How to delete installed Vista's updates from Window Update?

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Phillip Pi

Hi!

In Windows XP and 2000, Windows Updates files (not SP1) are left behind
in those compressed (if using NTFS) $NtUninstall... folders/directories
so they can be uninstalled if needed. In Vista, I can't seem to find
them and Google doesn't seem to know from its search results. Does
anyone know where they are stored since these updates seem to be hogging
my C: drive?

Thank you in advance. :)
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[And you work for Symantec? Scares me...]

Phillip Pi wrote:
> Hi!
>
> In Windows XP and 2000, Windows Updates files (not SP1) are left behind
> in those compressed (if using NTFS) $NtUninstall... folders/directories
> so they can be uninstalled if needed. In Vista, I can't seem to find
> them and Google doesn't seem to know from its search results. Does
> anyone know where they are stored since these updates seem to be hogging
> my C: drive?
>
> Thank you in advance. :)
> =
> Phillip Pi
> Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
> ISP/Symantec Online Services, Consumer Business Unit
> Symantec Corporation
 
C:/Windows/SoftwareDistribution

google : vista updates folder

"Phillip Pi" <phillip_pi@symantec.comSYMC> wrote in message
news:e7LlFoi4IHA.5052@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Hi!
>
> In Windows XP and 2000, Windows Updates files (not SP1) are left behind in
> those compressed (if using NTFS) $NtUninstall... folders/directories so
> they can be uninstalled if needed. In Vista, I can't seem to find them and
> Google doesn't seem to know from its search results. Does anyone know
> where they are stored since these updates seem to be hogging my C: drive?
>
> Thank you in advance. :)
> --
> Phillip Pi
> Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
> ISP/Symantec Online Services, Consumer Business Unit
> Symantec Corporation
> www.symantec.com
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Email: phillip_pi@symantec.comSYMC (remove SYMC to reply by e-mail)
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Please do NOT e-mail me for technical support. DISCLAIMER: The views
> expressed in this posting are mine, and do not necessarily reflect the
> views of my employer. Thank you.
>
 
Good comment!
I like!!
It's definitely a worry!!!!!
No wonder I use Avast!
--
Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> [And you work for Symantec? Scares me...]
>
> Phillip Pi wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > In Windows XP and 2000, Windows Updates files (not SP1) are left behind
> > in those compressed (if using NTFS) $NtUninstall... folders/directories
> > so they can be uninstalled if needed. In Vista, I can't seem to find
> > them and Google doesn't seem to know from its search results. Does
> > anyone know where they are stored since these updates seem to be hogging
> > my C: drive?
> >
> > Thank you in advance. :)
> > =
> > Phillip Pi
> > Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
> > ISP/Symantec Online Services, Consumer Business Unit
> > Symantec Corporation
>
 
Thanks. I will look at that later today.


On 7/9/2008 7:08 PM PT, Hobbes typed:

> C:/Windows/SoftwareDistribution
>
> google : vista updates folder
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> In Windows XP and 2000, Windows Updates files (not SP1) are left
>> behind in those compressed (if using NTFS) $NtUninstall...
>> folders/directories so they can be uninstalled if needed. In Vista, I
>> can't seem to find them and Google doesn't seem to know from its
>> search results. Does anyone know where they are stored since these
>> updates seem to be hogging my C: drive?
>>
>> Thank you in advance. :)
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On 7/9/2008 8:13 PM PT, Mick Murphy typed:

> Good comment!
> I like!!
> It's definitely a worry!!!!!
> No wonder I use Avast!

:P
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That is only taking up 40 MB for me. Are you sure that's the place where
all installed updates files are stored? :(


> On 7/9/2008 7:08 PM PT, Hobbes typed:
>
>> C:/Windows/SoftwareDistribution
>>
>> google : vista updates folder
>>
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> In Windows XP and 2000, Windows Updates files (not SP1) are left
>>> behind in those compressed (if using NTFS) $NtUninstall...
>>> folders/directories so they can be uninstalled if needed. In Vista, I
>>> can't seem to find them and Google doesn't seem to know from its
>>> search results. Does anyone know where they are stored since these
>>> updates seem to be hogging my C: drive?
>>>
>>> Thank you in advance. :)
--
Phillip Pi
Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
ISP/Symantec Online Services, Consumer Business Unit
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com
-----------------------------------------------------
Email: phillip_pi@symantec.comSYMC (remove SYMC to reply by e-mail)
-----------------------------------------------------
Please do NOT e-mail me for technical support. DISCLAIMER: The views
expressed in this posting are mine, and do not necessarily reflect the
views of my employer. Thank you.
 
On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:25:42 -0700, Phillip Pi
<phillip_pi@symantec.comSYMC> wrote:

>That is only taking up 40 MB for me. Are you sure that's the place where
>all installed updates files are stored? :(

804 MB here.

>> On 7/9/2008 7:08 PM PT, Hobbes typed:
>>
>>> C:/Windows/SoftwareDistribution
>>>
>>> google : vista updates folder
>>>
>>>> Hi!
>>>>
>>>> In Windows XP and 2000, Windows Updates files (not SP1) are left
>>>> behind in those compressed (if using NTFS) $NtUninstall...
>>>> folders/directories so they can be uninstalled if needed. In Vista, I
>>>> can't seem to find them and Google doesn't seem to know from its
>>>> search results. Does anyone know where they are stored since these
>>>> updates seem to be hogging my C: drive?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you in advance. :)
 
85 MB here. All applied. SP1 clean was run. I think if something is hogging
your drive it is more likely restore images. Like molto gigs baby.

"Phillip Pi" <phillip_pi@symantec.comSYMC> wrote in message
news:eomedpr4IHA.3796@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> That is only taking up 40 MB for me. Are you sure that's the place where
> all installed updates files are stored? :(
>
 
Yeah, I disabled that too already since it was a bigger hogger and I
don't trust it. I also deleted the hibernate file by running Disk Cleanup.


On 7/10/2008 12:22 PM PT, Cameron Snyder wrote:

> 85 MB here. All applied. SP1 clean was run. I think if something is
> hogging your drive it is more likely restore images. Like molto gigs baby.
>
> "Phillip Pi" <phillip_pi@symantec.comSYMC> wrote in message
> news:eomedpr4IHA.3796@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> That is only taking up 40 MB for me. Are you sure that's the place
>> where all installed updates files are stored? :(
--
Phillip Pi
Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
ISP/Symantec Online Services, Consumer Business Unit
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com
-----------------------------------------------------
Email: phillip_pi@symantec.comSYMC (remove SYMC to reply by e-mail)
-----------------------------------------------------
Please do NOT e-mail me for technical support. DISCLAIMER: The views
expressed in this posting are mine, and do not necessarily reflect the
views of my employer. Thank you.
 

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