Add/Remove Windows Component Error

Awhile back I installed a custom build of Windows XP on a developer’s computer, a few days ago he was trying to install IIS on such computer and he got some errors. of course, he immediately  gave me a call to tell me the error he was getting when clicking on the “Add/Remove Windows Components” button on the control panel. the error he was getting was:

Setup was unable to open information file games.inf. Contact your system administrator. the error code was something like “error code is OX2 at line 20ll777033″

The reason he was getting such error is because we nuked off the “games” directory under accessories when we used nLITE to build the CD. somehow those settings stick around on the settings, and now he was getting the error.

to solve that issue we actually needed to comment out some lines on the sysoc.inf file found at the C:\windows\inf\ directory. to do that go to the RUN command and type “C:\windows\inf\sysoc.inf” and hit ENTER.

note: the directory is hidden, if for some reason you don’t see it, unhide hidden files and folders on the folder options.

the sycoc.inf file should look like this:

there are 3 lines that you need to comment out, in order to have the add/remove windows component working. the lines are:

1. games=ocgen.dll,ocEntry,games.info,,7
2. pinball=ocgen.dll,ocEntry,pinball.inf,,7
3. ZoneGames=zonesetupPro,images.inf,,7

to comment this entries out, just add two slashes “//” at the start of the string. for example, to comment out the first line, it will look like this:

//games=ocgen.dll,ocEntry,games.info,,7

OK.

after you make the changes save the file and try to open the add/remove windows component wizard again.. it should work.