RE: uninstall packages

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Hi Ricard,

Thank you for posting in SBS newsgroup.

When you install a Windows Update or Hot Fix, a folder named
$NtUninstallxxxxxx$ will be created under the WINNT folder. When you
install Service Pack, a folder named $NTServicePackUninstall$ will also be
created. These folders contain the uninstallation files for these Windows
Updates and service pack. They keep the original version of the files
replaced by the updates and service pack. With these folders, you can
uninstall the updates and service pack in case some cause problems to the
system. If your system runs well, you can safely remove the folders. For
more information, see:

290402 HOW TO: Remove the Service Pack Restore Files and Folders in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=290402

It seems that your system drive (C:) is lack of free space. If that is the
case, you can try the following suggestions in addition to deleting the
$NtUninstallxxxxxx$ folders to free up the disk space:

1. Use the Disk Cleanup tool to delete all temporary files. You can launch
the tool from Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> Disk
Cleanup.
2. Perform an online backup of the Exchange Information Store to purge the
transaction log files. You can use either the Windows built-in NTBackup
tool or an Exchange-aware third party backup tool. To use NTBackup to
backup Exchange information store, you can refer to the following Microsoft
KB article:

258243 How to Back Up and Restore an Exchange Computer by Using the Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=258243

3. Use the "Eseutil /d" command to defrag the Exchange server databases.
When the users delete messages, the size of the database will keep the same
and you must perform an offline defragmentation using the exeutil tool to
reduce the Exchange database seize. Please note that defragmenting a
database requires free disk space equal to 110 percent of the size of the
database that you want to process so if you do not have enough free space
to run the eseutil tool, you can defrag the database on another computer.
See:

328804 How to Defragment Exchange Databases
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=328804

192185 XADM: How to Defragment with the Eseutil Utility (Eseutil.exe)
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=192185

4. If a defrag still cannot free up much space of your C drive, you can
consider moving the Exchange databases and log files to another hard drive
with bigger capacity. You can refer to the following MS KB articles to get
more information on doing this:

257184 XADM: How to Move Exchange Databases and Logs in Exchange 2000 Server
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=257184

270693 How to Change Database File (.edb and .stm) Locations in Exchange
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=270693

Please always remember to do full backup of your server in case of
problems. You can refer to the following articles to do a backup of SBS:

Backup and Recovery for Small Business Server 2000
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sbs/2000/maintain/bkuprcvr.mspx

Backing Up and Restoring Windows Small Business Server 2003:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/d/8/bd8e1a40-d202-429a-8eb7-26300d6
2bcc9/BKU_BkupRstr.doc

I also provide the following KB articles for your reference:

814594 How to Locate and Correct Disk Space Problems on NTFS Volumes
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=814594

253597 Automating Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=253597

318759 HOW TO: Use the Disk Defragmenter Tool in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=318759

310312 Description of the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310312

Please feel free to let me know if you have any further concerns or
questions regarding the issue.

Best regards,

Crina Li (MSFT)

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| From: "Ricardo" <Itsme75@xxxxxxxxx>
| Subject: uninstall packages
| Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 06:52:56 -0400
| | Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs
| |
| I'm in need of additional disk space can I delete the uninstall files
left
| in the winnt directory by updates.
|
|
|

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