Re: what is Window HPHotfix?

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From: Ken Blake (kblake_at_this.is.an.invalid.domain)
Date: 08/10/04


Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 16:19:04 -0700

In news:3bc601c47f2f$9d870ac0$a501280a@phx.gbl,
margaret <margaret@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:

> Hi, I looked in add remove programs and found about 30 of
> these, all with different numbers after Hotfix...like
> WindowHPHotfix KB821557.Some said (See Q316397 for more
> information)after Hotfix.I rarely go into add remove so I
> don't know how long they have been there.

These are the critical updates (mostly security-oriented) that
you've been downloading all along. Do not remove these, or you
will put back the security exposures they were designed to fix.
You can however delete their backup files. See
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_hotfix_backup.htm

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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