Add/Subtract Programs - Microsoft Updates included?


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Add/Subtract Programs - Microsoft Updates included?
by Bob Cole on Nov 29, 2005 at 2:29:49 am

I've been trying to clean up a computer, going through many old, unused programs and weeding them out.

In Control Panel/Add and Remove Programs, I found many, many Windows security updates. Can I remove these?

-- BC

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Re: Add/Subtract Programs - Microsoft Updates included?
by mike velte on Nov 29, 2005 at 12:24:09 pm

You can remove any or all updates, but why?

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Re: Add/Subtract Programs - Microsoft Updates included?
by Bob Cole on Nov 29, 2005 at 5:53:20 pm

in the Add/Remove programs list, files that may simply be the updaters themselves (not the updated files) are referred to as programs. I'm asking whether you can remove them.

I am not certain whether they are actually part of the operating system or not. They are labelled as:

Windows XP - Software Updates
Windows XP Hotfix - KB888302
Windows XP Hotfix - KB888113
Security Update for Windows XP (KB883939)

etc. etc. There are many of them.

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Re: Add/Subtract Programs - Microsoft Updates included?
by mike velte on Nov 30, 2005 at 12:38:43 pm

Uninstalling a operating system update should restore the original files and registry entries just like you have not done the update.

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Re: Add/Subtract Programs - Microsoft Updates included?
by Bob Cole on Dec 1, 2005 at 3:47:43 am

Thanks. It just seemed odd that MS updates occupy so many lines in my Add/Subtract Programs list. But I'll leave them alone!

-- BC

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