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• Where is past $NtUninstall?

  In Windows XP, whenever Windows performed an update, a compressed file $NtUninstall would be created in the Windows directory.  Where did these files in Windows 7?

  I know that these records contain the necessary information so that you can uninstall an update it should be a problem.  But as time passes, these files accumulate and they take more and more disk space.  And more and more entries are added to the registry.  Is there a safe way to delete these folders/files and the registry entries?  I can understand keep this information for several months, but a year ago, the data are just dead code.

  If it's not a way course, can I suggest Microsoft provides a utility to do this, as they do to remove older restore points.

  Thank you

  The files that you are referring are hidden files. CF. http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial62.html

  Assuming WinXP SP3, see this discussion: 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

• All THE Windows files suddenly called "$NtUninstall" followed by a lot of numbers.

  All files in the windows in the index (or whatever that is called) are called "$NtUninstall" followed by a lot of numbers.  I'm afraid to turn off this option.  What to do?  Is this a virus?

  All files in the windows in the index (or whatever that is called) are called "$NtUninstall" followed by a lot of numbers.  I'm afraid to turn off this option.  What to do?  Is this a virus?

  It seems that if you have enabled the option "show the hidden files and folders".  If you want to re - hide these files:

  • Click Start > My Documents
  • Click on the menu Tools, then Folder Options
  • Click the view tab
  • Scroll down and select the radio button for "do not show hidden files and folders".
  • OK your way out

  The files of $ $NTUninstallKBxxxxxx are the files that the system creates for use if you ever decide that you want to uninstall the corresponding Windows updates.

  As a general rule, you must uninstall not Windows updates unless you can specifically identify an update as causing a problem.  Thus, some people want to delete all the $NTUninstall files in order to earn a little extra space on the hard disk.

  Although deleting these files generally will not be free very much space, if you are interested, check out this article--> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Hotfix_backup.htm

  I recommend that you leave the files where they are and re - hiding as described above.

• In Windows XP, the $ntUninstall directories can be deleted without causing problems.

  I have Windows XP SP3 POS PC in our retail store lcocations.  These machines have a slightly smaller boot partition.  My question is, when you install updates from Microsoft, it creates an uninstall directory in the Windows directory.  So Windows XP, $ntUninstall directories can be deleted without causing problems or causing previous updates to be reinstalled.

  I have Windows XP SP3 POS PC in our retail store lcocations.  These machines have a slightly smaller boot partition.  My question is, when you install updates from Microsoft, it creates an uninstall directory in the Windows directory.  So Windows XP, $ntUninstall directories can be deleted without causing problems or causing previous updates to be reinstalled.

  The article at the link below gives a detailed explanation of the $ntUninstall directories. This should you guide as to whether or not you can remove folders.

  http://ask-Leo.com/can_ntuninstall_folders_be_deleted.html

• File $NtUninstall in the folder Windows on Windows XP

  Original title: Questions after installing windows explorer 8 with the XP operating system

  My computer has XP windors as operating system.  I downloaded IE 8 a week ago.  Works pretty well, but I was looking around

  in my file of windows and I noticed a large number of files to uninstall.  At least 50 files or more.  These part of the internet explorer 8?  The folders are named $NtUninstallKB9 and more digits following that.  All records are with the police in blue color just internet explorer 8 is now.  This part of the program and why so much of?

  Thank you

  Cheryl H.

  Hello

  The folder $NtUninstallKB9 and similar files you are talking about are the Windows Update files.

  They are installed when you install an update to the computer.

  You can ignore these files because they have no effect on the safety or performance of the computer.

  These uninstaller folders will help to uninstall updates.

• Can I remove xp pro SP2 if I use xp pro service pack 3?

  Please excuse the naivete of the question, but remove the XP Pro Service Pack 2 installation and updates of my computer that I use XP Pro Service pack 3?

