How to delete installed Vista's updates from Window Update?

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Phillip Pi

Hi!

In Windows XP and 2000, Windows Updates files (not SP1) are left behind
in those compressed (if using NTFS) $NtUninstall... folders/directories
so they can be uninstalled if needed. In Vista, I can't seem to find
them and Google doesn't seem to know from its search results. Does
anyone know where they are stored since these updates seem to be hogging
my C: drive?

Thank you in advance. :)
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Phillip Pi
Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
ISP/Symantec Online Services, Consumer Business Unit
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com
 
Good comment!
I like!!
It's definitely a worry!!!!!
No wonder I use Avast!
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PA Bear said:
[And you work for Symantec? Scares me...]

Phillip said:
Hi!

In Windows XP and 2000, Windows Updates files (not SP1) are left behind
in those compressed (if using NTFS) $NtUninstall... folders/directories
so they can be uninstalled if needed. In Vista, I can't seem to find
them and Google doesn't seem to know from its search results. Does
anyone know where they are stored since these updates seem to be hogging
my C: drive?

Thank you in advance. :)
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Phillip Pi
Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
ISP/Symantec Online Services, Consumer Business Unit
Symantec Corporation
 
Thanks. I will look at that later today.


C:/Windows/SoftwareDistribution

google : vista updates folder
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Good comment!
I like!!
It's definitely a worry!!!!!
No wonder I use Avast!

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That is only taking up 40 MB for me. Are you sure that's the place where
all installed updates files are stored? :(

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Phillip Pi
Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
ISP/Symantec Online Services, Consumer Business Unit
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com
 
85 MB here. All applied. SP1 clean was run. I think if something is hogging
your drive it is more likely restore images. Like molto gigs baby.
 
Yeah, I disabled that too already since it was a bigger hogger and I
don't trust it. I also deleted the hibernate file by running Disk Cleanup.


85 MB here. All applied. SP1 clean was run. I think if something is
hogging your drive it is more likely restore images. Like molto gigs baby.
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Phillip Pi
Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
ISP/Symantec Online Services, Consumer Business Unit
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com
 
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