If you remove them, you can't uninstall whatever patch was involved with it.
Joe Heaton Employment Training Panel From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 8:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How long do you keep the uninstall folders? So you can delete the uninstall folders under the Windows directory? I have read that you shouldn't remove those. ---_______________________________ Cameron Cooper IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified Aurico Reports, Inc Phone: 847-890-4021 Fax: 847-255-1896 [email protected] From: Kelsay, Mark [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 10:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How long do you keep the uninstall folders? When needed I delete anything older than 6 months. Mark -----Original Message----- From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 16 January 2009 15:56 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: How long do you keep the uninstall folders? The ones you get from installing patches, etc, in the System32 folder? $NtUninstallKBxxxxxx$ Joe Heaton AISA Employment Training Panel 1100 J Street, 4th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 327-5276 [email protected] ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ ****** This email is sent for and on behalf of Inspop.com Limited ****** Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Registration no. 310635. Inspop.com Limited [also trading as "Confused.com"] is registered in England and Wales at 2nd Floor, Friary House, Greyfriars Road, Cardiff, CF10 3AE [Reg. No. 03857130]. Any opinions expressed in this email are those of the individual and not necessarily the company. This email and any files transmitted with it, including replies and forwarded copies [which may contain alterations] subsequently transmitted from the Company, are confidential and solely for the use of the intended recipient. It may contain material protected by attorney-client privilege. If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering to the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please notify the Information Security Officer by telephone on +44 [0] 29 2043 4252. Please then delete this email and destroy any copies of it. This email has been swept for viruses before leaving our system. Security Warning: Please note that this email has been created in the knowledge that Internet email is not a 100% secure communications medium. We advise that you understand and accept this lack of security when emailing us. Viruses: Although we have taken steps to ensure that this email and any attachments are free from any virus, we advise that in keeping with good computing practice the recipient should ensure they are actually virus free. We may monitor the content of E-mails sent and received via our network for viruses or unauthorised use and for other lawful business purposes. ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Messagelabs. The service is powered by MessageLabs. ________________________________________________________________________ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
