Add/Remove Windows Components -- how?

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Jan,
Open Control Panel and click on ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS
and on the left you will see Add/Remove Windows Components.
Click that and you are on your way... check or uncheck items that
you want loaded.
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Burt
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"Jan Works" <jan@works-words.com> wrote in message
news:eNa4uU5cEHA.3988@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> I have had to reinstall WindowsXP Prof. because the registry became
> hopelessly corrupted. Now I would like to add some of the Windows
components
> I've had before -- like Wordpad, calculator, character map, etc. However,
> whether I use either direct insertion from the OS CD, or the "Set Program
> Access and Defaults" on the Start Menu, which asks for the CD, I'm unable
to
> do so. I check the boxes for the components I want.... including those
> listed in "Details" (and don't check the ones I don't want.) The first
time
> I did this, the components were installed, but OE and Internet Explorer
were
> removed (I did not check the boxes for these..... ) I've gone back and
forth
> several times, checking OE and Internet Explorer (and not checking the
boxes
> for the other components) and can't seem to get to the point where OE,
> Internet Explorer, Wordpad, Calculator, CharMap will be installed
> simultaneously. If one batch of components is installed, then something I
> installed previously is removed (even though I did not check the box for
the
> already installed components.) What am I missing?
>
> Any help would be much appreciated.
> Jan
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