delete archived update file?

[lilfrancisco]

i recevied some windows xp updates and it gave me the option to archive the updates, and i did. it took almost 2 gigs of hard drive space.... how can i erase the archives?

[scouse]

Goto add and remove they are there just double click them..

goto start then control panel then add/remove look and you will see em there.

You obviously downloaded SP1, i have rarely heard of it giving problems, are you sure that it is SP1 giving you problems? or are you deleting due to the size? if so i would keep the service pa if i was you for security reasons.

[dTx]

yea i wanted to do the same thing and delete all my updates and start from scratch.. i noticed some folders in my c:/ drive, like wutemp and something like cj8 and another folder called 8c45798d44478847493cbacf53ed775c... can i erase these folders and start a new update? thanks guys..

[scouse]

Any updates you have have done from M$ will be listed in add/remove, the ones that are safe to remove. Others are integrated into the system without an option to delete them. But goto add/remove check for all updates and delete them from there.

If you have no stability problems and have good hard drive space, have no viruses or spyware then i would not bother deleting files, don't fix what is not broke. I have done it were i messed about cleaning things up and messed my OS when i did not need to do in the first place..

Run the usual reg cleaning, spyware and AV. If all is good then if i was you i would leave it the way it is.
Also if you are unsure of what certain named files are for then just goto google and type the name of the file you will get a lot of news telling you what they are..
Atleast you get peace of mind to know what is what..

wutemp is fine it is only the windows update directory so leave that alone it is fine..

The folder called 8c45798d44478847493cbacf53ed775c you should double click the folder see what is in there and what programme is using it. I would not worry about it.