SP2 ??

[Barry]

Looking in Control Panel, "add/remove programs", I notice that I have many:
"Windows XP Hotfix KBxxxxxx "...(24 items)
"Windows XP Hotfix (SP1) Qxxxxxx"...(22 items) and
"Windows XP Hotfix (SP2) Qxxxxxx"... (1 item).......................
Then I notice in Explorer/ Windows, numerous items (the text is the color
blue) "$NTUninstall Qxxxxxx$".
Now my question, If I install SP2 will all these items, be removed, or
should I remove them manually??? Any advise before I install SP2 ?.
I also notice that if I go to "Windows Update" that the only update
available is SP2.

confused,in Austex
Thanks
Barry

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Leave those hotfix entries alone, install SP2, then see the following:

Save Space After Installing Updates
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spack.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Jupiter Jones]

I would also suggest performing the following maintenance:

Description of the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310312&Product=winxp

How to Perform Disk Error Checking in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315265&Product=winxp

HOW TO: Analyze and Defragment a Disk in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305781&Product=winxp

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

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"Barry" wrote:

| Looking in Control Panel, "add/remove programs", I notice that I have many:
| "Windows XP Hotfix KBxxxxxx "...(24 items)
| "Windows XP Hotfix (SP1) Qxxxxxx"...(22 items) and
| "Windows XP Hotfix (SP2) Qxxxxxx"... (1 item).......................
| Then I notice in Explorer/ Windows, numerous items (the text is the color
| blue) "$NTUninstall Qxxxxxx$".
| Now my question, If I install SP2 will all these items, be removed, or
| should I remove them manually??? Any advise before I install SP2 ?.
| I also notice that if I go to "Windows Update" that the only update
| available is SP2.
|
| confused,in Austex
| Thanks
| Barry

[River_Rat]

Yes all SP1 updates (Hotfixes) will be replaced by SP2.
It is also not necessary to install SP1 before installing SP2.
There is a lot of information out as to what to do before installing SP2.
http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=45

It is not recommended to install SP2 as a fix for a computer having
problems.

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Good Day
River Rat




"Barry" > wrote in message
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Looking in Control Panel, "add/remove programs", I notice that I have many:
"Windows XP Hotfix KBxxxxxx "...(24 items)
"Windows XP Hotfix (SP1) Qxxxxxx"...(22 items) and
"Windows XP Hotfix (SP2) Qxxxxxx"... (1 item).......................
Then I notice in Explorer/ Windows, numerous items (the text is the color
blue) "$NTUninstall Qxxxxxx$".
Now my question, If I install SP2 will all these items, be removed, or
should I remove them manually??? Any advise before I install SP2 ?.
I also notice that if I go to "Windows Update" that the only update
available is SP2.

confused,in Austex
Thanks
Barry

[Alex Nichol]

Barry wrote:

>Looking in Control Panel, "add/remove programs", I notice that I have many:
>"Windows XP Hotfix KBxxxxxx "...(24 items)
>"Windows XP Hotfix (SP1) Qxxxxxx"...(22 items) and
>"Windows XP Hotfix (SP2) Qxxxxxx"... (1 item).......................
>Then I notice in Explorer/ Windows, numerous items (the text is the color
>blue) "$NTUninstall Qxxxxxx$".
>Now my question, If I install SP2 will all these items, be removed, or
>should I remove them manually??

Almost all will be removed, subsumed in the big $NTServicepackUninstall.
They contain the files needed should you want to uninstall a particular
fix; and if SP2 has been installed, trying to use one would probably
confuse things badly


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