Magazine advice turned to disaster! 1

[iaswnidou]

Hello

On a laptop magazine i read an article about accessing hidden features in Windows XP. The article says:

"By default, Windows XP only allows you limited control over which pre-installed elements can be removed with ease. By removing as many redundant programs as possible, you can save hard drive space and again free up system resources.
Start by clicking on the Start button and select Run. Into the box, type "C:\Windows\inf\Sysoc.inf" and click OK. A text file will open now, containing a string of code, so hit Ctrl+H and in the Find What box type hide, and in the Replace With box just type a single comma. Now click Replace All, then save the changes and exit the text file. Now, go to Start -> Control Panel -> Add or Remove Programs, and click on Add/Remove Windows Components, you'll have full access to uninstall any pre-installed elements of Windows XP."

Instead of this, i have no access to Add/Remove Windows Components! I click the button and the wizard runs automatically, so I cannot do any changes.
Also, when i boot the machine i see 4 accounts at the logon stage. Besides mine and Guest I see "Internet Guest Account" and "Application Center Test Account"!

How can i restore the sysoc.inf file now? If you ask me if i took a backup before doing this the answer is no..

Thanks for any help

 

[BadBigBen]

To turn off Guest account access:

1. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click User Accounts.
2. Click the Guest account.
3. Click "Turn off Guest access".

You can do this for the others aswell...


See also:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q279783/

Ben

"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."

 

[iaswnidou]

Thanks i did.

But for the other 2 there is only a delete account option, no turning off.

 

[BadBigBen]

If you do not need them, then go ahead and delete them...



Ben

"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."

 

[MasterRacker]

iaswnidou

The latest version of TweakUI configures itself depending on what you have set up on your box. The shows accounts functionality will not appear at all if you are joined to a domain. If you are in a stand-alone home type setting, simply highlight "Logon" in the tree on the left side of the dialog. In the right pane you will see all your accounts with checkboxes to show them or not on the logon screen.

If your TweakUI has tabs instead of the tree, you will need to download the vert latest version.

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