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From: Sjouke Burry on 22 Apr 2010 22:06 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 23 Apr 2010 00:47 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 23 Apr 2010 17:52 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 23 Apr 2010 20:19 "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 25 Apr 2010 03:19 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
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