Windows XP Hotfixes - canI delete them?

[Igor]

I have many Windows XP Hotfixes on the hard drive. They
take a lot of space. I would like delete them, if
possible. Is it ok to do? Was operating system already
updated, and does not need these files anymore?

 

[John Barnett - MVP]

The XP hotfix files shouldn't be deleted. If you do delete them XP will only
attempt to reinstall them by downloading them from the windows update site.
A hotfix 'is' a windows update.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Igor;
If you remove the hotfix, you return to the vulnerability they fixed.
You can however delete the uninstall files:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spack.htm

 

[Chuck]

The XP hotfix files shouldn't be deleted. If you do delete them XP will only
attempt to reinstall them by downloading them from the windows update site.
A hotfix 'is' a windows update.

The above question has been asked so many times. And I've always
wondered about the reply.

I always thought hotfixes got applied to the programs being updated.
Why does this result in separate folders for each hotfix?

AFAICT, the folders that get attention are named
"$NTUninstallXXXXXXXX", where XXXXXXXX = each hotfix. Do we truly
have to keep those folders forever?

Chuck
I hate spam - PLEASE get rid of the spam before emailing me!
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[bettico]

-----Original Message-----
I have many Windows XP Hotfixes on the hard drive. They
take a lot of space. I would like delete them, if
possible. Is it ok to do? Was operating system already
updated, and does not need these files anymore?
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Did you get an answer? I have the same question.