Deleting old updates

[Guest coopfab]

We're needing to free up space in our C drive. There have been a lot of

security updates, updates, and Hotfixes installed on the server. Are these

updates cummulative? That is, if the latest update includes all the previous

updates, can the old updates be deleted?

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M. Cooper

[Guest Meinolf Weber]

Re: Deleting old updates

 

Hello coopfab,

 

Service packs include all previous updates, patches NOT.

 

To free up some space start with diskcleanup utility and then think about

deleting the c:\windows\$uninstallkbxxxxxx folders, if you are sure that

you do not need to uninstall an update. Do NOT delete the $hfmig$ folder.

Also you can stop the automatic update service and delete the c:\windows\softwaredistribution

folder which can also grow up. It is only needed for the updating phase.

After deleting the folder start the automatic update service and the folder

structure will be rebuilded. If you have an additional harddisk in the server

you can move the pagefile to the other harddisk.

 

Best regards

 

Meinolf Weber

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> We're needing to free up space in our C drive. There have been a lot

> of security updates, updates, and Hotfixes installed on the server.

> Are these updates cummulative? That is, if the latest update includes

> all the previous updates, can the old updates be deleted?

>