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Stewart Taylor
Re: Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 290402 and 271484
At the beginning I tried to install SP4 via Express setup.
However, I had selected to cancel the installation, before
it completed because I decided it is better to go for SP3.
I did wait for it to 'clean up itself' after pressing
the 'Cancel button'.
Next I located my SP3 file (called w2ksp3.exe and is 127
mb in size) from a CD and I run to install it. I remember
the system did give me a warning if I want to cancel the
previous update. I selected to cancel the previous action
and re-start the update from beginning.
I noticed the system extract the files (from my
w2ksp3.exe) to a separte drive location (not the system
drive). Installation runs smoothly and the system looks
working fine.
Now I am finding the "ServicePackFiles" folder under the %
Systemroot% directory (WINNT in my case). I want to remove
the "ServicePackFiles" from my WINNT to free disk space
(over 200 mb), for one reason being I have already got the
installation files on disk.
Artical 271484 said removing the folder is safe because,
later if I need to add other components to the system, my
computer will prompt me for the files.
Now 2 questions:
- How can I tell whether those files under
my "ServicePackFiles" folder are SP3 files or SP4 files?
The KB article appears to say this folder shouldn't be
created when running a service pack directly from a
distribution share. I have a feeling it is here now
because I cancel the SP4 express setup.
- The following registry key is mentioned in the KB
article:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersio
n\Setup
I couldn't find this key in my system. Is this normal?
Thanks in advance.
At the beginning I tried to install SP4 via Express setup.
However, I had selected to cancel the installation, before
it completed because I decided it is better to go for SP3.
I did wait for it to 'clean up itself' after pressing
the 'Cancel button'.
Next I located my SP3 file (called w2ksp3.exe and is 127
mb in size) from a CD and I run to install it. I remember
the system did give me a warning if I want to cancel the
previous update. I selected to cancel the previous action
and re-start the update from beginning.
I noticed the system extract the files (from my
w2ksp3.exe) to a separte drive location (not the system
drive). Installation runs smoothly and the system looks
working fine.
Now I am finding the "ServicePackFiles" folder under the %
Systemroot% directory (WINNT in my case). I want to remove
the "ServicePackFiles" from my WINNT to free disk space
(over 200 mb), for one reason being I have already got the
installation files on disk.
Artical 271484 said removing the folder is safe because,
later if I need to add other components to the system, my
computer will prompt me for the files.
Now 2 questions:
- How can I tell whether those files under
my "ServicePackFiles" folder are SP3 files or SP4 files?
The KB article appears to say this folder shouldn't be
created when running a service pack directly from a
distribution share. I have a feeling it is here now
because I cancel the SP4 express setup.
- The following registry key is mentioned in the KB
article:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersio
n\Setup
I couldn't find this key in my system. Is this normal?
Thanks in advance.