Can I safely erase/delete old updates from MS and other Companies?
I am looking at hundreds of updates from many software companies and it seems that they are taking up a large amount of space that I could really use. I need to know if the updates depend on the prior updates to complete what ever package they are working with on my computer. What I would like would be able to erase all older updates since they are no longer of value my system that they have done their job and a newer update has taken the older one's place. Is that close to possible or just wishful thinking on my part?If there is a way to delete these safely could someone in detail describe how it is done? I have already deleted my %temp% and temp files. Are there any other files that can be dumped as well? What about older downloads once they are loaded?Thanks for any help someone can offer. 2 people need an answerI do too
July 23rd, 2010 12:07am

It depends where you are seeing these updates, and what exactly they are, if you are seeing updates in Add/Remove many of them cannot be removed, unless of course you want to then 're-update'As a start run DiskCleanup to remove unwanted files
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July 23rd, 2010 3:13am

On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:13:40 +0000, Palcouk wrote:It depends where you are seeing these updates, and what exactly they are, if you are seeing updates in Add/Remove many of them cannot be removed, unless of course you want to then 're-update'To davesintexas: what Palcouk says above is correct, but I wanted toadd just one thing: Typically the amount of disk space these sort of things consume soundslike a lot, but in actuality is a tiny amount. These days, when youcan buy a 2TB drive for $120 US, each GB of disk space is only worthabout six cents.Going to lengths (and risks) to save a few pennies worth of disk spacemakes no sense. There are things you can do to save some disk space,but at best they are all stopgap measures, and if you do them, youwill almost certainly soon find yourself back in the same situation.The only real solution is to buy a bigger hard drive.Ken Blake
July 23rd, 2010 10:28pm

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