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection


SolitaireUninstall 132 games.inf


Rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection

Pinball.Remove

132 pinball.inf


Or you can edit the sysoc.inf file and delete HIDE on

the

games line:


Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,HIDE,7
Pinball=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,pinball.inf,HIDE,7

will become:

Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,,7
Pinball=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,pinball.inf,,7

Note the 2 commas remain (...,,7)

Now the games should show up in the Add/Remove Control


Panel applet.


To remove the games accross many pcs on a network you

can

use a script.


Run this in a script:

sysocmgr /i:%windir%\inf\sysoc.inf /u:c:\ocm.txt /q

You need an answer file for it:

[Components]
pinball = off
games = off
Minesweeper = off
Solitaire = off
Freecell = off

The path to the answer file is specified in the u

switch

in the command,


sysocmgr /i:%windir%\inf\sysoc.inf /u:[path]\ocm.txt /q

John

Jeff S wrote:



Hi, I am working with a windows 2k system at work,


fellow

employees are playing solitaire and other windows

games

when they shouldn't be.Is there a way to delete these windows
games or otherwise disable them?, or heck

maybe

even corrupt them so they wont work. Some of them

also

know that you can type "sol" in the run box to open solitaire.
Thanks in advance


.


.