Win2K has a built-in Repair function that is intended to fix when system files are accidentally deleted. This, apparently, includes the Games.
When you reboot, the Repair is checked against the currrent system setup. If files are missing, they arerestored.
So, I think that this might work:
Delete the files and the Registry entries like you have been doing. Then, go to c:\winnt\inf and rename GAMES.INF and GAMES.PNF both to something different.
Then reboot.
In c:\winnt\repair\secsetup.inf it calls the .INF files from the INF directory and, I believe, states that they should be installed if missing. So, you could remove the games INF file (and its compiled setup file), so it would not be able to re-install them.
Now, I am not sure what kind of error you will get doing this. Hopefully, this will not prevent Win2K from loading! As you can guess, I would test this on a test machine before you roll it out to your users.
I guess you could edit the SECSETUP.INF file to remove the GAMES.INF call instead. I am not sure what editing this file will do, however. To me, the least dangerous things to try is the file renaming.
Hope this helps (and doesn't destroy your system!)
