what files can be removed after installing sp2?

[Richard]

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After a successful installation of SP2 and after using it for several
weeks with no problems, are there installation files or backups that can
be safely deleted?

 

[Guest]

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Hi Richard,

Yes, that's a good idea. Here you go for the instructions:

Tidying up after installing SP2
http://forum.aumha.org/viewtopic.php?t=7265

Here is another version, from Torgeir Bakken:
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=%2368Pw4rlEHA.3712%40TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl

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Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"richard" <rmk@wonderland.net> wrote in message news:edhlBSj1EHA.2876@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
After a successful installation of SP2 and after using it for several
weeks with no problems, are there installation files or backups that can
be safely deleted?

 

[Guest]

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Ramesh [MVP] wrote:
> Hi Richard,
>
> Yes, that's a good idea. Here you go for the instructions:
>
> Tidying up after installing SP2
> http://forum.aumha.org/viewtopic.php?t=7265

Are you English and given to understatement?-) It saved me 8 GigaBytes!


> Here is another version, from Torgeir Bakken:
> http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=%2368Pw4rlEHA.3712%40TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl
>

 

[Richard]

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Rick Merrill wrote:

> Ramesh [MVP] wrote:
>
>> Hi Richard,
>>
>> Yes, that's a good idea. Here you go for the instructions:
>>
>> Tidying up after installing SP2
>> http://forum.aumha.org/viewtopic.php?t=7265
>
>
> Are you English and given to understatement?-) It saved me 8 GigaBytes!
>
>
>> Here is another version, from Torgeir Bakken:
>> http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=%2368Pw4rlEHA.3712%40TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl
>>
>>
I looked at the AumHa site and have one question. I found the hidden
folder C:\Windows\$NTServicePackUninstall. That appears to be the one I
need to delete. My question is: what about the 19 folders beneath
it--they all begin with "$" and have the word "install" buried in the
folder name. The folder that follows this group is simply "Adins."

Do I leave the 19 folders and just delete the
C:\Windows\$NTServicePackUninstall?

Thanks,
Richard

 

[Guest]

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On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 17:42:24 -0500, richard wrote:

> My question is: what about the 19 folders beneath
> it--they all begin with "$" and have the word "install" buried in the
> folder name.

Installing SP2 is *supposed* to remove the uninstall information for older
updates (since those older updates have been blended into SP2) but it
doesn't always complete that step. When this happens, you can remove the
$NTUninstall*$ folders manually (simple delete of folders).

--
Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User

 

[Richard]

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Sharon F wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 17:42:24 -0500, richard wrote:
>
>
>>My question is: what about the 19 folders beneath
>>it--they all begin with "$" and have the word "install" buried in the
>>folder name.
>
>
> Installing SP2 is *supposed* to remove the uninstall information for older
> updates (since those older updates have been blended into SP2) but it
> doesn't always complete that step. When this happens, you can remove the
> $NTUninstall*$ folders manually (simple delete of folders).
>
Thanks. I was wondering what all those folders were. They came with the
computer and I added SP2 via a MS CD. As you say, SP2 must not have
removed the old uninstalls of SP1.
I deleted all 19 of the folders and removed all System Restore
checkpoints but the last.

 

[Guest]

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On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:21:25 -0500, richard wrote:

> Thanks. I was wondering what all those folders were. They came with the
> computer and I added SP2 via a MS CD. As you say, SP2 must not have
> removed the old uninstalls of SP1.
> I deleted all 19 of the folders and removed all System Restore
> checkpoints but the last.

You're welcome, Richard.
--
Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User