XP SP2 Automatic Updates - How much disk space do they use?

[Guest mtuj1974@googlemail.com]

I know there is obviously no single answer for this question, but does

anybody happen to know vaguely the sort of size the average automatic/

security update would normally take up in XP SP2?

 

e.g. would a single update usually be, say, a few megabytes, or could

a single update be in the order of a hundred meg or more? I am

beginning to run short of space on my system drive (between 1 - 2 GB

left) and not much else I can free up now, so have actually turned

Automatic Updates off for the moment simply because I have absolutely

no idea the sort of space that is being eaten up each time one is

installed.

[Guest PD43]

Re: XP SP2 Automatic Updates - How much disk space do they use?

 

mtuj1974@googlemail.com wrote:

>I know there is obviously no single answer for this question, but does

>anybody happen to know vaguely the sort of size the average automatic/

>security update would normally take up in XP SP2?

>

>e.g. would a single update usually be, say, a few megabytes, or could

>a single update be in the order of a hundred meg or more? I am

>beginning to run short of space on my system drive (between 1 - 2 GB

>left) and not much else I can free up now, so have actually turned

>Automatic Updates off for the moment simply because I have absolutely

>no idea the sort of space that is being eaten up each time one is

>installed.

 

Normal updates are usually small, and even if MS pops up some month

with a dozen or more, it's unlikely they'll come to a gig combined.

 

Still, it's obviously time to think about getting another hard drive.

[Guest Nick Payne]

Re: XP SP2 Automatic Updates - How much disk space do they use?

 

Have a look under your C:\windows dir (turn on display of system and hidden

folders) and delete all the $NtUninstall...$ dirs. They're not needed unless

you want to uninstall patches you have already installed, and they can chew

up a fair amount of space.

 

You can also delete everything under

C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download.

 

Nick

 

<mtuj1974@googlemail.com> wrote in message

news:46c7a9fd-778a-4aff-84c6-a4a5d599dc6c@2g2000hsn.googlegroups.com...

>I know there is obviously no single answer for this question, but does

> anybody happen to know vaguely the sort of size the average automatic/

> security update would normally take up in XP SP2?

>

> e.g. would a single update usually be, say, a few megabytes, or could

> a single update be in the order of a hundred meg or more? I am

> beginning to run short of space on my system drive (between 1 - 2 GB

> left) and not much else I can free up now, so have actually turned

> Automatic Updates off for the moment simply because I have absolutely

> no idea the sort of space that is being eaten up each time one is

> installed.

[Guest mtuj1974@googlemail.com]

Re: XP SP2 Automatic Updates - How much disk space do they use?

 

On 13 Jun, 12:42, "Nick Payne" <some...@nowhere.au> wrote:

> Have a look under your C:\windows dir (turn on display of system and hidden

> folders) and delete all the $NtUninstall...$ dirs. They're not needed unless

> you want to uninstall patches you have already installed, and they can chew

> up a fair amount of space.

>

> You can also delete everything under

> C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download.

>

> Nick

>

> <mtuj1...@googlemail.com> wrote in message

>

> news:46c7a9fd-778a-4aff-84c6-a4a5d599dc6c@2g2000hsn.googlegroups.com...

>

>

>

> >I know there is obviously no single answer for this question, but does

> > anybody happen to know vaguely the sort of size the average automatic/

> > security update would normally take up in XP SP2?

>

> > e.g. would a single update usually be, say, a few megabytes, or could

> > a single update be in the order of a hundred meg or more? I am

> > beginning to run short of space on my system drive (between 1 - 2 GB

> > left) and not much else I can free up now, so have actually turned

> > Automatic Updates off for the moment simply because I have absolutely

> > no idea the sort of space that is being eaten up each time one is

> > installed.- Hide quoted text -

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> - Show quoted text -

 

 

Thanks guys, appreciate your assistance.

 

MTUJ