SP4 uninstall etc

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Is there any opinion (grin) on whether/how long it's worth keeping the
backup created for undo puposes when installing SP4? This stuff takes
up loads of room (not to mention the time it takes to plough through
at every virus scan) and it seems to me that as time goes on, it
becomes less and less likely that I would want to undo ... and, in
fact, less and less viable to do so.

Assuming I want to get rid of this, is it safe to just delete the
stuff or is there a correct way to do it.

One a related question, in my \WinNT directory I have a bunch of
folders labelled $NtUninstallKBxxxxxx$ which sound as if they are
there in case I want to unistall Win2K. Since this was an install from
scratch (not upgrade) of a single OS, it's hard to see what it would
actually unistall to - other than an empty drive, and there are easier
ways.

Would it be safe to delete these directories (and again, is there a
correct way to do it?)
 
WoofWoof said:
Is there any opinion (grin) on whether/how long it's worth keeping the
backup created for undo puposes when installing SP4? This stuff takes
up loads of room (not to mention the time it takes to plough through
at every virus scan) and it seems to me that as time goes on, it
becomes less and less likely that I would want to undo ... and, in
fact, less and less viable to do so.

Assuming I want to get rid of this, is it safe to just delete the
stuff or is there a correct way to do it.

One a related question, in my \WinNT directory I have a bunch of
folders labelled $NtUninstallKBxxxxxx$ which sound as if they are
there in case I want to unistall Win2K. Since this was an install from
scratch (not upgrade) of a single OS, it's hard to see what it would
actually unistall to - other than an empty drive, and there are easier
ways.

Would it be safe to delete these directories (and again, is there a
correct way to do it?)
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To prepare for any eventuality of uninstalling service packs and
hotfixes, etc., move the contents of the uninstall folders to a
cd-r and just leave the empty folder. If an uninstall is needed,
then it is a simple matter to putting the files back into their
right places. (And, BTW, even with a clean install from scratch, it
might have SP's, hotfixes, etc., slip-streamed into it. And there
just could be an occasion an application might not function with
the incorporated update.)
 
Mistoffolees said:
To prepare for any eventuality of uninstalling service packs and
hotfixes, etc., move the contents of the uninstall folders to a
cd-r and just leave the empty folder. If an uninstall is needed,
then it is a simple matter to putting the files back into their
right places. (And, BTW, even with a clean install from scratch, it
might have SP's, hotfixes, etc., slip-streamed into it. And there
just could be an occasion an application might not function with
the incorporated update.)
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Hmm ... good idea, hadn't thought of that. Thanks!
 
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