JS
Tue Jun 24 07:35:54 PDT 2008
Thanks for the update.
JS
"Charles W Davis" <Anthemwebs@lvcoxmail.com> wrote in message
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> This afternoon, a Symantec technician took control of the system and
> removed all of the AntiVirus definitions. He said that when LiveUpdate was
> again executed, the definitions would be replaced and would be much
> smaller in size. I am now finally getting the defragmentation under
> control. I have moved My Documents to a second drive.
> "Charles W Davis" <Anthemwebs@lvcoxmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uAc1urM1IHA.3860@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> JS, Thanks for the reply.
>> Before doing anything, I realsized that the Windows Installer wasn't
>> working. I downloaded and installed Windows Installer 4.5 and many things
>> cleared up. I decided to uninstall one of the unique Security updates. It
>> turned out that it had already been uninstalled, and I had the system
>> remove it from the list. ...and so on for all 95.
>>
>> "JS" <@> wrote in message news:eJoDAIL1IHA.448@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Things to check or perform to free up more disk space:
>>>
>>> First use Windows 'Disk Cleanup' to create more space on your C: drive.
>>> Description of the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP:
>>>
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310312
>>>
>>> Next: Empty the Recycle Bin.
>>>
>>> You can also free up more disk space by reducing
>>> the number of 'System Restore' points:
>>> Select Start/Control Panel/System, then in the System Properties window
>>> click on the System Restore tab.
>>> Next select the drive letter where Windows is installed (usually C:),
>>> Then click on the Setting button
>>> Now in the Drive Settings window move the Disk space usage slider to the
>>> left to reduce the amount of drive space System Restore points will use.
>>> This will remove some of the older restore points and free up some
>>> space.
>>>
>>> Disable Hibernation and delete hiberfil.sys file (If you have it
>>> enabled):
>>>
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/10/25/how-to-delete-and-remove-hiberfilsys-hibernation-file-in-windows-xp-and-vista/
>>> and:
>>>
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/mobility/getstarted/hibernate.mspx
>>>
>>> Next if you still need more space (Not by using Add/Remove):
>>> You will be deleting the folders used to uninstall the updates!!!
>>> These folders and the associated files in these folders are safe to
>>> remove,
>>> however once deleted you will no longer be able to un-install a patch or
>>> update that was associated with the deleted folder/files.
>>> I would keep the most recent set (last two months just in case) of
>>> folders
>>> and delete the older updates.
>>> As a safety net I burned these folders to a CD before deleting them.
>>> These files are located in the Windows folder and have folder names
>>> like $NtUninstallKBXXXXXX$.
>>> They are hidden folders so enable viewing of hidden files in Windows
>>> Explorer.
>>> Warning: One folder you should not delete is: $hf_mig$
>>> Also See the following web pages on this issue:
>>>
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spack.htm
>>>
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_hotfix_backup.htm
>>>
http://www.pagestart.com/ntuninstall.html
>>>
>>> Finally - You can reduce the size of the Internet Explorer Disk Cache:
>>> How and Why to Clear Your Cache:
>>>
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie6/using/howto/customizing/clearcache.mspx
>>> Just follow the instructs but instead of increasing the size (as stated
>>> in
>>> the article) decrease it.
>>>
>>> If you have more than one partition or drive then:
>>> How to Change the Default Location of Mail and News Folders:
>>>
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/175037
>>>
>>> Change the Default Location of the My Documents Folder
>>> (Example: move it to the D drive)
>>> See:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310147
>>> Also:
>>>
http://www.techsupportalert.com/how_to_move_my_documents.htm
>>>
>>> How to move the Spool folder in Windows XP
>>>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q308666
>>>
>>> JS
>>> www.pagestart.com
>>>
>>> "Charles W Davis" <Anthemwebs@lvcoxmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:184405C5-0319-4B55-AA19-41A67DB14916@microsoft.com...
>>>>I have a computer club member's computer that I was able to get SP3
>>>>installed on. Hard drive is down to 14% free space. XP Professional.
>>>>
>>>> In looking at the Add or Remove Programs with updates checked, there
>>>> are 102 Security updates listed. On my own XP Professional system there
>>>> are only 7 of these listed.
>>>>
>>>> Can the 95 of 102 be uninstalled?
>>>
>>>
>>
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