xp hotfix

[Mike in Minneapolis]

Trying to do a little cleaning on my notebok. Can I
safely remove the xp hotfixes that are in the add/remove
section of the control panel?

 

[Tom Swift]

Those are the critical updates you installed from Windows Update.

Tom Swift

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

No.
Those are the updates you downloaded from Windows Update.

However you can safely delete the uninstall files.
Once you are sure you will keep Windows XP Service Pack 1.
The files may be hidden, to show the file:
Go to C:\WINDOWS
Click the top TOOLS, click FOLDER OPTIONS, click VIEW
Check the radio button. "Show hidden files and folders"
Click OK and you should now see more files.

Go to C:\WINDOWS and delete "$NTServicePackUinistall$" about 240 mb.
Then go to Add/Remove Programs.
Click Service Pack 1, there will be an error since you just deleted
the file.
Click YES to delete the shortcut.

Use similar procedure to delete similar files for the updates.