[H] Can I delete these uninstall folders from Win XP?

2010-09-18 Thread Veech
I have a ton of folders in the C drive Windows folder with names like $NtUninstallKB943055$ that are eating up a bunch of HD space. Can I delete these or would that mean I couldn't uninstall any of the associated programs? Maybe 300 of these that average 3 or 4 MB each.

Re: [H] Can I delete these uninstall folders from Win XP?

2010-09-18 Thread Veech
Follow up, these are XP SP2 uninstall files, total a bit over 1 GB. Any reason to keep them? - Original Message - From: "Veech" To: Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2010 02:45 Subject: [H] Can I delete these uninstall folders from Win XP? I have a ton of folders in the C drive Window

Re: [H] Can I delete these uninstall folders from Win XP?

2010-09-18 Thread Scoobydo
I've never uninstalled any Microsoft updates or patches and everything I've read about freeing up disk space says to delete them. I think that is for legacy business apps that an update may break so MS gives the option of rolling it back to a previous state. Have a nice weekend.. On Sat, 1

Re: [H] My new site.

2010-09-18 Thread Naushad, Zulfiqar
Just out of curiosity, how is the performance for you? I'll try to optimize the site a bit more tonight. -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Lane Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 3:58 AM To: hardware@h

Re: [H] replacing a laptop LCD

2010-09-18 Thread Gaffer
On Friday 17 September 2010 04:27:10 Winterlight wrote: > Today, somebody gave me their old laptop. Actually, it is not > very old at all, it was purchased new in 09 a little over a year > ago. It is a HPG70-463CL which is laptop with a 17 inch screen > designed to be parked. The had it on the f

Re: [H] Can I delete these uninstall folders from Win XP?

2010-09-18 Thread Winterlight
At 03:02 AM 9/18/2010, you wrote: Follow up, these are XP SP2 uninstall files, total a bit over 1 GB. Any reason to keep them? The only reason would be if you installed a patch and then had issues caused by the patch...but when has that ever happened. I routinely delete them all...and the al

Re: [H] Can I delete these uninstall folders from Win XP?

2010-09-18 Thread John R Steinbruner
+1 On Sep 18, 2010, at 9:47 AM, Winterlight wrote: > At 03:02 AM 9/18/2010, you wrote: >> Follow up, these are XP SP2 uninstall files, total a bit over 1 GB. Any >> reason to keep them? > > The only reason would be if you installed a patch and then had issues caused > by the patch...but when

Re: [H] Can I delete these uninstall folders from Win XP?

2010-09-18 Thread Veech
I have no plans to uninstall SP2, I like XP and will stick with it as long as I can. My C drive -- mainly the Windows folder -- is bloated. Weird thing happened, I managed to free up 1.8G of space last night mainly by moving these uninstall files to the external HD and deleting a bunch of o

Re: [H] My new site.

2010-09-18 Thread Jeff Lane
For what I looked at, it was neatly arranged, fast and concise. Generally, IMO, good show. Jeff Subject: Re: [H] My new site. Just out of curiosity, how is the performance for you? I'll try to optimize the site a bit more tonight. Subject: Re: [H] My new site. N

Re: [H] replacing a laptop LCD

2010-09-18 Thread Steve Tomporowski
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Re: [H] replacing a laptop LCD

2010-09-18 Thread Winterlight
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Re: [H] replacing a laptop LCD

2010-09-18 Thread tmservo
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Re: [H] replacing a laptop LCD

2010-09-18 Thread David L. Gabler
At 10:13 PM 9/18/2010, you wrote: Just curious...what is the charge to replace a LCD screen? HP wants 375 for a new display and that makes it prohibitive for a laptop that was 800 14-18 months ago even if I do it.. or is does it matter where you buy the display. Check this out maybe: h