can I delete old updates of windows to free up disk space?

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• How can I remove old updates from windows to prevent their fill my hard drive?

  How can I remove old updates from windows to prevent their fill my hard drive?

  You don't want to. Otherwise, why would have installed their in the first place? They are updated for security. Thema alone.

• Can I delete OLD UPDATES?

  I am constantly memory low warnings on my computer and keeps trying to free up memory.  Can I delete the old security updates?

  Assuming WinXP SP3, see http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=33827 ~ Robear Dyer (PA Bear) ~ MS MVP (that is to say, mail, security, Windows & Update Services) since 2002 ~ WARNING: MS MVPs represent or work for Microsoft

• Can I delete old updates to save hard disk space?

  updates Windows stores these files on my drive hard ex: a29c773a897052e697775d
  each has about 59 files in the folder and to take disk space. These can be deleted?

  some of the files have hotfixinstaller? Installer fixes hotiron?

  Thanks for the help.

  Yes, feel free to remove them. ~ Robear Dyer (PA Bear) ~ MS MVP (that is to say, mail, security, Windows & Update Services) since 2002 ~ WARNING: MS MVPs represent or work for Microsoft

• I have Vista Home Basic. Can I delete old updates? It takes up most of my 80 GB hard drive, my laptop is 5 years old.

  My Toshiba laptop is 5 years old and has a ton of updates.  He has SP2 on board.  I have a 80 GB hard drive, and these updates take almost 40 GB of it.  Can I remove or clean up some of these updates?

  Susan,

  There is no such thing as 'old' updates. They are there to protect against a vulnerability or to provide updates to the o/s.

  The purpose of take away their defeats being there.

  If you need more space, you must put in a bigger hard drive. Or get an external hard drive and put your data on it.

  The cost of discs is extremely low at the moment.

  UTC/GMT is 03:42 Wednesday, July 25, 2012

• Can I delete the previous versions of Firefox to save disk space?

  There are two versions on my drive. Ver 4.01 and 8.0. Could adversely affect remove version 4.01?

  Hi PGWilli,

  If you are satisfied with 8.0 then you shouldn't have to 4.01 at all. As long as all your bookmarks and privacy are in the new version, go ahead and delete the old version.

• You can remove old updates from Windows as of 2006 or more

  Windows xp is slow runnling and I would like to remove some files can I delete old windows updates and hiddn files can I stop or remove?

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/310312 
  Description of the tool in Windows XP disk cleanup

  http://taurarian.MVPs.org/WU_XP/removing_old_windows_updates.htm
  Folders that have uninstall as part of the name (for example $NtUninstallKB282010$ who reside in C:\windows (hidden files) are window Hot difficulty updating folders/files) can be removed safely (providing ever, you wish to uninstall the updates). I recommend you leave these records for a period of at least one month to make sure that the update works correctly.

  These updates can be removed individually or together. To learn more about the update/s go on:
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/xxxxxx
  NB: XXXXXX = the actual number, not to mention the "Q" or "Ko."

  Once you have removed the uninstall folders/files, then go to control panel, add/remove programs. Select the title of the corresponding Windows fix on the folder/file of the patch you just deleted, and select Delete. You will get a Windows error. This is because you deleted the uninstall folder/files. Simply choose OK and the entry will be removed from the Add/Remove Programs list.

  Don't NOT delete the folder $ $hf_mig

  Cleaning after installation of SP2
  http://aumha.org/win5/a/sp2faq.php#after

  and/or

  XP SP3: Post Installation Cleanup
  http://aumha.NET/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=33827

  Please note this is only for Windows XP and is not on Vista or Windows 7

• Is there a cleaner free update for old updates of windows. mine go back to 2010. If I delete them manually. I have to restart my computer for each of them.

  is there a cleaner free update for old updates of windows. mine go back to 2010. If I delete them manually. I have to restart my computer for each of them. How to remove the 'old' and what goes back to remove.it looks like repetitions of 6 years

  Cleaning Windows Update option is available only when you log on with administrator permissions.

  Select Start, all programs, accessories, System Tools, right-click on disk cleanup, click on Run as Administrator. Scroll the menu drop down and you should see the option of cleaning of Windows Update. Check the box before this option.

  Select Start, all programs, accessories, System Tools, cleaning disk to emptying your trash, delete temporary Internet files and other selected options. I recommend also you click Other Options , the System Restore tab and delete all but the last system restore point. Run Disk Defragmenter.

• Can I delete the iin Windows 7 Windows.old folder to free up disk space?

  I have just completed a full install of win 7, I was told this would save my old installation of victory as windows.old, I can remove this folder to free up disk space

  Yes, you can, but make sure that all important data is copied to.

  How can I delete Windows.old folder? -Microsoft Corporation...

• I can't erase the updates of windows

  I have windows xp sp3 home edition on a viao older sony with only 2 GB of memory on drive c to begin with, my current c drive has about 1% of free space

  memory. I've deleted or moved all non essenital programs on my d drive, is all that's left on my c drive program files updates and windows.

  My question is can I delete all or part of these updates to free up disk space? some of these updates are 4 or 5 years old.

  Thank you

  Glenn

  http://taurarian.MVPs.org/WU_XP/removing_old_windows_updates.htm

  Folders that have uninstall as part of the name (for example $NtUninstallKB282010$ who reside in C:\windows (hidden files) are window Hot difficulty updating folders/files) can be removed safely (providing ever, you wish to uninstall the updates). I recommend you leave these records for a period of at least one month to make sure that the update works correctly.

