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From: Steve Giannoni on 22 Apr 2010 11:29
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! ...
From: Paul on 22 Apr 2010 17:54
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
From: ElJerid on 23 Apr 2010 09:16

"Steve Giannoni" <casagiannoni(a)optonline.net> wrote in message
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> 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! ...

Like already said before, those folders are only needed to uninstall Windows
updates.
Generally, I would say if your system runs fine for a couple of months, you
might delete all those folders without any problem. In addition, you should
also delete all references to the folders in the registry.
And indeed, if you install SP3, it will also remove the folders. Don't know
about the registry enties.

The number of folders brings us back to a more fundamental question: is it
necessary to install all the Windows updates?
I have 2 systems running XP SP2. On the first, I never installed an update,
while the other is up to date. The first one practically never crashes and
run fast and smooth. The second one is much less responsive, and many
updates have resulted in blue screens....
I believe, if you use your system with a minimum of care and caution, you
don' t need most of the updates and i would recommend to only install the
most critical ones (you can find detailed info about the update on MS'
site).
And certainly de-activate automatic updates...


From: Steve Giannoni on 23 Apr 2010 10:39
How can I confirm if I have SP3 installed?

How can I ID the service pack uninstall folders?


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: Ian D on 23 Apr 2010 10:54

"Steve Giannoni" <casagiannoni(a)optonline.net> wrote in message
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> 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..
>>


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