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re: Question about 'What to Throw Away'
Thursday, September 30, 2004 at 7:30 pm
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Posted by sem (1 messages posted)

sp2, updates windows cleverly. after u've installed that latter pack, and run the winxp for a while, the famous older file between that sacred $ symboles will be automatically deleted!!!

On Sunday, September 5, 2004 at 12:45 pm, R Worley wrote:
>Windows XP SP2 createas a HIDDEN folder named C:\Windows\$NTServicePackUninstall$
>that contains over 416 MB. This folder is used only if you want to remove SP2 and
>can be safely deleted to free up space on your hard drive.
>
>In order to delete you must find and open the folder and locate the file "rtcimsp.dll"
>then cut and paste that file to a different location. Next go back to the $NTServicePackUninstall$
>folder and delete all the remaining files. Then delete the folder itself. Next
>locate the file "rtcimsp.dll" and delete it. It appears as if you must do this in
>this order in order to make it work.
>
>This seems to work but procede at your own risk, I would appreciate any comments
>on this procedure.
>
>
>

Written in response to:: re: Question about 'What to Throw Away' (R Worley: Sunday, September 5, 2004 at 12:45 pm)

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re: Question about 'What to Throw Away' (John S.: Sun, Jan 19, 2003, 11:29 am)

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re: Question about 'What to Throw Away' (zn: Mon, Jun 16, 2003, 7:35 pm)

re: Question about 'What to Throw Away' (JackandJohn: Sun, Oct 5, 2003, 10:59 pm)

re: Question about 'What to Throw Away' (WDGC: Sun, Jan 30, 2005, 9:39 pm)

re: Question about 'What to Throw Away' (D: Wed, Dec 3, 2003, 2:04 pm)

re: Question about 'What to Throw Away' (R Worley: Sun, Sep 5, 2004, 12:45 pm)

re: Question about 'What to Throw Away' (sem: Thu, Sep 30, 2004, 7:30 pm)

re: Question about 'What to Throw Away' (Steve Webster: Mon, Jan 10, 2005, 6:06 pm)

re: Question about 'What to Throw Away' (Laird: Mon, Sep 27, 2004, 1:37 pm)

re: Question about 'What to Throw Away' (Norbert: Mon, Jan 24, 2005, 5:13 pm)

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