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SP2 saves an uninstall data on my PC, can i delete this data and save some
space on my HDD ? and what about the pre-SP2 fixes that i used to find in the
add/remove program section ? Thanks
 
Hi,
SP2 saves an uninstall data on my PC, can i delete this data and save some
space on my HDD ?
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Yes, as long as you are sure that you do not want to uninstall it.
and what about the pre-SP2 fixes that i used to find in the
add/remove program section ?
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They should be gone already. The SP replaced them, and removed the
associated uninstall folders in the Windows directory. All you should see is
the SP entry, then aforementioned SP2 uninstall folder.
Thanks
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You're welcome. Hope this helped.

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Rick said:
They should be gone already. The SP replaced them, and removed the
associated uninstall folders in the Windows directory. All you should see is
the SP entry, then aforementioned SP2 uninstall folder.
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I did not find that to be the case on the systems I upgraded to SP2.
Yes the entries were gone from Add or Remove Programs, but the uninstall
folders for those older hotfixes remained in the Windows directory.
This makes sense as an uninstall of SP2 should put the uninstall entries
for the older hotfixes back, meaning you might also want the uninstall
files to actually be able to uninstall those older hotfixes. This is a
long undo trail, one I did not feel the need to retain, so I deleted all
of the old hotfix uninstall folders, leaving only the SP2 uninstall folder.
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Curious, as that has not been my experience at all Tom. Including the system
I am writing this from, which I know had at least 14-15 of the older
uninstall directories on it, the SP2 installation left only the the one
uninstall directory for itself. There is no sign anywhere of the older
individual directories. This was using the stand-alone network installation,
not the MSDN version.

I have not tested by uninstalling from this system to see if the older
uninstall directories are returned. Perhaps I should, it'd be curious to see
if they did.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
Rick said:
Curious, as that has not been my experience at all Tom. Including the system
I am writing this from, which I know had at least 14-15 of the older
uninstall directories on it, the SP2 installation left only the the one
uninstall directory for itself. There is no sign anywhere of the older
individual directories. This was using the stand-alone network installation,
not the MSDN version.
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That is curious. That is the same package I have been using.
I have not tested by uninstalling from this system to see if the older
uninstall directories are returned. Perhaps I should, it'd be curious to see
if they did.
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Yes, indeed it would.
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Tom Porterfield
MS-MVP MCE
http://support.telop.org

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