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   From: glee29@spamindspring.com   
      
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   "Greegor"  wrote in message   
   news:4ecf2087-f769-4c19-803b-9faaf795a626@nl3g2000pbc.googlegroups.com...   
   >I stand by my comment about people who would   
   > remove uninstall files in some perverse attempt to   
   > save hard disk space.  They have other "comorbidities"   
   > like the habit of not making backups.   
      
      
   That's a totally unsupported as well as illogical conclusion with no   
   basis.   
      
      
   > What are the specs of the system you did that to,   
   > Ammammata?   
   >   
   > As others have pointed out, that method of   
   > freeing space can easily become catastrophic.   
      
      
   No, not catastrophic.  Removing the $NTUninstall$ folders (which is what   
   the original post was about) only remove the ability to uninstall   
   updates and service packs.  Once a good period of time has gone by   
   following installation of those updates and service packs, the need to   
   have to uninstall them dwindles to nothing, and removing the uninstall   
   files does no harm.   
      
   >   
   > If you really want to pare down Windows, you   
   > could use nLite, and slipstream it, which would   
   > gain you a lot more space, but deleting 100K   
   > of uninstall files from an 8 to 10 GB Windows install   
   > is perverse, obsessive and actually counterproductive.   
      
      
   Where did you come up with 100K??  The $NTUninstall$ files take up in   
   the range of 1.5GB or more.   
      
   >   
   > Do you think a "neurotypical" person would   
   > do that rather than add more hard disk space   
   > or replace the drive with a larger one, Glen?   
      
      
   Yes, if they could not afford a new hard drive and did not want to   
   remove certain other files.  This was already mentioned.  I have worked   
   on client machines that had a small hard drive in good working order,   
   and the client could not afford to replace the drive at this time.  In   
   such cases, every bit of extra space that can be gained can be   
   important.   
      
   >   
   > Glen > As for your comment concerning backups,   
   > Glen > there is no relationship whatsoever between   
   > Glen > someone trying to gain disk space and   
   > Glen > your claim that such a person doesn't do backups.   
   >   
   > Somebody who would delete 100K of uninstall files   
   > on an 8GB+ system install sure sounds to ME like   
   > the kind who is short on space, as in too short on   
   > space to make backups because they lack   
   > common sense enough to replace and enlarge   
   > their hard disk.   
      
      
   What pray tell does it have to do with backups?  Only a fool would   
   create their backups on the same physical drive as the original data....   
   which I see from another of your posts today in this group (re: Best   
   Restore Method) is what you foolishly do, by suggesting to create your   
   system image on the same physical drive as your OS and data.   
      
   >   
   > Aspies typically lack common sense, among other things.   
      
   Now you are just showing your ignorance.  People with Asperger's   
   Syndrome have repetitive behaviors, lack of empathy, difficulty with   
   social interaction.... but it has nothing to do with "lack of common   
   sense".  "Aspies" are more often than not very intelligent and have no   
   "common sense" issues.   
   --   
   Glen Ventura   
   MS MVP  Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009   
   CompTIA A+   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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