Dear Bob,
Thanks for your posting here, and also thank Andre for your assistance.
Windows Vista use a new mechanism called Servicing to manage operating
system update, rather than the methods used by Windows XP.
The Servicing stages the update packages under the %windir%\winsxs folder
before they are really installed into system. Under the
%windir%\winsxs\manifests directory, the Servicing also store the necessary
.manifest files to define what update package needs to be installed and
where it needs to be installed.
When system start to install some update, the Servicing will locate the
update package under %windir%\winsxs directory and determine how to install
it by reading the corresponding file installed in %windir%\winsxs\manifests
directory, and then Servicing will create a link from update package under
%windir%\winsxs directory to system32 to accomplish installation. If we
delete the files under %windir%\winsxs directory, it may damage this link.
Based on this mechanism, I do not suggest you delete these files under
%windir%\winsxs directory.
I hope this helps. If there is anything unclear, please feel free to let me
know.
Regards,
Sincerely
Morgan Che
Microsoft Online Support
Microsoft Global Technical Support Center
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--->Hi,
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--->Prior versions of Windows updates were stored just off the %SystemRoot%
in
--->subdirectories that begin with "KB". Some other updates would be
stored in
--->the C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download folder.
--->
--->I normally delete these areas after I've accepted the patches are okay.
I
--->no longer see the "KB" subdirectories under the %SystemRoot%, nor do I
find
--->the "KB*.log" files in the the %SystemRoot%. Are these now stored
elsewhere
--->in Vista? And like in XP, can they be safely deleted after some time
has
--->passed?
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--->Thanks,
--->Bob
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