Re: Service pack 3 - fills memory on Asus Eee

I have moved the SoftwareDistribution and ServicePackFiles folders to the D
drive and that has freed up enough space to allow hibernation.

I can move them back in case of trouble - if there is still enough space!

I think that Microsoft is going to receive real flak over the way it has
deployed SP3.

Of course an alternative would be to reconfigure 'hibernate' to use the D
drive - but how?

Cheers

John

PS When I try to find the new post through the emal alert, using Webmail,
there are too many redirections. I have to paste the message text into Word!
Maybe the Forum Masters can think of a better way to set the link.
--
John B


"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> See http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spack.htm
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>
> Johnbill wrote:
> > The Eee900 has just 4 Gbytes on drive C.
> > After Service Pack 3 installation it is almost full.
> > It looks as though 1.5 Gbytes are taken up with archive and uninstall
> > information.
> >
> > What folders can I safely delete to free up space?
> > (Giving up the option to uninstall)
>

You mentioned nothing in your first post about being unable to Hibernate
after installing SP3!

Chances are that WinXP will NOT be happy with SoftwareDistribution folder
located on other than the boot drive.

Free unlimited installation and compatibility support is available for
Windows XP, but only for Service Pack 3 (SP3), until 14 Apr-09. Chat and
e-mail support is available only in the United States and Canada.

• US:
http://support.microsoft.com/oas/def...3&gprid=522131

• CA:
http://support.microsoft.com/oas/def...3&gprid=522131

• UK:
http://support.microsoft.com/oas/def...3&gprid=522131

• AU:
http://support.microsoft.com/oas/def...3&gprid=522131

• Other: http://support.microsoft.com/oas/def...spx?gprid=1173 | select
Windows XP | select Windows XP Service Pack 3

WinXP-specific newsgroup: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/


Johnbill wrote:
> I have moved the SoftwareDistribution and ServicePackFiles folders to the
> D
> drive and that has freed up enough space to allow hibernation.
>
> I can move them back in case of trouble - if there is still enough space!
>
> I think that Microsoft is going to receive real flak over the way it has
> deployed SP3.
>
> Of course an alternative would be to reconfigure 'hibernate' to use the D
> drive - but how?
>
> Cheers
>
> John
>
> PS When I try to find the new post through the emal alert, using Webmail,
> there are too many redirections. I have to paste the message text into
> Word! Maybe the Forum Masters can think of a better way to set the link.
>
>> See http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spack.htm
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
>> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
>> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>>
>> Johnbill wrote:
>>> The Eee900 has just 4 Gbytes on drive C.
>>> After Service Pack 3 installation it is almost full.
>>> It looks as though 1.5 Gbytes are taken up with archive and uninstall
>>> information.
>>>
>>> What folders can I safely delete to free up space?
>>> (Giving up the option to uninstall)