windows xp hotfix

[chris]

why do i have like 15 windows hotfix items in my add
remove programs list that take up about 500 mb on my hd

that is rediculous what happens when this turns into 5 gigs

is microsoft gonna buy me a new hard drive?


why are there so many of them and why do they all have to
be there?

could someone explain this please

thx chris

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

"Hotfixes" are the updates you installed from the Windows Update
website. Do not be tempted to remove them or you will uninstall
the actual updates.

If you wish to safely remove the "uninstall files" for the
Hotfixes (i.e. $NtUninstallQxxxxxx$ files shown in Windows Explorer)
and cleanup your Add/Remove Programs list, visit MS-MVP Doug Knox's
excellent website for instructions.

Remove Hotfix Backup files and the Add/Remove Programs Registry entries
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_hotfix_backup.htm

Note: Doug's program only removes the uninstall files and Hotfix entries
in the Add/Remove Programs listing. It does not remove the
actual updates.


--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

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| why do i have like 15 windows hotfix items in my add
| remove programs list that take up about 500 mb on my hd
|
| that is rediculous what happens when this turns into 5 gigs
|
| is microsoft gonna buy me a new hard drive?
|
|
| why are there so many of them and why do they all have to
| be there?
|
| could someone explain this please
|
| thx chris
|

 

[Richard]

-----Original Message-----
why do i have like 15 windows hotfix items in my add
remove programs list that take up about 500 mb on my hd

that is rediculous what happens when this turns into 5 gigs

is microsoft gonna buy me a new hard drive?


why are there so many of them and why do they all have to
be there?

could someone explain this please

thx chris

.
I had a similar situation where I was receiving at least

one of these via Email daily. Even though it certainly
looked like the real thing I eventurally found them to
be "spoofs" of MS and contained one of the nasty virus.
{problem solved when I sent it to my ISP (JUNO)
as "unsolisted Email".

 

[Alex Nichol]

why do i have like 15 windows hotfix items in my add
remove programs list that take up about 500 mb on my hd

that is rediculous what happens when this turns into 5 gigs

The size as reported in Add/Remove programs is incorrect and
meaningless. What those entries are for is so you could *uninstall*
the patches. Each corresponds to a folder of files needed for the
purpose - Windows\$NTUninstallQnnnnnn$ for the fix described at
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;nnnnnn

If you decide you will not want to uninstall a fix (and if all is
running smoothly you probably won't) then delete the folder. If you
then try in Add/remove, to Remove that one, it will fail, and you will
be offered the option of removing the entry there