How to I remove games so they don't come back?

[MITADACC]

I've tried all sorts of this. I need to do this such that my students
can't use ADD/REMOVE, Components and re-add them.

I thought I could simply write a script to delete them over the network,
but dang Windows XP is savvy enough that it reinstalls the games when
someone runs it.

This occurs even without the .CAB files being on the PC.

Thoughts?

 

[wayne]

the student should not have the ability to use add/remove do you have them
as users or power users?
if they can add the games the they can do other stuff. the other thing you
can do is to create folders the students do not have any right to with the
same name as the .exe files. Windows will not allow a folder and file to
have the same name under the same folder.

Wayne

 

[Guest]

Try the following:
Open the Run Dialog in the Start Menu
Type in 'notepad %windir%\inf\sysoc.inf'
Scroll to the Games=ocgen... line
Add the word HIDE in between the two commas towards the end of the line -
Example: Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,HIDE,7

 

[Stromm]

Except that the students are learning Windows XP and therefore need
full local admin rights. Acutally, the curriculum mostly uses the
Administrator account.

My goal is to change as little as possible and to creat a scripted way
of removing this stuff so that through the multiple OS reloads the labs
do, I can launch the script and hit all machines at once.

to techguru,

Interesting bit is that on all the machines, the "hide" syntax doesn't
exist. Even then, they don't show up in the A/R Components.

What I can't figure out is where they are being copied from after
being deleted. There aren't any .cab files on the HDD and the CD isn't
in the drive. It's a puzzle I'd like to know the answer for.

 

[Guest]

The reason why the game files are being restored is because of Windows File
Protection thinks the files are being deleted improperly, and require the
Add/Remove Windows Components to perform this action
As for the Installation .cab files, most of the files in Windows XP are not
stored in .cab files, but rather are compressed LZExpand files. For example,
SOL.EXE in its compressed form on the installation disc would be SOL.EX_ and
SHELL32.DLL would be SHELL32.DL_; TIMES.TTF=TIMES.TT_, etc