  Is it safe to delete the folders $ $NtUninstallKBxxxxxx
  http://www.PAGESTART.com/NTUninstall.html

  JS
  http://www.PAGESTART.com

  Never be afraid to ask. This forum has some of the best people in the world to help.

• How to get rid of all software distribution service updates?

  It everyday (sometime twice a day) restore point created since October and totally stuck my computer! I disabled the update yesterday. My computer is slow, not reactive, freezes and the apearance of starting window has changed.

  In other forums, a lot of people have a lot of problem with that. Nobody seems to know how to remove it once and for all!

  Could you give me a way to get rid of it for good?

  Thak you!

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/555375 >

  It helps those answering questions if you provide:

  what version of windows (32-bit or 64-bit) and service pack level.

  How many times are the restore points created? Restore points are created automatically every day, and just before the events significant system, such as installing a program or device driver. You can also create a manually restore point. http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/system-restore-frequently-asked-questions

  System Restore is a handy feature, but it can take up to several gigabytes of hard drive space. You can reclaim space, but turn off the system restore, however, in doing so, you will be able to restore your computer to a point in time.

  An alternative, or a middle, is to remove all restore points except the most recent. To achieve this in Vista:

  Click Start, all programs, accessories, System Tools, and then click Disk Cleanup.

  Click files from all users on this computer.

  If you are prompted, click OK.

  In the dialog box that appears, click the other Options tab.

  In the section system restore and shadow copies, click Clean.

  When you are prompted, click on delete.

  Click OK.

  As a result, there will be more free space on hard drive.

  Furthermore, to free up more space with Ccleaner, when disk cleanup is no longer enough

  Download the version of base through the

  http://www.CCleaner.com/download/builds.aspx>

  The basic version does not contain the toolbar disgusted

  See if this is enough,

  http://www.PAGESTART.com/NTUninstall.html>

  http://www3.TELUS.NET/dandemar/spack.htm>

  Other ways to free up space...

  SequoiaView http://www.win.tue.nl/sequoiaview/>

  JDiskReport http://www.jgoodies.com/freeware/jdiskreport/index.html>

• Can I remove the old updates in order to recover space on my computer?

  Can I delete old files to update such as updates from 2003 to 2007 for example

  See if this is enough,

  http://www.PAGESTART.com/NTUninstall.html>

  http://www3.TELUS.NET/dandemar/spack.htm>

  Other ways to free up space...

  CCleaner (free!)

  http://www.CCleaner.com/

  SequoiaView

  http://www.win.Tue.nl/SequoiaView/>

  JDiskReport

  http://www.jgoodies.com/freeware/JDiskReport/index.html>

• Cannot not installed downloaded updated because the disk is full

  Hi, I have a windows XP Professional, my automatic update update of arrival, but it won't install it because the disk is full, there is not enough space on the disk. Thanks for answering my question.

  Richard,

  see if this is enough to recover space

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/956324

  http://www3.TELUS.NET/dandemar/spack.htm

  http://www.PAGESTART.com/NTUninstall.html

• I am trying to remove security obsolete updates__

  I have a laptop with a small disk hard due to the fact that it's used a lot I have xp security updates from 2007-2008-2009 and I think I'm for 2010 so, how do I know which ones of these security updates are is most needed to keep running my xp.  I need to know to eliminate those that I do not need and do more than place on my laptop once more.  Given all this gibberish on my laptop makes it slower than molasas.  I need help ASAP

  You don't want to uninstall updates. You can remove the $NTUninstall - and that these folders - folders from the Windows directory. To make more room on your hard drive uninstalling programs, you have more desire and do general maintenance. Get an external hard drive and copy your data files (music, films, photos) on it and then delete the files of the primary hard drive. Or buy a bigger hard drive and clone the smaller one for her.

  http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#maintenance MS - MVP - Elephant Boy computers - don't panic!

