Take up room

A friend of mine who has a very small hard drive worries that if he uses
Windows Update whatever is the files size of that file he downloads will
then continue to take up that space on his PC. How does this actually work?

TIA

B.W.

Everything you add takes up space.
However the Critical Updates is not the place to cut corners.

Start here:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm
And:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spack.htm

Also you friend may need a larger hard drive.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/


"B.W." < (drop the xx)> wrote in message
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>A friend of mine who has a very small hard drive worries that if he
>uses
> Windows Update whatever is the files size of that file he downloads
> will
> then continue to take up that space on his PC. How does this
> actually work?
>
> TIA
>
> B.W.
>
>

It does take up the space! If he's that short on space then he doesn't need
to upgrade the OS, maybe needs a new HDD?

"B.W." < (drop the xx)> wrote in message
news:...
>A friend of mine who has a very small hard drive worries that if he uses
> Windows Update whatever is the files size of that file he downloads will
> then continue to take up that space on his PC. How does this actually
> work?
>
> TIA
>
> B.W.
>
>

B.W. wrote:

> A friend of mine who has a very small hard drive worries that if he uses
> Windows Update whatever is the files size of that file he downloads will
> then continue to take up that space on his PC. How does this actually work?
Hi

Deleting the uninstall folders after you see that the update works
fine on your computer is one way to save space (see the second link
in Jupiter Jones post to you).

Also, you should clean out this folder now and then (WU5's temporary
download folder):

%windir%\SoftwareDistribution\Download\



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B.W. wrote:
> A friend of mine who has a very small hard drive worries that if he
> uses Windows Update whatever is the files size of that file he
> downloads will then continue to take up that space on his PC. How
> does this actually work?
>
> TIA
>
> B.W.

Which version of Windows does he have? What size Hard Drive? What is already
occupied on that drive? ATA Drives are fairly inexpensive now [80GB 7200RPM
for approximately $100; 200GB 7200 RPM for approximately $180]. Critical
Updates, in my opinion, are mandatory. Do not try to save space by not
downloading them. Tell your friend to save space somewhere else or spend
some money.
--
Gene K