When is it safe to remove the old updates and patches recover disk space?

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• is it safe to remove the old windows updates

  Is it safe to remove the old updates in Windows Vista?

  Generally, no.

  You can use the program compcln.exe to remove the Service pack files and to perpetuate a service pack, as described here:

  http://support.Microsoft.com/?kbid=2592038

  This program is in C:\Windows\System32

  You can uninstall the updates that have been replaced by a later update, but I don't know of an easy way to identify them. I don't think that in doing so, there is a great advantage.

  If you uninstall an update that is still necessary, he will be released the next time that WIndows Update is running.

• Can I remove the old updates to recover hard disk space?

  Is it safe to remove the old, very old updates? Windows Vista

  N ° let your system protected and vulnerable.

  Forget them.

• Satellite A30 - 504 - how to remove the old HDD and new mount?

  Hello

  I have problem with my laptop satellite. After the turn on I've got Announces s.m.a.r.t. disk is damaged.

  I do not have it is why I do not know how to remove the old HDD and replace the new statement.
  I will be grateful for the help.

  Hello

  Looking first for similar discussions in this forum? I guess that you didn t ;)
  The advanced search option is very useful and you can search for single yarn that could help you.

  I found this:
  http://forums.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=12526&MessageID=45688

  and this

  http://forums.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=12547&MessageID=45752

  It seems that the hard drive on your A30 is in the optical drive, and you must remove all first the STRANGE before you get access to the HARD drive.

  Best regards

• Can I remove the old updates installed to save space on my computer?

  wondering if I can remove the old service updates from my computer to free memory space is low

  You can not remove the old updates service that would leave you vulnerable and in a pre patched State.

  However for Windows XP only

  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

  This isn't for Vista - after each update, Volume Shadow Copy service backup only the updated files. With Vista, is a differential backup, rather than a full backup and uninstalling files in Windows XP.  This safeguard mechanism is used to save disk space.

  TaurArian [MVP] 2005-2011 - Update Services

• Can I remove the old update files that have already been applied?

  Good evening! I just a quick may be a dumb question... when I've updated my computer, if I remove the before update... like when a service pack number, as for example I downloaded the number of service pack 2 What do I do with the number of the service pack 1? delete it?

  Depends on the operating system - Windows

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

  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

  For Vista and Windows 7

  The update uninstall method in Windows Vista is quite different from that in Windows XP.

  Uninstaller for each update folder no longer exists in Vista and the uninstall information is stored by the Volume Shadow Copy service.

  After each update, Volume Shadow Copy service backup only the updated files.

  So with Vista, it's a differential backup, rather than a full backup files for uninstall
  in Windows XP.

  This safeguard mechanism is used to save disk space.

  So basically, you are unable to manually delete the uninstall it from the computer.

  TaurArian [MVP] 2005-2011 - Update Services

• 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

• Is it safe to remove the old Windows 2008/2009 updates?

  It is safe to delete/remove old updates day of 2008 and 2009 to free up space on a computer?

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_xp-windows_update/is-it-OK-to-UninstallRemove-software-XP-updates/339888cc-cc88-4150-bc6c-bb64b3a2e089>

  See the Shenan Stanley response 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>

  UTC/GMT is 22:31 on Monday, June 25, 2012

• When you remove the old updates, in the uninstall/change, section. What kind of update can remove and how far behind? TY

  Together try to remove data from my computer, I noticed that Microsoft has a lot of updates on our programs.  In different years

  as the profile of aclient Microsoft.net Framework 4, Microsoft Visual C ++ 3008 Alt.yr... (2005-2008 +) and MSXML 4.0 SP2 (kb927978)

  I'm a total model in the jargon of the pc and try to free up space. Let me thank all of you for your help.

  Hello

  Thanks for joining us out on Microsoft Community Forums. I understand that you want to remove the data from the computer.

  I suggest you don't delete or remove the updates which is very important to perform the program installed on Windows.

  I suggest you don't not to remove the updates for free space.

  I suggest the link and follow the steps provided in the link it will help you to improve the performance of Windows Vista.

  Optimize Windows Vista for better performance.

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-in/Windows-Vista/optimize-Windows-Vista-for-better-performance

  Refer to clean your hard drive.

  WARNING:

  The data files that are infected must be cleaned only by removing the file completely, which means that there is a risk of data loss.

