MS had me remove SP2, but since I had post SP2 updates, I couldn't even boot
into windows.
That is until I uninstalled the post updates.

This was six months after sp2.

Why remove something that you may need to uninstall later?

Just keep it, storage is dirt cheap.

I paid $56 for 2350GB hard drive at Fry's.

"Robert Williams" <RobertW@danjonengineering.com> wrote in message
news:OXbnoQVEGHA.3064@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Ok, well maybe not delete then immediately after I install the update, but
> once the update is on my system and has been running for a while, say a
> month or so, would it be ok to delete them?
>
> Thanks
>
> RW
>
>
> "Tom" <wtf@wtf.com> wrote in message
> news:OhEIXMVEGHA.1012@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> : well, considering that a recent update has broken many systems, I
> wouldn't
> :
> :
> : "Robert Williams" <RobertW@danjonengineering.com> wrote in message
> : news:%23GRNvJVEGHA.516@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> : > Under the %WINDIR% there is a long list of folders that include
> uninstall
> : > information for the many patches that have been installed on my
> computers.
> : >
> : > I'm obviously NOT going to uninstall any of these security patches, so
> can
> : > these folders be deleted without harming the operation of the
> computer?
> : >
> : > TIA
> : >
> : > RW
> : >
> : >
> :
> :
>
>