which security updates should be kept, which can be deleted?

From: Stan Hill (pumex_at_shaw.ca)
Date: 10/21/04 

Date: 21 Oct 2004 14:19:43 -0700

I have the following Windows security updates listed under the
Add/Remove in the Control Panel:

WebFldrs XP
Windows Media Player Hotfix (see wm828026 for more information)
Windows XP Hotfix KB810217
Windows XP Hotfix KB821557
Windows XP Hotfix KB823182
Windows XP Hotfix KB823559
Windows XP Hotfix KB824105
Windows XP Hotfix KB824141
Windows XP Hotfix KB824146
Windows XP Hotfix KB825119
Windows XP Hotfix KB828028
Windows XP Hotfix KB828035
Windows XP Hotfix KB828741
Windows XP Hotfix KB834707
Windows XP Hotfix KB835732
Windows XP Hotfix KB837001
Windows XP Hotfix KB839643
Windows XP Hotfix KB839645
Windows XP Hotfix KB840315
Windows XP Hotfix KB840374
Windows XP Hotfix KB840987
Windows XP Hotfix KB841873
Windows XP Hotfix KB842773
Windows XP Hotfix (SP2) [see Q329048 for more information]
Windows XP Hotfix (SP2) [see Q329115 for more information]
Windows XP Hotfix (SP2) [see Q329390 for more information]
Windows XP Hotfix (SP2) [see Q329834 for more information]
Windows XP Hotfix (SP2) Q328310
Windows XP Hotfix (SP2) Q329170
Windows XP Hotfix (SP2) Q329441
Windows XP Hotfix (SP2) Q810565
Windows XP Hotfix (SP2) Q810577
Windows XP Hotfix (SP2) Q810883
Windows XP Hotfix (SP2) Q811493
Windows XP Hotfix (SP2) Q814033
Windows XP Hotfix (SP2) Q815021
Windows XP Hotfix (SP2) Q817287
Windows XP Hotfix (SP2) Q817606
Windows XP Hotfix (SP2) Q819696

Do I need all of them? Can I safely remove any of them? A week ago I
had about 360MB of free space. Now I get "low disk space" or "very low
disk space" messages every day. I was forced to remove a number of
programs already, but still it's not enough. Can I avoid getting
bigger hard drive by getting rid of some (at least) of those updates?
For example anything without (SP2)?...

Thanks in advance for any help!

Stan

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