Getting Rid of Games

How can I get rid of the games that came with Vista Home Premium (e.g.
Solitaire etc) and save some online real estate?

control panel _ Programs and Features_Turn Windows features on or off

"Blake Kaos" <> wrote in message
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> How can I get rid of the games that came with Vista Home Premium (e.g.
> Solitaire etc) and save some online real estate?

"Blake Kaos" <> wrote in message
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> How can I get rid of the games that came with Vista Home Premium (e.g.
> Solitaire etc) and save some online real estate?


Removing the games will make almost no perceptible difference..

Go to Programs and Features in Control Panel, then select the 'Turn Windows
features on and off'..

Then scroll down to 'Games' and uncheck as desired..


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Thanks, Mike.

I suspect your suggested solution would leave the games on my PC, but simply
make them inaccessible to me. I was thinking more on the lines of deleting
them altogether, to free up some disk space. Is that possible / worthwhile?

Thanks again.


> Removing the games will make almost no perceptible difference..
>
> Go to Programs and Features in Control Panel, then select the 'Turn
> Windows features on and off'..
>
> Then scroll down to 'Games' and uncheck as desired..
>
>
> --
> Mike Hall - MVP
> How to construct a good post..
> http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm
> How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups..
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...help&style=toc
> Mike's Window - My Blog..
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx
>
>
>
>

"Blake Kaos" <> wrote:

>Thanks, Mike.
>
>I suspect your suggested solution would leave the games on my PC, but simply
>make them inaccessible to me. I was thinking more on the lines of deleting
>them altogether, to free up some disk space. Is that possible / worthwhile?

Since you seem obsessed with gaining space... go for it. You'll get
back about 20K of space.

Delete the folder "Microsoft Games" in the Program Files folder.
>
>Thanks again.
>
>
>> Removing the games will make almost no perceptible difference..
>>
>> Go to Programs and Features in Control Panel, then select the 'Turn
>> Windows features on and off'..
>>
>> Then scroll down to 'Games' and uncheck as desired..
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mike Hall - MVP
>> How to construct a good post..
>> http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm
>> How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups..
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...help&style=toc
>> Mike's Window - My Blog..
>> http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx
>>
>>
>>
>>

It will just hide them. If you are getting that pressed for hard drive
space, what general solutions have you looked at? Like an additional drive?
What is the capacity of the C: drive now?

"Blake Kaos" <> wrote in message
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> Thanks, Mike.
>
> I suspect your suggested solution would leave the games on my PC, but
> simply make them inaccessible to me. I was thinking more on the lines of
> deleting them altogether, to free up some disk space. Is that possible /
> worthwhile?
>
> Thanks again.
>
>
>> Removing the games will make almost no perceptible difference..
>>
>> Go to Programs and Features in Control Panel, then select the 'Turn
>> Windows features on and off'..
>>
>> Then scroll down to 'Games' and uncheck as desired..
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mike Hall - MVP
>> How to construct a good post..
>> http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm
>> How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups..
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...help&style=toc
>> Mike's Window - My Blog..
>> http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx
>>
>>
>>
>>
>

"Colin Barnhorst" <> wrote in message
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> It will just hide them. If you are getting that pressed for hard drive
> space, what general solutions have you looked at? Like an additional
> drive? What is the capacity of the C: drive now?
>

Did you ever stop to think that this may just be about housekeeping? Do you
still have every newspaper or magazine that has ever entered your home? If
you're not using them, just get rid of them.

I don't use messenger, movie maker, paint, most of the wallpapers and
cursors, media center, games, etc., but MS gives me no way to safely turn
them off, let alone delete them.

"Blake Kaos" <> wrote in message
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> Thanks, Mike.
>
> I suspect your suggested solution would leave the games on my PC, but
> simply make them inaccessible to me. I was thinking more on the lines of
> deleting them altogether, to free up some disk space. Is that possible /
> worthwhile?
>
> Thanks again.
>
>
>> Removing the games will make almost no perceptible difference..
>>
>> Go to Programs and Features in Control Panel, then select the 'Turn
>> Windows features on and off'..
>>
>> Then scroll down to 'Games' and uncheck as desired..
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mike Hall - MVP
>> How to construct a good post..
>> http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm
>> How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups..
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...help&style=toc
>> Mike's Window - My Blog..
>> http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx
>>
>>
>>
>>
>


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Yes, hopefully we all do housekeeping. But if trying to save hard drive
space is in play, the OP is looking at a drop in the ocean.

"Sinner" <> wrote in message
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>
> "Colin Barnhorst" <> wrote in message
> news:2EA5471E-BE00-43B0-B722-...
>> It will just hide them. If you are getting that pressed for hard drive
>> space, what general solutions have you looked at? Like an additional
>> drive? What is the capacity of the C: drive now?
>>
>
> Did you ever stop to think that this may just be about housekeeping? Do
> you still have every newspaper or magazine that has ever entered your
> home? If you're not using them, just get rid of them.
>
> I don't use messenger, movie maker, paint, most of the wallpapers and
> cursors, media center, games, etc., but MS gives me no way to safely turn
> them off, let alone delete them.
>

"Colin Barnhorst" <> wrote in message
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> Yes, hopefully we all do housekeeping. But if trying to save hard drive
> space is in play, the OP is looking at a drop in the ocean.
>

Even so, it's his computer and he should have the right to be as nit-picky
as he wants. MS can have no valid reason not to allow the removal of
unwanted portions of their product.

It's too bad they didn't retain the Win95 model and just continued to refine
the security issues. Sure, we can install other packages, but we can't
remove those MS products we don't want.