Where'd 18 Gigs go with SP2 Update?

Hello
I installed Service pack 2 on my Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit notebook
on 8-15. If I had read some of the posts here like "Windows Update mess"
dated 8-15, and "Vista Service pack is junk" also dated 8-15, I would not
have installed it.
I have no horror story to share, but do have a question. I'm a newbie, but
pay attention to maintenance like backup, disc cleaning, disk defrag.,
delete browsing history and reg. cleanup with Glary utilities. I also visit
HP Advisor regularly. That's where I learned that after installing SP 2,
my C storage went from 65% free to 78% free.
With 139 gigabytes storage, that's 18 gigs gone. I wonder what and where.
Today, I'm at 75% free. That's 4 new gigs, of what, I wonder. I have only
added a few picture files since, like 50 MB.
This is not a performance issue. My computer seems a little slower since
the update though. Maybe it's "getting used to" the change and will get
faster again. I will add that I did the update through Windows Update, with
Norton 360 running. Saw here it's a good idea to disable it during the
installation. Didn't know at the time.
Thanks in advance for any answers on this. K.C.

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Karyn C wrote:
> Hello
> I installed Service pack 2 on my Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit
> notebook
> on 8-15. If I had read some of the posts here like "Windows Update mess"
> dated 8-15, and "Vista Service pack is junk" also dated 8-15, I would not
> have installed it.
> I have no horror story to share, but do have a question. I'm a newbie,
> but
> pay attention to maintenance like backup, disc cleaning, disk defrag.,
> delete browsing history and reg. cleanup with Glary utilities. I also
> visit
> HP Advisor regularly. That's where I learned that after installing SP 2,
> my C storage went from 65% free to 78% free.
> With 139 gigabytes storage, that's 18 gigs gone. I wonder what and where.
> Today, I'm at 75% free. That's 4 new gigs, of what, I wonder. I have
> only
> added a few picture files since, like 50 MB.
> This is not a performance issue. My computer seems a little slower since
> the update though. Maybe it's "getting used to" the change and will get
> faster again. I will add that I did the update through Windows Update,
> with
> Norton 360 running. Saw here it's a good idea to disable it during the
> installation. Didn't know at the time.
> Thanks in advance for any answers on this. K.C.