Microsoft upgrades

[Guest John]

Recently I signed up for internet service after an absence of a couple of

years. Shortly afterwards I started getting automatic upgrades from

Microsoft. This was fine except the process added 184 folders with files to

my computer which has the Windows XP Home operating system. The folders are

all marked as $NTUninstall...... The dots represent letters, symbols and

numbers after the word uninstall. I haven't checked the size of each folder

but there are some that exceed 1.5MB. This is obviously taking up a great

deal of space on my hard drive which doesn't sit well with me. My question

is: Can I deletes these folders without affecting the operation of my

application programs? Can someone give me a definitive answer? It would be

appreciated.

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Thanks and have a great day!

[Guest Donald L McDaniel]

Re: Microsoft upgrades

 

On Sun, 25 May 2008 23:36:02 -0700, John

<John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Recently I signed up for internet service after an absence of a couple of

>years. Shortly afterwards I started getting automatic upgrades from

>Microsoft. This was fine except the process added 184 folders with files to

>my computer which has the Windows XP Home operating system. The folders are

>all marked as $NTUninstall...... The dots represent letters, symbols and

>numbers after the word uninstall. I haven't checked the size of each folder

>but there are some that exceed 1.5MB. This is obviously taking up a great

>deal of space on my hard drive which doesn't sit well with me. My question

>is: Can I deletes these folders without affecting the operation of my

>application programs? Can someone give me a definitive answer? It would be

>appreciated.

 

These folders contain the uninstall information for 184 separate

Windows updates. They are there in case you must uninstall one of the

updates. Deleting them should be completely safe, and shouldn't cause

any problems with the normal operation of your OS.

 

If you are worried about a folder exceeding 1.5MB in size in these

days of cheap 500GB drives, you should definitely get a newer (and

much larger) hard drive.

 

Anyway, you will be safe to delete those folders.

 

 

Donald L McDaniel

Please reply to the original newsgroup and thread.

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[Guest John]

Re: Microsoft upgrades

 

 

"Donald L McDaniel" <orthocross@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:21nk34li7jl4mtuju1na8n9snptppidm2s@4ax.com...

> On Sun, 25 May 2008 23:36:02 -0700, John

> <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>

>>Recently I signed up for internet service after an absence of a couple of

>>years. Shortly afterwards I started getting automatic upgrades from

>>Microsoft. This was fine except the process added 184 folders with files

>>to

>>my computer which has the Windows XP Home operating system. The folders

>>are

>>all marked as $NTUninstall...... The dots represent letters, symbols and

>>numbers after the word uninstall. I haven't checked the size of each

>>folder

>>but there are some that exceed 1.5MB. This is obviously taking up a great

>>deal of space on my hard drive which doesn't sit well with me. My

>>question

>>is: Can I deletes these folders without affecting the operation of my

>>application programs? Can someone give me a definitive answer? It would

>>be

>>appreciated.

>

> These folders contain the uninstall information for 184 separate

> Windows updates. They are there in case you must uninstall one of the

> updates. Deleting them should be completely safe, and shouldn't cause

> any problems with the normal operation of your OS.

>

> If you are worried about a folder exceeding 1.5MB in size in these

> days of cheap 500GB drives, you should definitely get a newer (and

> much larger) hard drive.

>

> Anyway, you will be safe to delete those folders.

>

>

> Donald L McDaniel

> Please reply to the original newsgroup and thread.

