unknown files in WinXP

[Joe Farruggio]

I am running windows XP with service pack2 on a Pentium machine. I seem
to have picked up a number of directories labeled
12dfe21b4363607
71e9b297da8c1e9db5f1d25
and
772daa7f727870ce9f655d2a030d2ff0

drilling down into these directories gets me to another directory labeled

sp2

drilling down into this sub-directory locates another subdirectory labeled

update

going further a fined a file called "Update.exe"


My question is as follows

What do these files do and can i delete these directories from my system
without causing any damage?

 

[FrankV]

They normally are deleted automatically when the installed is completed. You
can delete it and keep it in the Recycle Bin for a few days in case
something goes wrong.

Frank