deleteing updates

Hello - can someone tell me if I can delete the updates in the add or remove
window and still keep the updated program, or will this action restore my
system back prior to updates - ask this question as there seems to be a lot
of space taken up by redundant files - do I need them? - any help?
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ddon

Folders that have uninstall as part of the name (for example
$NtUninstallKB282010$ which reside in C:\windows (hidden folders) are Window
Hot Fix Update folders/files) can be safely deleted (providing you never wish
to uninstall the updates). I would recommend leaving these folders for a
period of at least a month to make sure the update is working correctly.

These updates can be deleted individually or in multiples. To find out more
about the update/s go to:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/XXXXXX
NB: XXXXXX = the actual number not including the "Q" or "KB"

Once you have deleted the uninstall folders/files, then go to Control Panel,
Add/Remove Programs. Select the matching Windows Hotfix Title relating the
update folder/file you have just deleted and select remove. You will get a
Windows error. This is because you have deleted the uninstall folder/files.
Just choose OK and the entry will be deleted from the Add/Remove Programs
Listing.

Tidying up after installing SP2
http://aumha.org/win5/a/sp2faq.php#after

and/or

http://www.michna.com/kb/WxSP2.htm#R...ll_information
Removing the uninstall information



"ddon" wrote:

> Hello - can someone tell me if I can delete the updates in the add or remove
> window and still keep the updated program, or will this action restore my
> system back prior to updates - ask this question as there seems to be a lot
> of space taken up by redundant files - do I need them? - any help?
> --
> ddon