can I uninstall updates before sp3?

As usual the windows updates eat upward of my disk space. Can I uninstall old updates before sp3?

In addition to PA bear MS MVP issue, I would like to add

See Tommy Stanley to respond to a previous post :

http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_xp-windows_update/can-i-safely-delete-old-Windows-security-updates/c63db7fd-bf2a-4179-9d83-981fb41ca823>

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