installed minimum features, now want more--where are they?

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Andywould

I just installed XP today, and it gave me an option of minimum, typical, or
custom features. I clicked minimum, but now want to see what I missed--how
can I find them? I am new to this, please answer simply
Thanks very much! I have XP Home.
 
Andywould,

Have a look at Control Panel/Add-Remove Programs/Add-Remove Windows
Features.

Milt
 
Milt

I think you mean Windows Components not Windows Features.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Stourport, England
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Gery,

Gerry, if I'm incorrect, thank you for pointing it out. But I thought
that's what Andywoul was asking for.

Please explain the difference between "features" and "components" to me.

Milt
 
Milt

The words mean much the same. When trying to help someone it is better
to use the terminology they will see on their computer screen. The
feature in Add' Remove Programs has been labelled by Microsoft "Windows
Components". Often when posting in these newsgroups you cannot be sure
whether English is the other person's first language so it helps to use
words they see.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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Milt said:
"Have a look at Control Panel/Add-Remove Programs/Add-Remove Windows
Features."

Please explain the difference between "features" and "components" to
me.
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It's all in the naming. Since you were telling the OP where to find
the extra features, you should really use the same names as the objects
shown in the dialogs as seen by users when they navigate their way
through them.

"Add or Remove Programs" -> "Add/Remove Windows Components" is what the
user would see during the navigation. The newbie user asking for this
info and who is unwilling to do their own research might end up looking
for the "Add/Remove Windows FEATURES" that you mention but cannot be
found in the dialogs. Twas a minor point and the OP probably would
have figured it out.
 
Thanks to all of you! Features and components could be as different as
honeybees and skyscrapers to Microsoft, but same same to me--I understand why
the discussion occured here. It's a good thing to remember as I go on.
So--when I look at the Add/Remove stuff, but am I seeing everything that
was originally offered by the "typical" option?
 
You're quite right guys. Thanks for telling me. I went back and reread the
post. Andywould wrote "...it gave me an option of minimum, typical, or custom
features". When I answered him I used "features". Let's call it brain fade.
Again thaniks for pointing it out.

Milt
 
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