I recenly went into to control panel to "add/remove
programs" option. I was deleting several unused programs
and I discovered every MS software update (XP Hotfix) was
listed. Does anyone know if I need to keep these update
files? Thanks.

Fred;
Yes, you need to keep them.
If they are removed, so is the fix.
However the uninstall files can be safely deleted:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spack.htm

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"Fred" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:002301c3dcac$c56349d0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I recenly went into to control panel to "add/remove
> programs" option. I was deleting several unused programs
> and I discovered every MS software update (XP Hotfix) was
> listed. Does anyone know if I need to keep these update
> files? Thanks.