$NTUninstall$ files

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Hello there,

While doing some housekeeping on one of my servers, that is quite limited
for disk space, I noticed a lot of $NTUninstallxxxxx$ files in the WINNT
folder. Is it OK to delete these or archive them to DVD to free up some
space? The system is very stable so I can't foresee having to uninstall any
of the hotfixes or service packs on there.

Many thanks.
Tim Dimond.
 
Some things to check;

Clean out your %windir%\Temp, and \Documents and Settings\%username%\Local
Settings\Temp directory. Delete the Temporary Internet Files, and History.
Do you have a disk defragmenter, if not get one and use it. You could use
Find|Files/ Folders and search the drive for; say files greater than 5mB and
then decide if they're needed. Check the %windir% directory for a
$NtServicePackUninstall$ directory, if your current service pack is stable
and you don't anticipate backing down, you can delete the dir. Also check
for the existence of User.dmp and Memory.dmp (both, by default should be in
the %windir% directory) you can delete these unless your going to send them
to the application vendor, or Microsoft for troubleshooting purposes. Other
options are; moving the pagefile to one of the other drives, uninstall your
programs that are installed in C:\Program Files and reinstall them to
D:\Program Files.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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:
| Hello there,
|
| While doing some housekeeping on one of my servers, that is quite limited
| for disk space, I noticed a lot of $NTUninstallxxxxx$ files in the WINNT
| folder. Is it OK to delete these or archive them to DVD to free up some
| space? The system is very stable so I can't foresee having to uninstall
any
| of the hotfixes or service packs on there.
|
| Many thanks.
| Tim Dimond.
|
 
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