• Extremely low disk space

  Hello

  Is someone can you please tell me what should I do to free up more disk space?  I have VERY VERY small footprint and can't seem to many to the top using the diskette when clean tool free. I even tried to cross and remove all of the programs that I don't use very often, but nothing of what I deleted still seemed to help me to free up space at all!. What should I do now?

  Hello

  Have you tried to clean the junk files that are normally found on your c: drive? To clear the temporary files click Start-> run, type & -> % temp %-> click ok. Delete all files in the temp folder.

  Also to recover space on the partrition, you need to run Disk Cleanup and compress old files. See alsohttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/956324.

  To start disk cleanup, open my computer-> click drive c :->, right click Properties-> you get a tab for disk cleanup.

  If you do not plan to uninstall the service pack you can try to remove the $NtUninstall in the windows folder.

  Note that the folder is marked as hidden, so to see it, you must have configured Explorer to show hidden files/folders.

  You can also (for the record of $ $NtServicePackUninstall): If you want to keep these files to uninstall later goal you can make a backup of the folder to a CD for example and replace when uninstalling.

  You can also try disabling the system restore and disable hibernation (Hibernate mode writes an image of what you are currently working on a special folder on your hard disk and then shuts down your computer almost completely). To turn off Hibernation: click Start-> Control Panel-> Performance and Maintenance->, click Power Options.

  If you want to move the files to program from C to D, the best way is to uninstall and custom install applications on the D drive.

  I hope this helps.

• Remove updates

  Windows XP after installing SP3, I can delete some previous updates that have been installed under SP2?

  How to recover disk space on a Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP computer
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/956324

  Remove Windows Update files

  Warning If you delete the folder for each update, the corresponding Windows Update cannot be uninstalled. Consider the effect it will have on the computer before you remove the Windows Update files.

  To remove Windows Update files, follow these steps:

  1. Remove only the %Windir%/$NtUninstall KB number files $ that were created more than a month there as backup of files of Windows updates. Do not delete those that have been created in the last 30 days.
  2. To remove the download of updates of Windows cache, remove all files in the folder %Windir%\SoftwareDistribution\download created more than 10 days ago.
  3. Remove the following log files in %windir%:
     • KB*.log
     • Setup*.log
     • Setup *. Old
     • Setuplog.txt
     • Winnt32.log
     • Set*.tmp

  Delete the files from the service pack Windows XP

  Warning If you delete the folders of backup for each service pack of Windows XP, you cannot uninstall Windows XP service packs.

  If you delete the folder for the Setup files and the cache for the service pack Windows XP, you cannot restore corrupted files of the Windows XP service pack or install additional features of Windows XP that are not installed by default. You can keep a copy of these files in a different location. For more information on how to keep a copy of these files, click on the number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  271484

  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/271484/)

  Files and folders are added to your system after service pack is installed

  Consider the effect it will have on your computer before you remove these files.

  To remove service pack Windows XP files, follow these steps:

  1. Delete the %Windir%\$NtServicePackUninstall$ folder to remove the folders from backup for service packs of Windows XP.
  2. Delete the %Windir%\ServicePackFiles folder to remove the files and records of cache for service packs of Windows XP installation.

• c: drive has 10% free space d: has 99% free, how to transfer programs from c to d?

  How to transfer programs from c to d?

  Hello

  Have you tried to clean the junk files that are normally found on your c: drive? To clear the temporary files click Start-> run, type & -> % temp %-> click ok. Delete all files in the temp folder.

  Also to recover space on the partrition, you need to run Disk Cleanup and compress old files. See also http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956324.

  To start disk cleanup, open my computer-> click drive c :->, right click Properties-> you get a tab for disk cleanup.

  If you do not plan to uninstall the service pack you can try to remove the $NtUninstall in the windows folder.

  Note that the folder is marked as hidden, so to see it, you must have configured Explorer to show hidden files/folders.

