Remove preinstalled windows update

[Guest]

We just recently purchased some new PCs with XP Pro SP2 installed on them.
There are a few of the preinstalled windows updates that cause issues with
some of our enterprise applications. I am not able to remove these updates
using Add/Remove programs.

How can these preinstalled updates be removed?

There has to be a way to do this. Is there any registry changes that can be
made?

Thanks.

 

[Guest]

I suspect you have not noticed the 'show updates" checkbox at the top of the
Add/Remove dialog.

 

[Guest]

I have the "show updates" box checked and this specific update shows up but I
can't remove it because it was a preinstalled update from the manufacturer.

 

[Guest]

If there is a hidden uninstall folder in the %windir%, you remove it with a
command:

c:\windows\$NtServicePackUninstall$\spuninst\spuninst.exe

but I doubt it's there.

 

[Guest]

There are no hidden uninstall folders for these preinstalled updates. Any
ideas about deleting registry keys?

I read some other info on the internet about possibly removing or modifying
the following registry key:
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\updates\windowsxp\sp3\KB925454\file
list"

Any thoughts about that?

Thanks.

 

[Guest]

Updates do some much different stuff to the system, replacing files, writing
reg entries, and changing settings, it would be hard to guess what this one
did. One rather extreme try at hacking it might be to reset security to setup
defaults.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;313222