XP SP2 Automatic Updates - How much disk space do they use?

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I know there is obviously no single answer for this question, but does
anybody happen to know vaguely the sort of size the average automatic/
security update would normally take up in XP SP2?

e.g. would a single update usually be, say, a few megabytes, or could
a single update be in the order of a hundred meg or more? I am
beginning to run short of space on my system drive (between 1 - 2 GB
left) and not much else I can free up now, so have actually turned
Automatic Updates off for the moment simply because I have absolutely
no idea the sort of space that is being eaten up each time one is
installed.
 
mtuj1974@googlemail.com wrote:

>I know there is obviously no single answer for this question, but does
>anybody happen to know vaguely the sort of size the average automatic/
>security update would normally take up in XP SP2?
>
>e.g. would a single update usually be, say, a few megabytes, or could
>a single update be in the order of a hundred meg or more? I am
>beginning to run short of space on my system drive (between 1 - 2 GB
>left) and not much else I can free up now, so have actually turned
>Automatic Updates off for the moment simply because I have absolutely
>no idea the sort of space that is being eaten up each time one is
>installed.

Normal updates are usually small, and even if MS pops up some month
with a dozen or more, it's unlikely they'll come to a gig combined.

Still, it's obviously time to think about getting another hard drive.
 
Have a look under your C:\windows dir (turn on display of system and hidden
folders) and delete all the $NtUninstall...$ dirs. They're not needed unless
you want to uninstall patches you have already installed, and they can chew
up a fair amount of space.

You can also delete everything under
C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download.

Nick

<mtuj1974@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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>I know there is obviously no single answer for this question, but does
> anybody happen to know vaguely the sort of size the average automatic/
> security update would normally take up in XP SP2?
>
> e.g. would a single update usually be, say, a few megabytes, or could
> a single update be in the order of a hundred meg or more? I am
> beginning to run short of space on my system drive (between 1 - 2 GB
> left) and not much else I can free up now, so have actually turned
> Automatic Updates off for the moment simply because I have absolutely
> no idea the sort of space that is being eaten up each time one is
> installed.
 
On 13 Jun, 12:42, "Nick Payne" <some...@nowhere.au> wrote:
> Have a look under your C:\windows dir (turn on display of system and hidden
> folders) and delete all the $NtUninstall...$ dirs. They're not needed unless
> you want to uninstall patches you have already installed, and they can chew
> up a fair amount of space.
>
> You can also delete everything under
> C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download.
>
> Nick
>
> <mtuj1...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:46c7a9fd-778a-4aff-84c6-a4a5d599dc6c@2g2000hsn.googlegroups.com...
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>
>
> >I know there is obviously no single answer for this question, but does
> > anybody happen to know vaguely the sort of size the average automatic/
> > security update would normally take up in XP SP2?
>
> > e.g. would a single update usually be, say, a few megabytes, or could
> > a single update be in the order of a hundred meg or more? I am
> > beginning to run short of space on my system drive (between 1 - 2 GB
> > left) and not much else I can free up now, so have actually turned
> > Automatic Updates off for the moment simply because I have absolutely
> > no idea the sort of space that is being eaten up each time one is
> > installed.- Hide quoted text -
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> - Show quoted text -


Thanks guys, appreciate your assistance.

MTUJ
 
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