From: Sjouke Burry on
Steve Giannoni wrote:
> My Windows folder has a multitude of sub-folders named
> $NtUninstallKB******$ where *=seemingly random numbers. What are these
> and can I safely delete them? Pentium IV running Windows XP home. Any
> help greatly appreciated and thanks! ...

I use CCLEANER (google for it) to remove all sorts of unneeded
stuf,caches and temps.

Works great, you have to check/uncheck the things you want to
be removed. I have almost all of them checked,except
Startmenu shortcuts
Desktop shortcuts
Menu order cache
size/loc cache
custom files and folders
saved form info

Invaluable, when you want to do a system virus scan,
al those cache/temp data does not need to be scanned.

I have been using it for some years now.

(running it) .6 GB cleared.

It does leave the service packs folders alone.
From: UCLAN on
Sjouke Burry wrote:

>> My Windows folder has a multitude of sub-folders named
>> $NtUninstallKB******$ where *=seemingly random numbers. What are these
>> and can I safely delete them? Pentium IV running Windows XP home. Any
>> help greatly appreciated and thanks! ...
>
> I use CCLEANER (google for it) to remove all sorts of unneeded
> stuf,caches and temps.

I use Registry Genius. Powerful software.

http://www.registrygenius.com/
From: Steve Giannoni on
Well I just wanted to tidy things up a bit, but the deletions or
whatever must be done seperately on each folder, and 200 is just too
much of a chore ...

On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:44:59 -0400, "Ian D" <taurus(a)nowhereatall.com>
wrote:

>
>"Steve Giannoni" <casagiannoni(a)optonline.net> wrote in message
>news:7ae3t5ttbdcvjs688030nptbdjnoo7ngir(a)4ax.com...
>> OK, I've got SP3.
>>
>> Why so many uninstall folders?
>>
>> Which can I delete?
>>
>If you have no intentions of uninstalling any, which
>you must know by now, you can delete them, or move
>them to a backup drive if you want to be safe. I just
>checked my old laptop that has XP SP3, and it has over
>200 of those folders. I'm beginning to think I deleted
>all those uninstall folders from my desktop PC after I
>installed SP3.
>
>>
>> On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 10:54:38 -0400, "Ian D" <taurus(a)nowhereatall.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Steve Giannoni" <casagiannoni(a)optonline.net> wrote in message
>>>news:7rb3t5ljeip4j5qcohb91ealgp61atl8ts(a)4ax.com...
>>>> How can I confirm if I have SP3 installed?
>>>>
>>>> How can I ID the service pack uninstall folders?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>In Windows Explorer, go to Help > About. It will tell
>>>you the SP level of your XP installation. With the
>>>number of uninstall folders you have, you probably
>>>only have SP2 installed. With SP3, I only have 62
>>>uninstall folders, and I have most of the updates since
>>>SP3.
>>>
>>>If you don't want to install SP3, you could start deleting
>>>the uninstall folders, starting with the oldest, which may
>>>be no longer uninstallable, anyway. Don't go by the KB
>>>numbers, as they are not assigned by chronological date.
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 21:26:30 -0400, "Ian D" <taurus(a)nowhereatall.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>"Steve Giannoni" <casagiannoni(a)optonline.net> wrote in message
>>>>>news:pcp1t51l9m4o5e2gsggiagi3al2qe89cgg(a)4ax.com...
>>>>>> Thanks for info. Sounds like the folders should be left alone. But
>>>>>> then, I've got over 200 of these folders ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:54:22 -0400, Paul <nospam(a)needed.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Steve Giannoni wrote:
>>>>>>>> My Windows folder has a multitude of sub-folders named
>>>>>>>> $NtUninstallKB******$ where *=seemingly random numbers. What are
>>>>>>>> these
>>>>>>>> and can I safely delete them? Pentium IV running Windows XP home.
>>>>>>>> Any
>>>>>>>> help greatly appreciated and thanks! ...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>They're your Windows Updates for things like Security Updates.
>>>>>>>If you needed to uninstall a Security Update from the Add/Remove
>>>>>>>programs thing, then that folder would be needed for the
>>>>>>>uninstall.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>The next time you're in Windows Update, look at the numbers of the
>>>>>>>security updates. They're "KB987654" type numbers, matching the
>>>>>>>kind of thing you're seeing. KB stands for KnowledgeBase and
>>>>>>>you can look up the KB987654 type things, here.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Paul
>>>>>
>>>>>If you have that many uninstall folders, you obviously
>>>>>don't have XP SP3 installed. When SP3 is installed, it will
>>>>>remove all the update files that are included in SP3. If you
>>>>>never intend to uninstall updates, you can safely delete
>>>>>those folders. Do not touch $hf_mig$, or the service pack
>>>>>uninstall folders..
>>>>>
>>>
>
From: Ken Maltby on

"Paul" <nospam(a)needed.com> wrote in message
news:hqscei$6g2$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
> Steve Giannoni wrote:
>> How can I confirm if I have SP3 installed?
>>
>> How can I ID the service pack uninstall folders?
>>
>>
>
> On my machine, using the "System" control panel, shows the
> release info. Mine reads:
>
> System
> Microsoft Windows XP
> Professional
> Version 2002
> Service Pack 3
>
> HTH,
> Paul

Another easy way there is to right-click on the "My Computer" Icon
and select "Properties".

If you are running the x64 edition of XP you will likely have "Version
2003", "Service Pack 2", as far as I know there is no Service Pack 3
for the 64 bit version of XP.

Luck;
Ken


From: ~misfit~ on
Somewhere on teh intarwebs Ian D wrote:
> "Steve Giannoni" <casagiannoni(a)optonline.net> wrote in message
> news:pcp1t51l9m4o5e2gsggiagi3al2qe89cgg(a)4ax.com...
>> Thanks for info. Sounds like the folders should be left alone. But
>> then, I've got over 200 of these folders ...
>>
>> On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:54:22 -0400, Paul <nospam(a)needed.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Steve Giannoni wrote:
>>>> My Windows folder has a multitude of sub-folders named
>>>> $NtUninstallKB******$ where *=seemingly random numbers. What are
>>>> these and can I safely delete them? Pentium IV running Windows XP
>>>> home. Any help greatly appreciated and thanks! ...
>>>
>>> They're your Windows Updates for things like Security Updates.
>>> If you needed to uninstall a Security Update from the Add/Remove
>>> programs thing, then that folder would be needed for the
>>> uninstall.
>>>
>>> The next time you're in Windows Update, look at the numbers of the
>>> security updates. They're "KB987654" type numbers, matching the
>>> kind of thing you're seeing. KB stands for KnowledgeBase and
>>> you can look up the KB987654 type things, here.
>>>
>>> http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1
>>>
>>> Paul
>
> If you have that many uninstall folders, you obviously
> don't have XP SP3 installed. When SP3 is installed, it will
> remove all the update files that are included in SP3. If you
> never intend to uninstall updates, you can safely delete
> those folders. Do not touch $hf_mig$, or the service pack
> uninstall folders..

I have SP 3 installed (after Windows was installed from an SP2 install disk)
and have 128 of those files, not counting $hf_mig$ or two service pack unin
folders.
--
Shaun.

"When we dream.... that's just our brains defragmenting" G Jackson