Cleaning up unsed programs

[Shelia]

Help! I am not very computer smart, but lattely my
computer has gotten very slow. I have HP and use Windows
XP. I was going into my Add & Remove Programs to try and
remove anything that I might not be using regulary, and I
found that there were 13 or 14 entries that said:
Windows HP Hotfix(sp1)(see Q309521 for more info.) Size
11.05MB. As I said there were several of these and I Do
not have a clue what they are for! I only know that they
all have the same MB (11.05) and all were last accesed on
the same day back in March. I don't want to take out
something important but I did not see these the last time
I went into this screen. I'm sure this is someting that
everyone one knows about but "Dummy Me". It just seems
that this taking alot of space and could be why i am so
slow all of a sudden. Please Help me if you can. Thanks,
Shelia

[Unknown]

These are the updates from Microsoft installed on your computer. Do not
delete them.
"Shelia" > wrote in message
...
> Help! I am not very computer smart, but lattely my
> computer has gotten very slow. I have HP and use Windows
> XP. I was going into my Add & Remove Programs to try and
> remove anything that I might not be using regulary, and I
> found that there were 13 or 14 entries that said:
> Windows HP Hotfix(sp1)(see Q309521 for more info.) Size
> 11.05MB. As I said there were several of these and I Do
> not have a clue what they are for! I only know that they
> all have the same MB (11.05) and all were last accesed on
> the same day back in March. I don't want to take out
> something important but I did not see these the last time
> I went into this screen. I'm sure this is someting that
> everyone one knows about but "Dummy Me". It just seems
> that this taking alot of space and could be why i am so
> slow all of a sudden. Please Help me if you can. Thanks,
> Shelia

[redneck]

hot fix is xp updates for windows that you have down loaded REDNECK
"Shelia" > wrote in message
...
> Help! I am not very computer smart, but lattely my
> computer has gotten very slow. I have HP and use Windows
> XP. I was going into my Add & Remove Programs to try and
> remove anything that I might not be using regulary, and I
> found that there were 13 or 14 entries that said:
> Windows HP Hotfix(sp1)(see Q309521 for more info.) Size
> 11.05MB. As I said there were several of these and I Do
> not have a clue what they are for! I only know that they
> all have the same MB (11.05) and all were last accesed on
> the same day back in March. I don't want to take out
> something important but I did not see these the last time
> I went into this screen. I'm sure this is someting that
> everyone one knows about but "Dummy Me". It just seems
> that this taking alot of space and could be why i am so
> slow all of a sudden. Please Help me if you can. Thanks,
> Shelia

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Shelia,

Those are hotfixes, or Windows Updates. If you remove them, then you =
will need to reinstall them. Except for Q811493 - uninstall this one as =
it may be the source of your problem. It was recently fixed and =
reposted, however if you have the older version it is known to cause =
this problem. After uninstalling, you can reinstall the newer version.

--=20
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Shelia" > wrote in message =
...
> Help! I am not very computer smart, but lattely my=20
> computer has gotten very slow. I have HP and use Windows=20
> XP. I was going into my Add & Remove Programs to try and=20
> remove anything that I might not be using regulary, and I=20
> found that there were 13 or 14 entries that said: =20
> Windows HP Hotfix(sp1)(see Q309521 for more info.) Size=20
> 11.05MB. As I said there were several of these and I Do=20
> not have a clue what they are for! I only know that they=20
> all have the same MB (11.05) and all were last accesed on=20
> the same day back in March. I don't want to take out=20
> something important but I did not see these the last time=20
> I went into this screen. I'm sure this is someting that=20
> everyone one knows about but "Dummy Me". It just seems=20
> that this taking alot of space and could be why i am so=20
> slow all of a sudden. Please Help me if you can. Thanks,=20
> Shelia

[Barbara]

I have already uninstalled Q811493 a while ago. Is the one dated 5/28/03
the final version and the safe one?

--
Barbara

"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" > wrote in message
...
Hi Shelia,

Those are hotfixes, or Windows Updates. If you remove them, then you will
need to reinstall them. Except for Q811493 - uninstall this one as it may be
the source of your problem. It was recently fixed and reposted, however if
you have the older version it is known to cause this problem. After
uninstalling, you can reinstall the newer version.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Shelia" > wrote in message
...
> Help! I am not very computer smart, but lattely my
> computer has gotten very slow. I have HP and use Windows
> XP. I was going into my Add & Remove Programs to try and
> remove anything that I might not be using regulary, and I
> found that there were 13 or 14 entries that said:
> Windows HP Hotfix(sp1)(see Q309521 for more info.) Size
> 11.05MB. As I said there were several of these and I Do
> not have a clue what they are for! I only know that they
> all have the same MB (11.05) and all were last accesed on
> the same day back in March. I don't want to take out
> something important but I did not see these the last time
> I went into this screen. I'm sure this is someting that
> everyone one knows about but "Dummy Me". It just seems
> that this taking alot of space and could be why i am so
> slow all of a sudden. Please Help me if you can. Thanks,
> Shelia

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Barbara,

Yes, that one should be safe.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Barbara" > wrote in message
...
> I have already uninstalled Q811493 a while ago. Is the one dated 5/28/03
> the final version and the safe one?
>
> --
> Barbara
>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" > wrote in message
> ...
> Hi Shelia,
>
> Those are hotfixes, or Windows Updates. If you remove them, then you will
> need to reinstall them. Except for Q811493 - uninstall this one as it may
be
> the source of your problem. It was recently fixed and reposted, however if
> you have the older version it is known to cause this problem. After
> uninstalling, you can reinstall the newer version.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Shelia" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Help! I am not very computer smart, but lattely my
> > computer has gotten very slow. I have HP and use Windows
> > XP. I was going into my Add & Remove Programs to try and
> > remove anything that I might not be using regulary, and I
> > found that there were 13 or 14 entries that said:
> > Windows HP Hotfix(sp1)(see Q309521 for more info.) Size
> > 11.05MB. As I said there were several of these and I Do
> > not have a clue what they are for! I only know that they
> > all have the same MB (11.05) and all were last accesed on
> > the same day back in March. I don't want to take out
> > something important but I did not see these the last time
> > I went into this screen. I'm sure this is someting that
> > everyone one knows about but "Dummy Me". It just seems
> > that this taking alot of space and could be why i am so
> > slow all of a sudden. Please Help me if you can. Thanks,
> > Shelia
>
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