| 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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