Changing the default download folder

I have several servers upgrading from NT 4.0 to Windows 2000 then 2003
Server. The C: partition is limited to 4GB under NT 4.0.
Windows Update automatically downloads updates to
C:\WINNT\SoftwareDistribution\Download and slowly eats up space on C: drive.
Is there a way to change the default download folder to another partition?
Can I delete the folders under ..\Download folder to reclaim the disk space?
They look like this:
C:\WINNT\SoftwareDistribution\Download\0aea300a57f 05abc2c5c0ccdfa632019
C:\WINNT\SoftwareDistribution\Download\00d89642900 83917d81118231d265f89
Thanks for your help.
Hien

Hien Doan wrote:

> I have several servers upgrading from NT 4.0 to Windows 2000 then 2003
> Server. The C: partition is limited to 4GB under NT 4.0.
> Windows Update automatically downloads updates to
> C:\WINNT\SoftwareDistribution\Download and slowly eats up space on C: drive.
> Is there a way to change the default download folder to another partition?

No.


> Can I delete the folders under ..\Download folder to reclaim the disk space?
> They look like this:
> C:\WINNT\SoftwareDistribution\Download\0aea300a57f 05abc2c5c0ccdfa632019
> C:\WINNT\SoftwareDistribution\Download\00d89642900 83917d81118231d265f89

After all updates are finished installing, you can safely delete all
folders/files in the ...\SoftwareDistribution\Download\ folder (the
system should delete the files automatically 10 days after the
installation though).

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Hien,

I just implemented a WSUS server, and we have a few older NT machines with 2
GB c: partitions. Most have a D: partition as well with plenty of space.
They don't seem to have enough space on C: to even download the patches to
get them successfully installed, so the answer from Torgeir doesn't help me
much. Were you ever able to find a way to move the SoftwareDistritbution
folder?

Thanks!
Kristen

"Hien Doan" wrote:

> I have several servers upgrading from NT 4.0 to Windows 2000 then 2003
> Server. The C: partition is limited to 4GB under NT 4.0.
> Windows Update automatically downloads updates to
> C:\WINNT\SoftwareDistribution\Download and slowly eats up space on C: drive.
> Is there a way to change the default download folder to another partition?
> Can I delete the folders under ..\Download folder to reclaim the disk space?
> They look like this:
> C:\WINNT\SoftwareDistribution\Download\0aea300a57f 05abc2c5c0ccdfa632019
> C:\WINNT\SoftwareDistribution\Download\00d89642900 83917d81118231d265f89
> Thanks for your help.
> Hien
>

Kristen,
Unfortunately not. I disabled auto update on these machines and plan to
replace them next year.
Hien

"Kristen" wrote:

> Hien,
>
> I just implemented a WSUS server, and we have a few older NT machines with 2
> GB c: partitions. Most have a D: partition as well with plenty of space.
> They don't seem to have enough space on C: to even download the patches to
> get them successfully installed, so the answer from Torgeir doesn't help me
> much. Were you ever able to find a way to move the SoftwareDistritbution
> folder?
>
> Thanks!
> Kristen
>
> "Hien Doan" wrote:
>
> > I have several servers upgrading from NT 4.0 to Windows 2000 then 2003
> > Server. The C: partition is limited to 4GB under NT 4.0.
> > Windows Update automatically downloads updates to
> > C:\WINNT\SoftwareDistribution\Download and slowly eats up space on C: drive.
> > Is there a way to change the default download folder to another partition?
> > Can I delete the folders under ..\Download folder to reclaim the disk space?
> > They look like this:
> > C:\WINNT\SoftwareDistribution\Download\0aea300a57f 05abc2c5c0ccdfa632019
> > C:\WINNT\SoftwareDistribution\Download\00d89642900 83917d81118231d265f89
> > Thanks for your help.
> > Hien
> >