compressing updates already installed

I currently have a number of updates in the add or remove programs
listings.What I would like to know is whether I can compress all of these
updates to save disk space,or do I have to uninstall them and start over??

belltrout wrote:

> I currently have a number of updates in the add or remove programs
> listings.What I would like to know is whether I can compress all of these
> updates to save disk space,or do I have to uninstall them and start over??
Hi

Do *not* delete them by running them from Add/Remove Programs (ARP),
this will most likely uninstall important security updates.

To remove the uninstall folders (and their corresponding entries in
ARP), you can use this utility by fellow MVP Doug Knox (Windows 2000
and XP):

Remove Hotfix Backup files and the Add/Remove Programs Registry Entries
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_hotfix_backup.htm

Alternatively (Windows 2000 and XP):

In the link below there is VBScript that I have written that will
remove the uninstall folder (and the Add/Remove Programs entry if
one exists) for all hotfixes that creates $ntuninstall... folders
under the Windows folder (that means that it will e.g. not remove
uninstall information for Internet Explorer and Outlook Express
updates). The script will work on both Win2k and WinXP.

http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...4D%40hydro.com

Note: The script will not uninstall the updates themselves, only the
uninstall folder and the Add/Remove Programs entry.



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