XP automatic updates: how to "clear patch history" ?

From memory if you delete those folders the auto windows update will not see
them and assumes no longer hae those updates and will offer them to you
again to be installeed. Upon which you would need to know their numbers and
manually (at windows update page) configure windowsupdate to cease
presenting them to you.
The left of windows update screen has a line for configuring or customising
or some such wording and you untick the ones you dont want.
Personally I believe it will get to be a big pain to have to constantly do
that ...Are you so short of Hard disk space that you cant leave them there
....a damn side easier
re the update working without your permission , it appears your settings are
set that way ..ie "to download and then notify me before installation that
you want to install updates".
There are a couple of other settings available if this one taunts you.
Freda
<NumberOne29@Yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> I had my first experience with automatic XP Home
> updates.
>
> The "update wizard" reported at some point that it had
> automatically downloaded a series of updates (in
> the background, without my permission), and was
> ready to install them.
>
> So I did intall the updates, and all went OK.
>
> I later noticed that many directories appeared on
> one of my HD partitions (the biggest), which I
> concluded contain all the updates.
>
> The updates are also listed in ctrl-panel's
> "add/remove programs".
>
> I find it quite annoying to have directories pop-up
> like that, and have my installed programs list "clogged"
> by all those updates.
>
> Once I'm convinced that my system is stable (and won't
> uninstall the updates), can I just delete those directories,
> and somehow "clean" the installed programs list?
>
> Thanks.
>
>