>>I understand that, but I am able to delete them from the dllcache folder and get rid of them, as long as I have one, and it is easier to do this via a .bat file on a network of many people. The big question is, why didn't they add the games to dllcache folder in the "home" edition and leave it out in the "Professional" edition? I can imagine that we are not the only business that does not want employees playing games on the clock.
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>Kevin,
>As I posted, it was a "wild a$$ guess". I don't know why the existence of a DLLCache directory helps in your solution.
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>The question I have is how did the games get on the machine in the first place? Did the employees install Windows themselves or did they come that way from the manufacturer? If from the manufacturer, you can request (I believe) that games not be installed when you order the PCs. If your employees are doing it, perhaps there is a different path to take.

Well, you would have two ways, human error involving an install where one of us in the MIS department forgot to remove them or select to not install them, or an employee bringing in a cd and installing them. We do the if exist c:\winnt\system32\sol.exe send "had solitaire" to kevin type thing in the batch file, so we know who has them if we forgot to not install them, delete them, or if they put them on themselves so it is not a big deal. This is the reason I put it in the chatter section just because I think it is humerous that microsoft would create a good feature like restoring important system files if they become corrupt, but to add games (which games are a means to fool around and not do your job) to this restore folder as needed ("important" files and to do it to the Professional version of Win 2000 even. It is almost as if they are saying we want you to have games on your system, so if you delete them because you don't want people playing games on the job, we are going to restore them regardless if you want us to or not and that they consider games to be essential to the OS. Funny thing was when I deleted them from the dllcache folder as well, it even suggested that I put in the cd to re-install them and claimed my system may not function properly without these files (games).