If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
WinXP Hotfixes
hi,
When accessing the internet, WinXp on my PC automatically scans for updates. I have a lot of Hotfixes e.g. Windows XP Hotfix KB821557 which can be located on the Add/Remove Programs option. If I click Remove the following message is displayed: This program removes Windows XP Hotfix KB821557 and restores your previous configuration. To remove Windows XP KB821557 click next. If I remove the Hotfix what will happen? If the previous configuration is restored then what was the purpose of the Hotfix? Can I safely remove all the Hotfixes? Also I assume one Hotfix is linked to another Hotfix and so on. The main reason for the removal of the Hotfix is to recover hard disk space as I am rapidly running out of the valuable hard disk space. Thanks, Sanjay Mehta |
Ads |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
WinXP Hotfixes
It is not recommended to remove the hotfixes, however you
can remove the extra space that hotfixes use to store the uninstall information. Just go to the windows folder and delete all folders that starts with $. Note that after you delete this folders you will not be able to uninstall this hotfixes. I recommend that you take all the folders (that starts with $) and compress it with WinZip or WinRar to save space. And then if you'd like to uninstall the hotfixes you will be able to do it. -----Original Message----- hi, When accessing the internet, WinXp on my PC automatically scans for updates. I have a lot of Hotfixes e.g. Windows XP Hotfix KB821557 which can be located on the Add/Remove Programs option. If I click Remove the following message is displayed: This program removes Windows XP Hotfix KB821557 and restores your previous configuration. To remove Windows XP KB821557 click next. If I remove the Hotfix what will happen? If the previous configuration is restored then what was the purpose of the Hotfix? Can I safely remove all the Hotfixes? Also I assume one Hotfix is linked to another Hotfix and so on. The main reason for the removal of the Hotfix is to recover hard disk space as I am rapidly running out of the valuable hard disk space. Thanks, Sanjay Mehta . |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
WinXP Hotfixes
"Sanjay" wrote:
hi, When accessing the internet, WinXp on my PC automatically scans for updates. I have a lot of Hotfixes e.g. Windows XP Hotfix KB821557 which can be located on the Add/Remove Programs option. If I click Remove the following message is displayed: This program removes Windows XP Hotfix KB821557 and restores your previous configuration. To remove Windows XP KB821557 click next. If I remove the Hotfix what will happen? If the previous configuration is restored then what was the purpose of the Hotfix? Can I safely remove all the Hotfixes? Also I assume one Hotfix is linked to another Hotfix and so on. The main reason for the removal of the Hotfix is to recover hard disk space as I am rapidly running out of the valuable hard disk space. Thanks, Sanjay Mehta Hotfixes are Windows Critical Updates. Removing them opens up the vulnerabilities that they patched or blocked. Hard drive space is "cheaper than dirt" at today's hard drive prices but if you are temporarily short of space pending the acquisition of a larger hard drive then there are a few things you can do to safely free up a bit more space. 1. Open Windows Explorer and look at the content of the \Windows folder. Make sure the option to "do not show hidden files and folders" has been unselected. In the Windows folder you will see a number of folders with names beginning $NtUnintall.... These are the actual uninstall files etc for removing Windows Updates and can be removed, except for the more recent ones which you might want to keep. On my machine I deleted all of the folders dated 2003 or earlier and will be cleaning it up further in the near future. Note that removing these files means that you can no longer unintall the related Hotfix from Control Panel - Add/Remove programs. 2. Open Control Panel - System - Advanced and go to the System Restore tab. Click on the Settings button and see how much disk space is being used for System Restore. On larger hard drives System Restore tends to take more space that it really needs. I find than having 600 mb to 800 mb of disk space for System Restore files gives a reasonable number of restore points to choose from, but if you are very frequently installing and uninstalling major applications you may want to have more System Restore space than this. 3. Open Control Panel - Internet Options and click on the Settings button in the Temporary Internet Files section. How much space is being allocated to these files? If you have a high speed Internet connection (cable or DSL) you can probably reduce the T.I.F. to 100 mb or less without impacting your Interent browsing speed to any substantive degree. With a dial-up Interent connection there is seldom much performance benefit gained from having more than 300 or 400 mb of T.I.F. 4. Check your Temporary folder (C:\Documents and Settings\(your user name)\Local Settings\Temp) and see what it contains. If the computer has just been booted up then everything in that folder can be safely deleted, unless of course you installed or saved something there. If the computer has been running for a while then reboot it and "clean house". You could create a DOS batch file to delete these files automatically and put a shortcut to run that file into your Startup group on the Start menu. That will keep the folder clean. Good luck Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada -- Microsoft MVP On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca "The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much." |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
WinXP Hotfixes
Don't. This is not a good way to save disk space.
"Sanjay" wrote in message ... hi, When accessing the internet, WinXp on my PC automatically scans for updates. I have a lot of Hotfixes e.g. Windows XP Hotfix KB821557 which can be located on the Add/Remove Programs option. If I click Remove the following message is displayed: This program removes Windows XP Hotfix KB821557 and restores your previous configuration. To remove Windows XP KB821557 click next. If I remove the Hotfix what will happen? If the previous configuration is restored then what was the purpose of the Hotfix? Can I safely remove all the Hotfixes? Also I assume one Hotfix is linked to another Hotfix and so on. The main reason for the removal of the Hotfix is to recover hard disk space as I am rapidly running out of the valuable hard disk space. Thanks, Sanjay Mehta |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
WinXP USB low speed HID protocol editing | LeXo5 | Hardware and Windows XP | 8 | September 19th 04 06:47 PM |
Changing Regional Language Settings on WinXP | Doomster | General XP issues or comments | 4 | September 10th 04 10:42 PM |
Changing Regional Language Settings on WinXP | Doomster | Windows XP Help and Support | 3 | August 11th 04 01:34 AM |
Changing Regional Language Settings on WinXP | Doomster | Customizing Windows XP | 3 | August 11th 04 01:34 AM |
Changing Regional Language Settings on WinXP | Doomster | The Basics | 3 | August 11th 04 01:34 AM |