  These updates can be removed individually or together. To learn more about the update/s go on:
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/xxxxxx
  NB: XXXXXX = the actual number, not to mention the "Q" or "Ko."

  Once you have removed the uninstall folders/files, then go to control panel, add/remove programs. Select the title of the corresponding Windows fix on the folder/file of the patch you just deleted, and select Delete. You will get a Windows error. This is because you deleted the uninstall folder/files. Simply choose OK and the entry will be removed from the Add/Remove Programs list.

  Don't NOT delete the folder $ $hf_mig

  Cleaning after installation of SP2
  http://aumha.org/win5/a/sp2faq.php#after

  and/or

  XP SP3: Post Installation Cleanup
  http://aumha.NET/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=33827

  Please note this is only for Windows XP and is not on Vista or Windows 7

• Satellite L300 - I can not install an update for Windows Vista

  I can not install an update to Windows Vista after you restore laptop (satellite L300) to factory settings. Tried to install with automatic updates and download of the update on your computer. What auto-update error: 8024 to 000.

  When you try to manually install SP1 getting error: 0800FFFF. I tried to disable the firewall, Defender and the UAC. Someone with such ideas?

  The Windows Update 8024 A 000 error Code means THE NOSERVICE WU E. This translates as UA was impossible for incoming calls to THE service.

  I would like for you to perform general troubleshooting steps for Windows Update.

  This diagnosis is generally applied to all Windows Update related issues.

  Stop Windows Update services *.
  1. click on start, click principally made programs, accessories, right-click on command prompt and select run as administrator.
  2. If you receive a user account control notification simply click on continue.
  3. at the command prompt, type the following commands and press ENTER after each command.
  net stop wuauserv
  net stop bits
  net stop cryptsvc
  4 Please, do not close the command prompt window.

  * Rename Windows Update records *.
  1. at the command prompt, type the following commands and press ENTER after each command:
  2 ren %systemroot%\System32\Catroot2 Catroot2.old
  3 ren %systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.old
  4 Please, do not close the command prompt window.

  Registration of DLL's on Windows Update *.
  1. Please copy and paste the following text in a new Notepad document and save the file as WindowsUpdate.BAT
  2 if it is registered correctly the icon will go from a Notepad file in .BAT file which has two blue toothed wheels as its icon.

  Restarting Windows Update services *.
  1. click on start, click principally made programs, accessories, right-click on command prompt and select run as administrator.
  2. If you receive a user account control notification simply click on continue.
  3. at the command prompt, type the following commands and press ENTER after each command.
  net start wuauserv
  net start bits
  net start cryptsvc
  output
  4 now, please check the updates via Windows Update to determine if the problem has been resolved.

• How can I delete old addresses from my file

  How can I delete old addresses from my contact list?   I have duplicates and errors, as well as the people that I call no more.

  W

  Which system e-mail for help?  Outlook.com, Hotmail, Windows live mail, Microsoft office Outlook, etc.

  FYI, you might want to ask the following question in the section email here
  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/windowslive/Forum?tab=unanswered

• downloaded updates of files can I delete the installation packages to free up disk space

  After having been to the bass and installed, can I delete the installation packages to free up disk space
  and how?

  This problem may occur if the Windows Update software distribution folder has been corrupted. We can refer to the following steps to rename this folder. Please note that the file will be re-created the next time we visit the Windows Update site.

  I. close all open windows.

  II. click on the "Start" button, click "all programs" and click "Accessories".

  III. - click on "command prompt" and click "run as administrator".

  IV. in "administrator: command prompt"window, type "net stop WuAuServ" (without the quotes) and press ENTER. "

  Note: Please, look at the cmd window and make sure that it is said that it was successfully stopped before we try to rename the folder.

  V. click on the Start button, in the "Search" box, type "%windir%" (without the quotes) and press ENTER.

  VI. in the opened folder, find the folder named "C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution".

  VII. right click on the folder, select Rename and type "SDold" (without the quotes) to rename this folder.

  VIII. while still in the "administrator: command prompt" window, type the command "net start WuAuServ" (without the quotes) in the opened window to restart the service Windows updates.

  Note: Please, look at the cmd window and make sure that it is said that it has been started.

  Reset.

  UTC/GMT is 12:31 on Tuesday, October 25, 2011

• How can I delete (permanently) updates that Microsoft recommends? It maintains lists for Microsoft Office, which I don't have on my computer.

  How can I delete (permanently) updates that Microsoft recommends?  It maintains lists for Microsoft Office, which I don't have on my computer.

  Hello

  / Do you have an older version, spectators or one test on the system? Those who may be why the
  try to install updates - a glitch is also possible.

  Control Panel - Windows Updates - right click on updates and SKIN

  also follow these steps:

  How to reset the Windows Update components? -a Mr Fixit
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/971058

  Description of the system for Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, update tool and
  for Windows 7
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/947821

  I hope this helps.
  Rob - bicycle - Mark Twain said it is good.

• I've migrated my iPhoto pictures libraries. I can now delete old iPhoto library?

  I've migrated my iPhoto pictures libraries. I can now delete old iPhoto library?

  I don't want my pictures taking up twice the amount of space as before!

  Yes, but the multimedia files are hardlinked and do not take place twice.

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