Re: Removing Uninstall fles in SBS2K

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your situation is why we always tell people to plan on installing SBS at
least three times - so that you can get it right, and get it configured the
way you want, not the way that a vendor (like Dell) has decided they will
ship it!

--
Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]
"The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are seldom long"


"Netnathan" <n.a.smith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:u574k9lNFHA.2132@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> The 4GB partition is exactly what I am going thru.
> It has been a nightmare for a while now.
> I have to redistribute my raid 5. We bought the system from Dell and they
> sent it with a 4GB container and a 120GB container.
> I am always trying to keep about 300mb free. So I am always doing
> maintenence.
>
> -nn
>
> "Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" <gwdibble@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> message news:%232BY6ZkNFHA.2132@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> It seems like service packs that replace the updates will sometimes
>> delete the uninstall files. Deleting them manually should have no effect
>> other than the obvious loss of the ability to uninstall the patch.
>>
>> FWIW, I've got to say that I have never uninstalled any kind of update
>> more than a day or two after having installed it. When I was running SBS
>> 2K on a 4 gb partition, I did everything with those files - moved them
>> elsewhere, burned them on CDs, anything to get rid of them. I was
>> paranoid about needing them later, but I never did.
>>
>> I don't want to tell you to delete them and then have you run into an
>> issue, but that said, I've never heard of anyone deleting them and then
>> being sorry they did. Microsoft used to recommend against deleting
>> service pack uninstalls (as opposed to regular patches and hotfixes) -
>> I'm not sure of the current recommendation on SPs. You might have to
>> look at a bunch of non-functional uninstall entries in add/remove, but
>> you can reg edit them out if you care, or just ignore them. I've got 70+
>> uninstalls on my SBS03 right now - I can see where deleting them would
>> free up some space. Also, don't forget temp files, and ISA and IIS logs.
>> I've saved a bunch of those and never looked at them again, too.
>>
>>
>> "Netnathan" <n.a.smith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:elYrMNkNFHA.1300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Free space is what I am looking for.
>>> You make it sound like at some time the Control Panel-Add/Remove
>>> Programs interface will remove the link to the update or patch allowing
>>> for it to be deleted. Is this true?
>>> I was sort of wishing it would give you the ability to remove the
>>> uninstall files. I have no reason of keeping any uninstall files except
>>> the last month, maybe.
>>> I assume that I can just delete them?
>>>
>>> -nn
>>>
>>> "Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" <gwdibble@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>>> message news:eMmJUqiNFHA.2144@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Blue means they're compressed. As you'd expect, if you remove the
>>>> uninstall files you won't be able to remove whatever patch or update
>>>> they apply to (which seems likely to be a minor issue). What I do is
>>>> to look in Control Panel/Add and Remove. If an update is listed there,
>>>> I leave the uninstall files, and if it's not I delete them. But mostly
>>>> I ignore the whole issue unless I'm trying to free up some drive space
>>>> : -)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Netnathan" <n.a.smith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>> news:%236Y3ehiNFHA.2356@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> SBS2K
>>>>> Under WINNT.SBS, I have several folders in blue from old service pack
>>>>> and windows update installations. Can these be deleted? Do the
>>>>> files in blue mean thay are no longer used?
>>>>>
>>>>> -nn
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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