  Hope this information helps.

  If you have questions related to Windows, please do not hesitate to answer us, we will be happy to help you.

  Thank you.

• How to remove the old Windows and Windows Old.000 files in my C drive after reinstalling windows?

  I just reinstalled windows and I now have in my C drive a Windows.old and a Windows.Old.000 folder that is developing a massive 65GB of space, I really need, but when I try to delete it it says I need administrator permission to continue and I support on continue but it just comes back to the top again and I even tried to change the owner for me but it always happens with this message. How can I remove them?

  Hello

  After you are sure that you have copied all the files you want from this folder, use the Disk Cleanup Wizard to remove the folder.

  1. click on Start, type Disk Cleanup in the box start the search . In the results, click on disk cleanup right-click and select run as administrator option.

  2. in the Disk Cleanup Options dialog box, select the drive where Windows 7 is installed, and then click OK.

  3. click OK to analyze the C: drive.

  4. Click to select the previous Windows installation check box and any other files you want to delete.

  5. click on OK.

  Concerning

• need to remove the old updates, how can I know which ones who?

  I have so many updates in my computer, I think they use a lot of space - I don't have "have a lot of memory left. I have updates dating back to 2002. If I can delete some, can you tell me where?

  Thank you very much!

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  You should not remove the update but you can delete the uninstall information.

  I'll assume you mean the hard drive space.  You can also use Disk Cleanup to help the removal of junk. You can uninstall old programs is no longer, you use or alternatively, get a bigger hard drive.

  As to your question about updates - see: 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

• Remove the old updates to free up space

  Original title: updates for Windows Vista

  I regularly receive notifications of a security update for Windows Vista a/o updated for Windows Vista a/o Update Cumulative security for IE9.  In my history of update, the update files earlier I installed the date 08/04/2007.

  Given that these update files are large in size, how can I tell if a file update can be removed safely and not harm, no matter what, because it has become obsolete by a more recent update?  For example, I have several files update for "Security update for 2007 Microsoft Office System" and "Security update for Windows Vista" from 2007 to today.

  Secondly, given that I am now using IE9, is it safe to delete all files updated: Cumulative security update for IE7 on Windows Vista, the security rollup update of IE8 for Windows Vista.

  Thirdly, I do not use Outlook 2007 on my PC.  Is it safe to remove all the files update "Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 207 Junk Email Filter" and "Update for Windows Mail Junk E-mail Filter"?

  Hello, IVC,.

  The files will review the little space on your physical hard disk, however, if you want to remove them you can use the http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310312 Disk Cleanup utility to remove the update files that are no longer needed.

• Impossible to update - unable to remove the old version and install new - constantly asking me to close Firefox - it IS closed!

  Having been invited to update I clicked Yes. Update failed. I tried to update manually on the site but had to close Firefox before you start - Firefox was closed. I tried to uninstall the old version so that I could install the new le neuf-- once again asked me to close Firefox before it could be uninstalled and again, it was already closed. Stuck now - no idea what it takes to get the new version. O.

  Hi Jean Claude,

  Firefox can always run in the background. This happens sometimes. I suggest that you try to restart your computer, and then try to uninstall the old version. Alternatively, you can try to right click on the task bar, then opening the Task Manager. This will show you the list of processes currently running on your computer. If Firefox is running, you can manually kill the process.

  There is also an article in the Knowledge Base containing information on what to do if the How to resolve the failure of the update of Firefox update error message. There is lots of useful information here.

  Hope this helps!

• How to remove the old fan and heatsink of the Satellite Pro 6000

  Hey people,

  Is there anyone who can help me with instructions step by step to remove the fan and the heatsink, I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro 6000...

  Concerning

  Barnie

  Try this guide shown here:
  http://www.irisvista.com/tech/laptops/Toshiba6100/Toshiba_Satellite_Pro6100_dismantle_1.htm

  The 6100 is almost the same as the 6000. This guide should be a big help. (Click on each image for a more detailed view).

  Kind regards

  chain

• Memory usage - how to remove the old updates

  Computer memory is get clogged with Microsoft Updates back to 16.3.07.   Updates safely remove?

  Memory?

  Windows operating system?

  Hear you hard drive space?

  It is perhaps useful-

  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

  TaurArian [MVP] 2005-2011. The information has been provided * being * with no guarantee or warranty.