Deleting Windows XP/2000 Defualt Games

[3aFaReeT]

Dear All,
I want to delete all our domain users Windows Defualt Games from their PC.
one way to achive is by creating a .bat and manually specify one by one game in that file.

is there any other way to achive this task using Group Policy or So

 

[madmatt]

Windows XP
Start
Control Panel
Add/Remove Programs
Add/Remove Windows Components
Double click Accessories
Uncheck Games
OK
Next

Windows 2000
Start
Run
Notepad
Open (CTRL+O)
C:\WINNT\inf\sysoc.inf
Take out the word "HIDE" from "AccessUtil" and "Games" (Leave the commas)
Save the file
Start
Settings
Control Panel
Add/Remove Programs
Add/Remove Windows Components
Double click Accessories
Uncheck Games
OK
Next

 

[celticfan11]

This can definity be done by locking down the users start menu options. But im no GPO expert so im sure someone will post which policies to enable/disable. This link can be helpful if you are looking for a specific policy to enable. You can use the find tool to search for a policy.


http://www.simplex.se/WindowsServer2003/gpo.html

 

[3aFaReeT]

Windows XP
Start
Control Panel
Add/Remove Programs
Add/Remove Windows Components
Double click Accessories
Uncheck Games
OK
Next

Windows 2000
Start
Run
Notepad
Open (CTRL+O)
C:\WINNT\inf\sysoc.inf
Take out the word "HIDE" from "AccessUtil" and "Games" (Leave the commas)
Save the file
Start
Settings
Control Panel
Add/Remove Programs
Add/Remove Windows Components
Double click Accessories
Uncheck Games
OK
Next

This is nice but we've around 450 Users in our HO and 100 across the country so is there any way to perform it automatically

 

[madmatt]

You can setup WINNT.SIF to do so during Windows installation.

There is no way in Windows 2000 to prevent access to games in Windows 2000.

Windows XP: If you want to prevent them from running you can use Software Restriction Policy for Windows XP Clients as part of group policy.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/rstrplcy.mspx