Sp2 works fine, but...

[Walter R.]

SP 2 installed just fine but "My Computer" tells me that it used up 600 MB
of my free disk space.

I am going to keep SP 2. How can I reduce the 600 Mb it uses. Can I delete
the C:\windows\service pack uninstall? Any other backup or temp files that I
can delete?

--

Walter
The Happy Iconoclast www.rationality.net
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[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

Walter R. wrote:

> SP 2 installed just fine but "My Computer" tells me that it used
> up 600 MB of my free disk space.
>
> I am going to keep SP 2. How can I reduce the 600 Mb it uses. Can
> I delete the C:\windows\service pack uninstall? Any other backup
> or temp files that I can delete?
Hi

If you are sure you don't need to uninstall SP2, you can delete
the %windir%\$NtServicePackUninstall$\ folder

Alternatively:

If you make a backup of the folder to e.g. a CD, you can put it
back if you need to uninstall SP2. After restoring the backup,
run %windir%\$NtServicePackUninstall$\spuninst\spunins t.exe
to start the process.


If you see %windir%\$NTUninstall* folders which dates back to your
SP1 installation, you can delete those. They are not removed by the
SP2 installation in case you want/need to go back to SP1 (and then
be able to uninstall the hotfixes in case you need to).

The following folders should be safe to delete:

%windir%\$xpsp1hfm$\
%windir%\$NtUninstallQ<some#>$\
%windir%\$NtUninstallKB<some#>$\


Also, you should clean out this folder now and then (WU5's temporary
download folder):

%windir%\SoftwareDistribution\Download\


--
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
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[Plato]

Walter R. wrote:
>
> I am going to keep SP 2. How can I reduce the 600 Mb it uses. Can I delete
> the C:\windows\service pack uninstall? Any other backup or temp files that I
> can delete?

Yes if you dont want to uninstall it.

[SlowJet]

another thing, FYI

After I installed SP2, norton Protected recycle bin had
over 1,500 files protected.
You might check that and just wait 8 days and 400 MB of
your spece may come back.

SJ
>-----Original Message-----
>SP 2 installed just fine but "My Computer" tells me that
it used up 600 MB
>of my free disk space.
>
>I am going to keep SP 2. How can I reduce the 600 Mb it
uses. Can I delete
>the C:\windows\service pack uninstall? Any other backup
or temp files that I
>can delete?
>
>--
>
>Walter
>The Happy Iconoclast www.rationality.net
>-
>
>
>.
>

[Alex Nichol]

Walter R. wrote:

>SP 2 installed just fine but "My Computer" tells me that it used up 600 MB
>of my free disk space.
>
>I am going to keep SP 2. How can I reduce the 600 Mb it uses. Can I delete
>the C:\windows\service pack uninstall? Any other backup or temp files that I
>can delete?

See section on tidying up in the advice we have been putting together on
SP2 - at Installing SP2:
http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=45



--
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit)