Let hidden XP system components have nowhere to hide

When adding or removing components in Windows XP, we generally use "Add/Remove Windows Components" in the Control Panel to complete, because Windows will list most of the items that can be added or removed in the "Windows Components Wizard". Component. However, some Windows components, such as "Terminal Services", "Windows Messenger", etc., are hard to find in the list of components. It seems not easy to add or remove such Windows components. Let's take a look at how to find hidden system components.

Figure 1 using the "Add /Remove Windows Components"

Open from the Control Panel "Add or Remove Programs" dialog, click on the figure 1 the "Add /Remove "Windows Components" will open the "Windows Components Wizard" dialog box, which lists the components that can be added or removed, as shown in Figure 2. Components list

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chart displayed by default in fact, in the list in the dialog components "Windows Components Wizard" There are some items are not displayed, they are hidden! To them " It’s not a difficult thing to come out, just follow the steps described below, and you can make them look like nothing. See, below is marked with red these guys to be hiding Windows!

FIG. 3 is "pulled" out of the assembly steps

1, open the resource Manager, browse to "C:\\Windows\\Inf", if your Windows is installed in another folder, such as "D:\\winxp", browse to "D:\\winxp\\Inf". If you don't see this "Inf" folder, you need to select the menu "Work?" in the Explorer. Folder Options, then click the View tab in the Folder Options dialog, then uncheck the "Hide Protected Operating System Files", "Hide Extensions for Known File Types" checkboxes select the box, and select "show hidden files and folders".

Figure 4 Change viewing options

2, locate the file "Sysoc.inf" in the above folder , select it, and press Ctrl+C to copy, then press Ctrl+V to paste, so that there is a “copy Sysoc.inf” in the folder as a backup of the original file. If you want to change back to the original settings, you can Delete the modified "Sysoc.inf" and then change the "Copy Sysoc.inf" name back to "Sysoc.inf".

3. Double-click "Sysoc.inf" to open it. The default is use Notepad to open. You can also click right, then select "open" and find "Notepad" re-open.

5 open "Sysoc.inf" file

4, select the menu "Edit Replace" (or press the shortcut key Ctrl + H), then Enter the "Find what" is ", hide,", "replaced by" fill in the input box ",,", click "Replace All".

6 Find and Replace

5 Press Ctrl+S to save the file.

Now if you open the "Windows Components Wizard" dialog box, you will see the hidden components shown in Figure 3. If you want to delete a component, cancel the pair. Its choice, if it is to be installed, select it. After selecting it, click "Next" in the dialog box to perform the addition or deletion.

However, it should be noted that if it is not clear What to do, it is recommended not to delete a component casually, otherwise, if your Windows XP suddenly strikes, it is not so fun. So the backup mentioned above must be done well, in case you want to change back to the original, you must I used the backup file.