Hello everyone,

I'm having a bit of a problem here. I want to uninstall certain programs like the Pinball game (and other games installed), and also the MSN Messenger. These are all installed defaultly on a new installation of Windows XP, but they are hidden (not directly in Add/Remove Programs). Well, you can unhide these programs by going to "C:\WINDOWS\inf\sysoc.inf". The "inf" folder is hidden by default.

In the sysoc.inf file, it appears similar to this: (with a bunch of others)
[Components]
msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7
You remove the word "hide" to unhide it, then you can go to Add/Remove Programs, then Add/Remove Windows Components. Well, when I remove the "hide" it doesn't show up in the Add/Remove Windows Components. I have tried making it "...msmsgs.inf,,7..." and "...msmsgs.inf,7...", etc. (Notice the first has two commas, the second one)

I go to Add/Remove Programs, it's not there, but I don't think it's supposed to be there. Then, I click on Add/Remove Windows Components. It has this thing saying "Please wait while we configure the components", then just says "Finished configuring the components" with a Finish button. There is no option to "uncheck" (remove) the MSN Messenger component.

I know there is another way, but I'd like to do it this way since there are others I'd like uninstalled.

Any ideas?
alacritous