The winsxs folder takes up half of my hard drive. How can I make it smaller?

original title: winsxs

The winsxs folder takes up half of my hard drive. How can I make it smaller? Help, please...

I am running Windows Vista Home Premium Service Pack 2

Hello

read the review here by Ronnie Vernon MVP and leave it alone

http://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/itprovistasetup/thread/9411dbaa-69ac-43a1-8915-749670cec8c3

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