Re: XP UPDATES

From: Torgeir Bakken (MVP) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 12/03/03 

Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 21:42:32 +0100

Charles Gooden wrote:

> Can some of XP's older up dates be removed. too free up
> my hard drive, and free up some RAM! Computer is running
> very slow because of this problem.Note. I have more than
> 50 up dates on my computer.

Hi

Removing the updates will most likely not free up any memory, only some hard
disk space.

To free up some hard disk space without removing the actual updates:

You can safely delete all $NtUninstallQxxxxxx$ folders under your windows
folder, where xxxxxx is the different patch numbers. If you have a folder
$NtServicePackUninstall$, you can delete that one as well if you don't want to
be able to roll-back the SP.

You should *not* remove the %windir%\servicepackfiles\i386 folder if you have
one.

Here is a script that can help you (works for Win2k/WinXP, I think it should
work for NT4 as well):

Remove Hotfix Backup files and the Add/Remove Programs Registry entries
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_hotfix_backup.htm

Note: Doug's program only removes the uninstall files and Hotfix
entries in the Add/Remove Programs listing. It does not remove the
actual updates. 

--
torgeir
Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of the 1328 page
Scripting Guide: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter

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