Windows XP Service Pack 2

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I installed Service Pack 2 for Windows XP. Question: Can I
delete all the security updates installed prior to the
installatino of Service Pack 2?
 
Lin said:
I installed Service Pack 2 for Windows XP. Question: Can I
delete all the security updates installed prior to the
installatino of Service Pack 2?
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Hi

If you see %windir%\$NTUninstall* folders which dates back to your
SP1 installation, you can delete those. They are not removed by the
SP2 installation in case you want/need to go back to SP1 (and then
be able to uninstall the hotfixes in case you need to).

The following folders should be safe to delete:

%windir%\$xpsp1hfm$\
%windir%\$NtUninstallQ<some#>$\
%windir%\$NtUninstallKB<some#>$\

(%windir% is typically C:\Windows)

Also, you should clean out this folder now and then (WU5's temporary
download folder) if you use Windows Update/Automatic Update:

%windir%\SoftwareDistribution\Download\


If you are sure you don't need to uninstall SP2, you can delete
the %windir%\$NtServicePackUninstall$\ folder as well

Alternatively (for the $NtServicePackUninstall$ folder):

If you make a backup of the folder to e.g. a CD, you can put it
back if you need to uninstall SP2. After restoring the backup,
run %windir%\$NtServicePackUninstall$\spuninst\spuninst.exe
to start the process.
 
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