Den said:
Add & remove Programmes in contropl panel are filled wit hot fixes and updates,
Can I safely remove the old ones?
Don't remove the updates but if you want, you can remove the uninstall
directories in the windows folder. They are compressed folders with a
name like $NtUninstallKBxxxxxx$ where the xxxxxx refers to the knowledge
base number for that update. After the folder is deleted you can remove
the entries in add/remove programs. When removing the entry in
Add/Remove it will give you a message that the update can't be removed
and asks if you want to remove the entry. Click ok. The updates will
still be installed but the entries will be gone. Only do this if you
are sure you won't need to uninstall any of the updates. I wait a month
after the update is applied, and if no problems, I remove the uninstall
directory and it's entry.
Doug Knox has a utility on his site to automate the removal of these
uninstall folders and the entries in Add / Remove programs
http://www.dougknox.com/
Win XP Utilities
Remove Hotfix Backup Files