deleting hot fixes

[bill]

can all the HOT FIXES to Questions in the Rem/Add
Programs be deleted? Or are they there forever.

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Bill;
The Hotfixes are the updates you have downloaded from Windows Update.
If you delete them or uninstall them, the fix they represent is gone.
You should keep them and instead delete the uninstall files:
Once you are sure you will keep Windows XP Service Pack 1.
The files may be hidden, to show the file:
Go to C:\WINDOWS
Click the top TOOLS, click FOLDER OPTIONS, click VIEW
Check the radio button. "Show hidden files and folders"
Click OK and you should now see more files.

Go to C:\WINDOWS and delete "$NTServicePackUinistall$" about 240 mb.
Then go to Add/Remove Programs.
Click Service Pack 1, there will be an error since you just deleted
the file.
Click YES to delete the shortcut.

Use similar procedure to delete similar files for the updates.

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"bill" > wrote in message
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> can all the HOT FIXES to Questions in the Rem/Add
> Programs be deleted? Or are they there forever.

[Gene K]

They are going to be there until the release of Windows Service Pack 2 (SP2)
which will include them. My advice: forget about them and leave them alone.
SP2 is supposed to be released before yearend.
Gene K
"bill" > wrote in message
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> can all the HOT FIXES to Questions in the Rem/Add
> Programs be deleted? Or are they there forever.