I've tried to look for this on the net and no one seems to have done this.
How do you uninstall the games which came pre-installed with the PC. Stuff like freecell and spider. I've got no interest in them but can't find the uninstall file.
Thanks in advance
mps
You could use the brilliant nLite to customize your xp disc and of course remove the windows games, but it does require you reinstalling windows to do so.
You could use the brilliant nLite to customize your xp disc and of course remove the windows games, but it does require you reinstalling windows to do so.
Thanks for the fast reply.
That's going to be the very last resort, I'm looking for a quick win on this one.
Cheers
It is a bit of a long way just to get rid of some games yes, but you could also remove tons of other stuff with nlite which would make it worth while.
I mean check out the below screen shot everything you see ticked is no longer on my pc there is tons more it just wont fit in the same screen .
Looks a cool bit of software, when i next rebuilt my PC, which should be in a few months (This is one of my twice yearly ways of clearing junk off the PC I'll use this software). Until then if I had to reinstall windows I'm sure my wife would rip me a new one.
To answer the original question of how to get rid of the Windows games:
1. Open 'Add or Remove Programs' in the Control Panel.
2. On the left click 'Add/Remove Windows Components.
3. Highlight 'Accessories and Utilities' and then click Details.
4. Hightlight 'Games' and then click Details.
5. Uncheck any game you don't want installed on your system.
6. Click OK to finish, and then exit all the other Add or Remove Programs opened windows.
7. Done.
Repeat these steps to reinstall the games should you decide you actually want them again. Reinstallation may require your Windows install CD or Restore CD, or the games "may" be downloadable from Microsoft Update, http://update.microsoft.com/.
Andavari Thanks, that's done the trick.
POR QUE?!?!
idk, why would you really even really care to take them out they take up like no space what so ever.
Because I've never used them, and never will, so why have them
Reading a few other of your post kobrakommander56 I getting the feeling your a big MS fan.
MS fans, lol! I've never understood them. I mean honestly, when it comes to most of MS's products, why settle for less than the best?
OpenOffice.org 2.0.1 > Office 2003
FireFox 1.5 > Internet Explorer 6
ZA (or Kerio) > Windows Firewall
Google search > MSN search
and of course: CCleaner > > > > > Disk Cleanup
Anyway, sorry for changing the subject. Glad that you got your computer cleaned up, mps69_1999. That is always the first thing I do after installing a fresh copy of Windows: clear out all of the crap!
idk, i m not really an MS fan at all. But... its goddamn freecell, why would you get rid of freecell.
But... its goddamn freecell, why would you get rid of freecell.
And while we're at it, why would you use CCleaner to clear out your unused cookies and temp files; most of them are only a few kilobytes! And why would you uninstall software that you don't use; most people don't fill up their hard drives anyway! And why would you defragment your hard drive...
The simple answer is, because it is unnecessary and takes up space. For example, as soon as I had finished installing a WinXP Pro a few months ago, the first thing I did was remove those stupid Internet Games, and freed up 8.5 MB. I also removed Desktop Wallpaper (0.3 MB), Mouse Pointers (0.4 MB), and MSN Explorer (13.2 MB). Just a few small, insignificant files, but I ended up with 22.4 MB of free space, plus less useless items cluttering my menus.
That's the whole purpose behind CCleaner: get rid of little useless files. When you add them all together, they don't seem so little anymore.
you forgot the one file
the file of my foot up your ass!
OoOoO i believe you got served, sir.
Ouch. That was harsh. I believe I just got, ahem, pwned.
Oops sorry, sent it twice.
haha, a good opponent knows when he is defeaten, i believe your avator is eddie griffin.