Re: does sp2 remove previous hotfixes?

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From: Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 08/15/04 

Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 01:07:18 +0200

Mike Brannigan [MSFT] wrote:

> "Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" <Torgeir.Bakken-spam@hydro.com> wrote:
>>Mike Brannigan [MSFT] wrote:
>>
>>>"dmac" <dmacleo@tds1.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>just installed sp2 and all my previous hotfixes are not showing
>>>>under add/remove programs even with the update box checked.
>>>>folders are still there in c drive though..
>>>
>>>This is the correct behaviour as SP2 replaces all your previous fixes.
>>
>>But not the previous fixes uninstall folders (%windir%\$NtUninstall...)
>>as dmac found out, only the entries in ARP.
>
>
> Yes, because if you regress out SP2, you still must be able to then
> uninstall the hotfixes also if you wish to regress further backwards.
Hi

Yepp, I explained this for dmac in my post to him in this thread
(just in a bit different wording). 

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