hotfix lists in add / remove

Can someone tell me if you remove all the hotfixes that
are list in add / remove programs if that actually takes
all teh fixes off the computer?

There are over 30 of them on the list and I really don't
like browsing through them all the time.

On Sat, 4 Sep 2004 03:10:50 -0700, "erick" <>
wrote:

>Can someone tell me if you remove all the hotfixes that
>are list in add / remove programs if that actually takes
>all teh fixes off the computer?

Yes, that will uninstall the hotfix and you will lose whatever protection,
correction or benefit it provides.

>There are over 30 of them on the list and I really don't
>like browsing through them all the time.

Why are you having to "browse through them all the time?"

--
dak

Whenever I load something that i need to unload for
whatever reason or sometimes just to unload an old
program. I just noticed this huge list of hotfix items.
Just wondred if there was a way to eliminate that it
really just a nuisance I guess.


>-----Original Message-----
>On Sat, 4 Sep 2004 03:10:50 -0700, "erick"
<>
>wrote:
>
>>Can someone tell me if you remove all the hotfixes that
>>are list in add / remove programs if that actually
takes
>>all teh fixes off the computer?
>
> Yes, that will uninstall the hotfix and you will lose
whatever protection,
>correction or benefit it provides.
>
>>There are over 30 of them on the list and I really
don't
>>like browsing through them all the time.
>
> Why are you having to "browse through them all the
time?"
>
>--
> dak
>.
>

On Sat, 4 Sep 2004 06:05:59 -0700,
<> wrote:

>Whenever I load something that i need to unload for
>whatever reason or sometimes just to unload an old
>program. I just noticed this huge list of hotfix items.
>Just wondred if there was a way to eliminate that it
>really just a nuisance I guess.
>

Try unchecking the "Show updates" box. I think it stops displaying the
fixes. I can't try it at the moment because I have not installed any
fixes since SP2.


Steve
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erick wrote:

> Can someone tell me if you remove all the hotfixes that
> are list in add / remove programs if that actually takes
> all teh fixes off the computer?
>
> There are over 30 of them on the list and I really don't
> like browsing through them all the time.
Hi

For Windows 2000 and XP:

You can use this utility by fellow MVP Doug Knox:

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.


--
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...r/default.mspx

wrote:

> On Sat, 4 Sep 2004 06:05:59 -0700,
> <> wrote:
>
>
>>Whenever I load something that i need to unload for
>>whatever reason or sometimes just to unload an old
>>program. I just noticed this huge list of hotfix items.
>>Just wondred if there was a way to eliminate that it
>>really just a nuisance I guess.
>
>
> Try unchecking the "Show updates" box. I think it stops displaying the
> fixes. I can't try it at the moment because I have not installed any
> fixes since SP2.
Hi

Note that the "Show updates" check box in Add/Remove Programs is only
available in Windows XP SP2. As the original poster has over 30 hotfixes
in the list, I doubt Erick is using WinXP SP2.


--
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...r/default.mspx

>http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=3FE21CE5.E5DF4D4D%
40hydro.com
>