How to delete SP2 after downloading, before installing?

[Kevin]

Hello,

I asked this question 1 week ago but I had to reinstall and did not see
the answer on this newsgroup.

I have XP Home Edition SP1. I downloaded SP2 (over several days),
and now a system tray icon says SP2 is ready to be installed (if I
click the icon).

However, I changed my mind and do NOT want to install SP2.
How can I delete it from my system completely without installing
it, (and also remove its icon from my system tray)?

Thank you.
Kevin

[ykli845]

Disable Automatic Updates and it shouldn't nag about it. ALERT, your computer
might not be very secure if you don't install SP2 and other updates.

"Kevin" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I asked this question 1 week ago but I had to reinstall and did not see
> the answer on this newsgroup.
>
> I have XP Home Edition SP1. I downloaded SP2 (over several days),
> and now a system tray icon says SP2 is ready to be installed (if I
> click the icon).
>
> However, I changed my mind and do NOT want to install SP2.
> How can I delete it from my system completely without installing
> it, (and also remove its icon from my system tray)?
>
> Thank you.
> Kevin
>
>

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

Kevin wrote:

> I asked this question 1 week ago but I had to reinstall and did not see
> the answer on this newsgroup.
>
> I have XP Home Edition SP1. I downloaded SP2 (over several days),
> and now a system tray icon says SP2 is ready to be installed (if I
> click the icon).
>
> However, I changed my mind and do NOT want to install SP2.
> How can I delete it from my system completely without installing
> it, (and also remove its icon from my system tray)?
Hi

To reset the pending download you now have, clean out the Download
folder (WU5's temporary download folder) located here:

%windir%\SoftwareDistribution\

(%windir% is typically C:\Windows)

You can use the procedure described here:

http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/v5consumer/showarticle.aspx?articleid=11&ln=en

You might need to delete the DataStore folder mentioned in the link
above, as well as the Download folder.

Note that a side effect of deleting the DataStore folder is that you
lose your WU v5 History listing (not critical).


To avoid that Automatic Updates tries to install SP2:

Toolkit to Temporarily Block Delivery of Windows XP SP2 to a PC
Through Automatic Updates and Windows Update
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8BCE6BBA-EA5D-4425-89C1-C1CB1CCD463C&displaylang=en

Note that the 120 days (4 months) delay mentioned in the link above
is now actually 240 days (8 months).

Run the XPSP2BlockerTools.exe in the link above. It will extract
several files to the folder you specify.

Then run XPSP2Blocker.exe to activate the blockage (it will create
the registry value described in the link above).

This way you can still use Automatic Updates to update your computer
but avoid to get SP2 installed (up to 16. April 2005).



--
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
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