  You can also (for the record of $ $NtServicePackUninstall): If you want to keep these files to uninstall later goal you can make a backup of the folder to a CD for example and replace when uninstalling.

  You can also try disabling the system restore and disable hibernation (Hibernate mode writes an image of what you are currently working on a special folder on your hard disk and then shuts down your computer almost completely). To turn off Hibernation: click Start-> Control Panel-> Performance and Maintenance->, click Power Options.

  If you want to move the files to program from C to D, the best way is to uninstall and custom install applications on the D drive.

  I hope this helps.

• KB2728973 does not appear in the list, add / remove programs

  Hi, I am using Windows XP Media Center Edition with service pack 3 is installed, and KB2728973 is displayed as being installed on the Microsoft update site, but KB2728973 does not appear in the list, add / remove programs. The rest of July for Windows XP updates appear as being installed on the two site update of Microsoft and adding list / remove programs, it seems strange that KB2728973 does not work. It is important that KB2728973 does not appear in the list of add / remove programs? or do I need to do more to install it? I also tried to manually install the KB2728973, but again, he did not appear in the list Add / Remove programs. I understand that there is a position similar to mine, but I read it, and I realized that the question of the poster was a bit different from mine. I also wanted to take the time to mention that the automatic updates of Windows listed KB2728973 as being installed successfully, but it always seems strange that KB2728973 does not appear in the list, add / remove programs. I also checked in C:\WINDOWS, and there wasn't any folder $NtUninstall to KB2728973. Oh, and Yes, I have "Show updates" checked in Add / Remove programs.   Contribution to this issue would be greatly appreciated.

  It is normal that some updates to not appear in the list of add / remove programs in the control panel for various reasons, but in this case, it will update the entries in the untrusted certificates store then to see if it is installed, you can check if the newly revoked certificates are listed.

  Here is a link to a page that explains the changes he brings (the certificates that have been revoked):

  [url] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/advisory/2728973 [url]

  Scroll down to the section that has the right:

  How can [B] after you apply the update, I check the certificates in the Microsoft Untrusted Certificates Store? [/ B]

  If you have no events in Event Viewer, you can open IE and click on Internet Options - Content tab - then in the Middle under "Certificates" click on "Certificates" and then click on the arrow to scroll to the right and click the "Untrusted publishers" tab.  You should see all those listed in the MS article here.

  It also creates this key in the registry:

  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software \Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Windows\ {C3C986D6-06B1-43BF-90DD-BE30756C00DE}

  where it lists what Windows Update of roots revoked.

• Delete files

  In local disk C: / WINDOWS (folder), I have about 160 files inside that have titles such as $MSI31Uninstall_KB893803v2$ and $NtUninstallKB823559$ and $NtServicePackUninstall$, more a lot more like them. File icons are folders and they are faded, compared to all the other icons file in the WINDOWS folder.
  My questions are:
  1. can I delete all those who fainted in search folders with the $NtUninstall, there are about 160 of them.
  2 are these folders faded it in case I want to uninstall an update of safety KB?
  3. what happens to the old KB security updates?
  Thanks in advance for your answer.

  If your PC behaves properly, you can remove the hotfix Windows backup hidden files that start with $NTUninstallKB to the WINDOWS folder. Be aware that once they are removed you will not be able to uninstall the updates they represent.

  There are two ways to do:

  A. manually, but copy files on a CD/DVD first to enable their restoration has a fix must be removed thereafter. Now delete the folder \WINDOWS, but leaves the orphan entries to add / remove programs intact. Remove only the $NTUninstallKB files that relate to corrections, not those for applications such as Word, WMP, etc.. In addition, DO NOT DELETE THE folder$ $hf_mig.

  B. my preference goes to run a script that also removes the corresponding entries in Add / Remove programs. Once they are deleted by the script, they cannot be restored. Download, extract and run this little script http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_hotfix_backup.htm creating a system restore point first just in case something goes wrong when the update of the register.