Hotfix links in my Add Remove programme list

[archie clifford]

Hi

For some reason I've got several references to Windows XP
Hotfixes in my Add Remove programme list (see below).
Each has a link underneath to the relevant support page
on microsoft website. But unlike all the other programmes
in the Add Remove list, there's no CHANGE/REMOVE button
next to these. Does anyone know how they might have got
there, whether I should delete them, and if so, how?
Much obliged.
Archie.

Windows XP Hotfix - KB817611
Windows XP Hotfix - KB823182
Windows XP Hotfix - KB824146
Windows XP Hotfix - KB825119
Windows XP Hotfix - KB826942
Windows XP Hotfix - KB826959
Windows XP Hotfix - KB828028
Windows XP Hotfix - KB828035

 

[Wesley Vogel]

They are Windows Critical Updates.
Some can not be uninstalled.
Do not remove them.

 

[Kelly]

Hi Archie,

Some of the Hotfixes (mostly security updates) do not have an uninstall
feature, these will not appear in the Add and Remove list. If a Hotfix does
appear in the Add and Remove list then it can be uninstalled just like any
other program.

If you uninstall the Hotfix, you will lose the benefits of that patch. This
should only be done if you can determine that you are experiencing negative
effects from the particular Hotfix.

If you simply do not want them to appear in the Add and Remove list and you
are sure that you will not need the uninstall option, you can remove items
from that list by using a registry tweak.

Automated Edit:

Remove Hotfixes from Add or Remove (Line 193)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Manual Edit: Go to Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to this key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Uninstall

Expand this branch and look at the list. The Hotfixes are all listed by a
"Q" number that corresponds to the entry in the Add and Remove list. Make
sure that you back up each Key before deleting it.

Select the key and then select File/Export and include the Q number in the
name of the file. Right click the entries you want to remove and select
Delete.

 

[Stuart]

Hi

I understand the answer but I have a supplemental
question - are these Hotfixes included in Service
Release's. If so, why are old Hotfixes still showing as
individual items. Surely, after a Service Release they
become (C)oldfixes !!

Thx . . . . Stuart