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No need, just untick the box next to TCP/IP Protocol in the Properties of the Connection in Properties of 'My Network Places'.

The uninstall feature is greyed out in XP and impossible to remove as its a core feature of the OS. Its used for LANS, DIAL UP and so on.

See
http://www.petri.co.il/reinstall_tcp_ip_on_windows_xp.htm
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=299357

Here are some ideas:
1) You can play around with the setting in the reg key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Linkage and maybe get tcp/ip not to bind to anything.

2) If TCP/IP is removed then XP will not be able to talk with other machines or really do anything on the network. So why not just remove the NIC or disable the NIC in the bios if it is on the motherboard. If it is an office environment you could make the network jack that the machine uses a dead jack by unplugging it in the cerntal area.

3) You could use TCP/IP filtering and choose permit only for TCP and then don't enter any ports. If the user is not an admin, they will be unable to edit the properties of the Local Area Connection and won't be able to turn filtering off.

4)Alternately, you could set a bogus TCP/IP address with a 255.255.255.255 subnet mask and set its gateway as the same as the IP. This was TCP/IP is enabled, but the packets won't go anywhere.

Good luck,
Chris Britt

Hi,

I gave your 4 different methods for working on this issue. Will you please give some feedback? If one of these 4 methods works for you please accept my answer.

Thanks,
Chris Britt

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