> ========================================================

 

That was useful to me as well. Does the advice also apply to $hf_mig$ which

seems to contain "KB" files

[Guest TaurArian]

Re: Microsoft upgrades

 

 

"John" <Who90nospam@ntlworld.com> wrote in message

news:lCv_j.22230$_c7.12288@newsfe16.ams2...

|

| "Donald L McDaniel" <orthocross@gmail.com> wrote in message

| news:21nk34li7jl4mtuju1na8n9snptppidm2s@4ax.com...

| > On Sun, 25 May 2008 23:36:02 -0700, John

| > <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

| >

| >>Recently I signed up for internet service after an absence of a couple of

| >>years. Shortly afterwards I started getting automatic upgrades from

| >>Microsoft. This was fine except the process added 184 folders with files

| >>to

| >>my computer which has the Windows XP Home operating system. The folders

| >>are

| >>all marked as $NTUninstall...... The dots represent letters, symbols and

| >>numbers after the word uninstall. I haven't checked the size of each

| >>folder

| >>but there are some that exceed 1.5MB. This is obviously taking up a great

| >>deal of space on my hard drive which doesn't sit well with me. My

| >>question

| >>is: Can I deletes these folders without affecting the operation of my

| >>application programs? Can someone give me a definitive answer? It would

| >>be

| >>appreciated.

| >

| > These folders contain the uninstall information for 184 separate

| > Windows updates. They are there in case you must uninstall one of the

| > updates. Deleting them should be completely safe, and shouldn't cause

| > any problems with the normal operation of your OS.

| >

| > If you are worried about a folder exceeding 1.5MB in size in these

| > days of cheap 500GB drives, you should definitely get a newer (and

| > much larger) hard drive.

| >

| > Anyway, you will be safe to delete those folders.

| >

| >

| > Donald L McDaniel

| > Please reply to the original newsgroup and thread.

| > ========================================================

|

| That was useful to me as well. Does the advice also apply to $hf_mig$ which

| seems to contain "KB" files

 

 

Leave that folder alone

Description of the contents of Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2003 software

update packages

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824994

%windir%\$hf_mig$ folder

 

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[Guest Ramone]

Re: Microsoft upgrades

 

You probably should wait some time before deleting to make sure you don't

need to uninstall anything.

 

"John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:6F6A52A7-1A67-4501-9580-B2B34D69E3DD@microsoft.com...

> Recently I signed up for internet service after an absence of a couple of

> years. Shortly afterwards I started getting automatic upgrades from

> Microsoft. This was fine except the process added 184 folders with files

> to

> my computer which has the Windows XP Home operating system. The folders

> are

> all marked as $NTUninstall...... The dots represent letters, symbols and

> numbers after the word uninstall. I haven't checked the size of each

> folder

> but there are some that exceed 1.5MB. This is obviously taking up a great

> deal of space on my hard drive which doesn't sit well with me. My

> question

> is: Can I deletes these folders without affecting the operation of my

> application programs? Can someone give me a definitive answer? It would

> be

> appreciated.

> --

> Thanks and have a great day!

[Guest John]

Re: Microsoft upgrades

 

Thanks, Donald, for the advice. It is appreciated.

John

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Thanks and have a great day!

 

 

"Donald L McDaniel" wrote:

> On Sun, 25 May 2008 23:36:02 -0700, John

> <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>

> >Recently I signed up for internet service after an absence of a couple of

> >years. Shortly afterwards I started getting automatic upgrades from

> >Microsoft. This was fine except the process added 184 folders with files to

> >my computer which has the Windows XP Home operating system. The folders are

> >all marked as $NTUninstall...... The dots represent letters, symbols and

> >numbers after the word uninstall. I haven't checked the size of each folder

> >but there are some that exceed 1.5MB. This is obviously taking up a great

> >deal of space on my hard drive which doesn't sit well with me. My question

> >is: Can I deletes these folders without affecting the operation of my

> >application programs? Can someone give me a definitive answer? It would be

> >appreciated.

>

> These folders contain the uninstall information for 184 separate

> Windows updates. They are there in case you must uninstall one of the

> updates. Deleting them should be completely safe, and shouldn't cause

> any problems with the normal operation of your OS.

>

> If you are worried about a folder exceeding 1.5MB in size in these

> days of cheap 500GB drives, you should definitely get a newer (and

> much larger) hard drive.

>

> Anyway, you will be safe to delete those folders.

>

>

> Donald L McDaniel

> Please reply to the original newsgroup and thread.

> ========================================================

>