Let hidden Windows XP system components have nowhere to hide

  
        When adding or removing components from Windows XP, we generally use Add/Remove Windows Components in Control Panel, because Windows lists most of the components that can be added or removed in the Windows Components Wizard. 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 "Add/Remove Windows Components" After opening the "Add or Remove Programs" dialog box from the Control Panel, click "Add/Remove Windows Components" in Figure 1 to open the "Windows Components Wizard" dialog box. It lists the components that can be added or removed, as shown in Figure 2. Figure 2 List of components displayed by default In fact, there are some items in the component list of the "Windows Component Wizard" dialog box that are not displayed, they are hidden! It is not difficult to "snap" them out, just follow The methods described below are step by step, so that they can be left untouched. Look, these guys marked with red lines below are hidden by Windows! Figure 3 Components that are "squeaky" out steps 1. Open the Explorer and browse to "C:\\Windows\\Inf" if Your Windows is installed in another folder, such as "D:\\winxp", then browse to "D:\\winxp\\Inf". If you don't see this "Inf" folder, you need to select the menu "Tools" 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 all files and folders" in Figure 4. Figure 4 Modify View Options 2. Locate the file "Sysoc.inf" in the above folder, select it, press Ctrl+C to copy, then press Ctrl+ V paste, so 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 name of the copy Sysoc.inf to "Sysoc.inf". 3. Double-click "Sysoc.inf" to open it. The default is to open it with Notepad. You can also right click on the file and select "Open with" , find "Notepad" and open it again. Figure 5 Open the "Sysoc.inf" file 4, select the menu "Edit
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