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I'm trying to add MS Paint to a Windows 2000 pro OS running on a laptop. Tried going to control panel-add/remove programs but could'nt figure out how to do this in Win2k pro I know how to do it 98. thanks for the help.

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by ins413

I ran into this problem before. You may want to print this out before you get started on it, as well as backing up the file you are going to change.
1)Double click my computer, locate the Winnt folder, and double click on it.

2) Find a folderlabeled inf. If you don't see it, you will have to enable the view in folder options for explorer to view hidden files and folders.

3)Find a file labelef Sysoc.inf and open it with a text editor. Notepad worked fine for me.

4)Look for a heading called "old base components"

5)For each component you want to appear in the Add/Remove Program tool, remove the "HIDE" comment. In your case it would be the "AccessUtil=" line.

You can do the same for wordpad, media, pinball and so forth. But keep in mind that "AccessUtil=" line must not remain hidden for any of these to work. I am going to attach a copy of what mine looks like. DO NOT REMOVE THE EXTRA COMMA. ONLY REMOE THE "HIDE" COMMENT
; old base components
Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,,7
AccessUtil=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,accessor.inf,,7
CommApps=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,communic.inf,HIDE,7
media_clips=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,mmopt.inf,HIDE,7
MultiM=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,multimed.inf,HIDE,7
AccessOpt=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,optional.inf,HIDE,7
Pinball=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,pinball.inf,HIDE,7
MSWordPad=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,wordpad.inf,HIDE,7

by dklippert

Start>Settings Control Panel
Choose Add/Remove Programs
Add/Remove Windows Components in the left panel
Select Accessories and Utilities and click on the Details... button.
Select Accessories and click on the Details ... button
Put a check nextto Paint and OK your way out.

by dmiles

If you are adding a program to the system
Open the Control Panel,select the Add/Remove icon,in the left side choose the Add/remove Programs panel and the next screen you will be given the choose of selecting to add from cd-rom or floppy,select the media type and then proceed to follow the on screen instructions.

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