Terry said:In windows folder I have over 100 files beginning with KB. What is the best
way to remove if possible please?
IE 6
In windows folder I have over 100 files beginning with KB. What is the best
way to remove if possible please?
TIA
Terry
That means "Knowledge Base" and is the list of all the updates,Win XP Pro
IE 6
In windows folder I have over 100 files beginning with KB.
What is the best way to remove if possible please?
That is assuming the OP or others like me intend to install SP3. IIf you want, you can back them all up to a CD-R and then
delete them. But since XP service pack 3 will be out in the
not too distant future and supercedes all those KB patches,
you can delete them. My practice is to keep the KB backups if
they are 3 months old or newer just in case.
do NOT because I have intentionally not install every MS update
after lurking and discovering that some folks have problems with
some updates. Since my system is stable and I don't want any
slipped in surprises, I will probably pay for an SP3 delivery fee
but not actually install it.
I agree with your basic thesis except for SP3.It is all contingent upon what a user has installed on his /
her system that oft determines how well a service pack or
patch is received into the established environment. Microsoft
cannot possibly account for every single application that is
out there and be able to test against them. That just isn't
possible. It isn't rational to avoid service pack 3 since the
vast majority of updates since SP2 are already built in. If
you system is stable now, it'll likely be stable with SP3. I
am running build 3311 on my production work laptop with zero
issues. It was stable before I installed SP3 and is stable
currently.
At some point - I thought it would be Vista - MS needs to cut the
apron strings to the old DOS days including its 8.3 file name
restriction, make Windows a modern GUI O/S, get rid of the bloat
that comes from at least trying to accomodate every piece of
legacy SW and HW ever invented, and maybe, just maybe, improve
its reliability. To do that, of course, they would need to
obsolete all of its earlier customers, which they are loathe to
do. Still, if they don't do it someday on all-NEW versions, they
will never attain the stability that the loyal Mac and Linux
people claim.
As to whether any SP is or is not stable depends highly on system
configs and what HW, SW, video card, and other things you have.
e.g., you're running just fine with a pre-release SP3 but I may
have a major blowdown. But, please don't insult everyone by
suggesting they aren't rational if they don't install SP3;
instead, re-read your own reply - the part about it being
impossible for MS to account for everything and ask yourself this
question: "how can SP3 possibly be 100% bug free and stable for
everyone?" Mathematicians clain they can prove that NO software
is or can be bug free so why risk a visit from Murphy if you're
already up-to-date and running just fine? Yes, yes, I know the OP
is not running just fine and SP3 might just help them ...
A lot of folks want to cut the umbilical on DOS but a lot of
Admins use the command line tools to do stuff that they can't
in GUI. It's sad but true. Even Server 2008 touts Powershell
as a prerequisite. Any uber geek or IT guy who's been around
knows Powershell is the Microsoft response to trying to get
the command-line Linux crowd over to and / or comfortable with
Server 2008. DOS is not going away any time soon, sadly.
OK, but people like me do read "if you're rational you'll installWell, I am not intending to insult anyone. Most system problem
are the fault of software, not hardware. Drivers have gotten
very stable and I've yet to see a drive blow out a system.
Software incompatibilities and poor coding seem to be culprit.
NO service pack can fix that, ha ha ha.
Terry added these comments in the current discussion du jour ...
That means "Knowledge Base" and is the list of all the updates,
security patches, etc. that you've downloaded over time. If you
delete them you won't be able to reapply them without re-
downloading. Some people do delete them once they are SURE their
system is stable but unless you are really short of disk space,
just leave that folder alone.
Terry said:Win XP Pro
IE 6
In windows folder I have over 100 files beginning with KB. What is the
best way to remove if possible please?
TIA
Terry
As is usual, Ken, I agree with you completely. My system shows justI completely agree with that last sentence. And I'll add that
if you are that short of disk space that the small amount
these take up would make a difference, deleting them would
just be a stopgap measure. If that's the situation, another
drive or a bigger drive is urgently needed.
Ken Blake, MVP added these comments in the current discussion du
jour ...
As is usual, Ken, I agree with you completely.
My system shows just 823MB
Thanks, Jerry.
agree with you almost all the time said:To put that 823MB into perspective, 823,000,000 looks like a
big number, but in these days of $100 500GB drives, it's under
half a dollar's worth of disk space.
Ken Blake, MVP added these comments in the current discussion du
jour ...
You deserve the kudos, Ken. You're one of the most consistently
helpful people I've had the pleasure of talking to.
Worse is I
agree with you almost all the time, now THAT worries me! <grin>
toolkit for that? Just for grins, what do Mac admins do? I'm not
dissing you, I don't know. I was just commenting on a way that MS
could increase stability and decrease bugs.
OK, but people like me do read "if you're rational you'll install
SP3" as an implication that resisting makes me somehow irrational
when I do, in fact, have my reasons the same as you have for
wanting a command line. Let's let it drop, OK?
As to what causes the most problems, I think it is a chicken and
egg thing. i.e., HW wouldn't cause problems if it didn't need SW
- drivers - to run, so which is the real culprit? But, my opinion
of getting HW drivers and the like from the manufacturer and not
from Bill the Gates still applies, I've read far to many tales of
woe from people who let Windows update their drivers. Just one
old fool's opinion, YMMV.
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