You kinda misquoted me there dood. -sc
> -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 3:22 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Question about a folder under C:\Windows > > On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 2:50 PM, Steven M. Caesare > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> You can safely delete all the update install folders for Windows > Update and > >> Service Packs if your machine is running stable and you doubt you > will ever > >> need to uninstall them. > > > > There are dependencies there for future things (think removing/re- > adding a > > windows component), that you may not realize. > > Under <%SystemRoot%>, folders with names matching <$*uninstall*$> > can be removed. Now, once you've removed those folders, you can no > longer uninstall the related update. It may still show in "Add/Remove > Programs", but it won't work if you try it. As long as you're okay > with that, it won't cause any further trouble. > > Examples of these would be <$NtUninstallKB956744$> and > <$NTServicePackUninstall$>. > > You can also safely move them to another partition/disk/server, and > then move them back later if you need to uninstall. This is useful if > you've got a C: partition that's too small but you can't easily change > that for whatever reason. > > There *are* files that are stored for future installs/updates/etc., > but they live in a different folder: <%SystemRoot%\$hf_mig$\>. Do > *not* mess around with *that* folder! > > Say you install a hotfix that was released after SP3, but while > you're still running SP2. Then you install SP3. What happens? Well, > to avoid having to reinstall the hotfix again, the hotfix package > contains files needed for *all* Service Packs. They were all copied > to some place under $hf_mig$ when you install the hotfix. So when you > install SP3, any files the hotfix would have updated for SP3 are > installed instead of the normal SP3 files. Microsoft calls this > "hotfix migration"; hence the name. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
