Mikeohioukus

Hello all.. i reformatted my whole computer and started from fresh.. I am now installing windows updates, When i started in my computer my hard disk space was on 141 GB... After installing the first lot of updates which are listed right below, It jumped down to 137, Surely they don't take a 4 GB!! Away for the following updates and SP2 hasn't even installed yet.


Updates are:

816093: Security Update Microsoft Virtual Machine (Microsoft VM)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB873339)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB885836)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB888302)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB891781)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB835732)
Security Update for Windows Messenger (KB887472)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB885835)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB896428)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB901214)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB890859)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB896358)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB893756)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB899591)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB899587)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB896423)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB902400)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB901017)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB905414)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB905749)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB905495)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB900725)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB896424)
Update for Windows XP (KB835409)
Update for Windows XP (KB910437)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB904706)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB908519)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB912919)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB911927)
Security Update for Windows Media Player Plug-in (KB911564)
Cumulative Security Update for Outlook Express 6 Service Pack 1 (KB911567)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB911562)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB908531)
Security Update for Windows Media Player 8 for Windows XP (KB917734)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB914389)
Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 (KB918439)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB917344)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB914798)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB913580)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB917953)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB911280)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB914388)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB921883)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB917422)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB920670)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB920683)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB921398)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB922616)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB919007)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB920685)
Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 (KB918899)
Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 (KB925486)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB923414)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB924496)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB923191)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB924191)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB922819)
Windows Genuine Advantage Notification (KB905474)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB890046)
Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - June 2007 (KB890830)

oscaryu1

They can take up that much space. I never install mine. Just disable it if your worried

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wizle

Install SP2 and most of those can be deleted since they will come with it

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hNic

they most definetly can take up that much space....and not to knock oscaryu1 for his suggestion but IMO!!!!! <- you should not disable updates...they are sent out to help (or at least try to) keep your PC as safe as possible with the exception of antivirus software

from my own personal experience a lot of the ppl whose PC's i've fixed never update and (i dunno about ur habits on the PC) go dilly dallying around on the internet and get infested with spyware and wut not

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oscaryu1

Well I use the same ol' computer as 3 years ago when I had dial up... and you probably dont know how long it took just to download a few 10MB files for update... it was horrible. Good this DSL is with me now... but I still diabled it. I will enable it today =) (oh yes, when I install t he updates it reallyslowed my cmoputer down)

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kof2000

go vista and you will have less updates when you reinstall

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780i | 790fx
8gb ddr1200 | 8gb ddr1200
2x150gb 3x1tb |2x250gb
3x8800gtx |3x2900xt 1gb
2x20xdvdrw |2x20xdvdrw
15in1 card reader |15in1 card reader
ng15/g9 |ng15/g9
1200w psu |1200w psu
2x28" LCD |2x28" LCD

JamesC

Only because Vista is new and broken.

Really though, install SP2 first, it will save you a lot of time.

kof2000

slipstream the updates next time then you dont have to redownload.

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QX9650@4.2 swiftech |9600@3.0 9700 nt
780i | 790fx
8gb ddr1200 | 8gb ddr1200
2x150gb 3x1tb |2x250gb
3x8800gtx |3x2900xt 1gb
2x20xdvdrw |2x20xdvdrw
15in1 card reader |15in1 card reader
ng15/g9 |ng15/g9
1200w psu |1200w psu
2x28" LCD |2x28" LCD