Heather
Fri Mar 18 00:55:37 CST 2005
Hmm.....total stranger, picks wrong group to post to, using crappy CDO to
post with.......and HE gets snippy??
Just run off to the XP groups where I understand your *snippiness* is quite
common......have fun!!
HF
"Scott Miller" <ScottMiller@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:404D8656-C244-4DAD-BCED-AEBD40518BE4@microsoft.com...
> Well, excuse me, Mike! I thought I had posted my message to the XP
general
> discussion newsgroup. Obviously, I clicked on the wrong one by mistake
(this
> one is listed just above the XP newsgroup0. I'll repost it in the correct
> newsgroup.
>
> Incidentally, removing these files may not free up all that much disk
space,
> but as I said, it'll spare me from the tedious process of having to scroll
> through all of them to get where I want to be. As for not being able to
> uninstall them in case of trouble, it probably would be a good idea to
hang
> onto the most recent of the hotfixes for that very reason, but surely the
> older ones can be given the boot since, if they were going to cause
problems,
> they would have so by now.
>
> Scott
>
> "Mike M" wrote:
>
> > You would be much better posting queries relating to the XP operating
> > system to a newsgroup supporting XP rather than this one which supports
> > users of the Win Me operating system.
> >
> > As for the folders you are asking about, one of these is created each
time
> > you install a hotfix since the last service pack that you installed.
> > Since these are already compressed (which is why they show in blue in
> > Explorer) you won't really be saving that much space whilst removing the
> > possibility of uninstalling the patch in the event of problems.
> > --
> >
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/nichol.mspx
> > In memory of a very dear friend, Windows MVP Alex Nichol
> >
> > Mike Maltby MS-MVP
> > mike.maltby@gmail.com
> >
> >
> > Scott Miller <Scott Miller@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I've noticed a large number of strange subfolders in my Windows
> > > directory such as:
> > >
> > > $hf_mig$
> > >
> > > this folder has about a dozen or so subfolders itself starting with
> > > KB834707 thru Kb891781
> > >
> > > What are these? I've also found the following in my Windows
> > > directory:
> > >
> > > $NtServcePackUninstall$ (highlighted in blue)
> > > $NtUninstallKB81217$ thru
> > > $NtUninstallQ828026$ (also highlighted in blue)
> > >
> > > Are these automatic updates? Can they be removed? If so, can they
> > > simply be deleted or is there a specific procedure for removing them?
> > >
> > > I've got quite a few of them (around 70 so far) and would like to get
> > > rid of them if they're no longer needed and are just taking up space
> > > on my hard drive for no good reason (they also make scrolling through
> > > my Windows directory rather tedious!).
> > >
> > > Thanks for the help!
> >
> >