Windows XP Hotfix2

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I have something like 15 of these Hot fixes in my add and
remove programs- I think they are messing me up - Can I
delete them?? What are they for anyway??
 
Some of the Hotfixes (Mostly security updates) do not have an uninstall
feature, these will not appear in the Add and Remove list. If a Hotfix does
appear in the Add and Remove list then it can be uninstalled just like any
other program.

If you uninstall the Hotfix, you will lose the benefits of that patch. This
should only be done if you can determine that you are experiencing negative
effects from the particular Hotfix.

If you simply do not want them to appear in the Add and Remove list and you
are sure that you will not need the uninstall option, you can remove items
from that list by using a registry tweak.

Automated Edit:

Remove Hotfixes from Add or Remove (Line 193)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Manual Edit: Go to Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to this key"

HKEY CURRENT USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Uninstall

Expand this branch and look at the list. The Hotfixes are all listed by a
"Q" number that corresponds to the entry in the Add and Remove list. Make
sure that you back up each Key before deleting it.

Select the key and then select File/Export and include the Q number in the
name of the file. Right click the entries you want to remove and select
Delete.



/xp_tweaks.htm

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| I have something like 15 of these Hot fixes in my add and
| remove programs- I think they are messing me up - Can I
| delete them?? What are they for anyway??

Most are good. Some people had problems with an early version of Q811493, but
the revised version has been OK for most. Still, it did give problems on one
system I built. The newest hotfix to cause troubles is Q821557. I had to
uninstall that from my main system since it was slowing things down. Microsoft
is evidently aware of Q821557 problems, though, and is working on a fix.

All the other hotfixes are apparently acting exactly as advertised. In fact, I
have deleted uninstall files for all except Q811493 and KB823980, the latter
being one of the most recent hotfixes.

Hotfix uninstall files are located in C:\WINDOWS and all start with
$NtUninstall..., so they are listed at the beginning of the folder.

Larc



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Lovable said:
I have something like 15 of these Hot fixes in my add and
remove programs- I think they are messing me up - Can I
delete them?
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The entries there are to allow you to uninstall the relevant Windows
Updates - where it has
Windows Hotfix (see Qnnnnnn for details)
look in
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;nnnnnn
for what it is about.

You can then either Use the Remove button to uninstall the fix, or leave
it, in case, until you are sure you will not want to, At that point
delete the corresponding hidden folder
C:\Windows\$NTUninstallQnnnnnn$
and if your then try the Remove it will fail, and you will be asked if
you want to remove the entry instead
 
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