Webuser Forums: Delete updates ?

I'm sure that what BurrWalnut says is right, but I don't think that removing some of the Hotfixes will make a vast difference to the space available on your C drive, but it's up to you. When Windows XP SP2 was reinstalled on this PC late last year, all the Hotfixes were downloaded automatically from MS again, so I assumed they were necessary and they're still there. I'd be a bit wary of getting rid of them, but I'm probably too cautious!
Like you, I have a 40GB drive, but I'm using only about 8GB. I've got all the Hotfixes, 49 if I've counted them correctly, and 8 Office updates, so they can't be taking up all that much space. In your Add or Remove Programs, are there any very big programs? One quite big program is J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 6, which weighs in at 119MB. When Java does updates, the older versions are left there, so if that's the case with you, get rid of the previous versions.
Another thing you can do is run Disk Cleanup regularly, this might free up some space, run Disk Defragmenter too. Also, don't keep a lot of stuff in the Recycle Bin, every little helps! Another thing which can take up a lot of space over time is System Restore; if you've got a lot of restore points, you can get rid of all of them except the most recent one by clicking on the 'More Options' tab on Disk Cleanup and doing it there. Be sure that you're not likely to need any earlier restore points before doing this, but if you're PC's running OK, it should be all right. I do it quite often and it hasn't caused me any problems so far. Your PC sets aside 12% of its capacity for System Restore by default, you could reduce this by going to Control Panel>System>System Restore tab and change it by using the slider there. Mine's set at 5% and I still get plenty of restore points.
The same thing applies to the Recycle Bin. I think the default for that is 10%, but you could try reducing that too. Right click on the Recycle Bin and then on 'Properties', there's a slider there too.
I can't think of anything else at the moment!
Madeline.

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