xp hot fix

[Rich]

I have alot of xp hot fix programs in my add and remove
program folder. What are these and how do I remove them
without hurting my computer?

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

They are the Windows Updates. There are some Critical/Security Updates there that shouldn't be removed. If you wish to find out what each does - look at the Hotfix number, then search www.microsoft.com

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


| I have alot of xp hot fix programs in my add and remove
| program folder. What are these and how do I remove them
| without hurting my computer?

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

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I have alot of xp hot fix programs in my add and remove
program folder. What are these

These are the windows updates that you've been installing all
along

and how do I remove them
without hurting my computer?

Do *not* remove them. Doing so will put back the security
exposures that they were designed to fix.

 

[Alex Nichol]

I have alot of xp hot fix programs in my add and remove
program folder. What are these and how do I remove them
without hurting my computer?

Those are there so you could *uninstall* the Hotfix patches installed by
Windows Update. 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

 

[Guest]

There is a utility on http://www.dougknox.com/ that will take care of removin
the uninstall folders and the entries in add/remove programs.

You don't want to uninstall the hotfixes, you want to uninstall the folders, etc
that would uninstall the hotfixes, --if that makes sense.