New folders in system folder

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I noticed that 2 of our Win 2003 servers have some folders under the WINDOWS
folder with names like NS9_KB933508_ENU or SQL9_KB933508_ENU, etc. What are
these folders for? Are they from hotfix/updates or something? Can I get
rid of them and their contents? Thanks.

David
 
Re: New folders in system folder

Hello David,

Do they have a "$" before?

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> I noticed that 2 of our Win 2003 servers have some folders under the
> WINDOWS folder with names like NS9_KB933508_ENU or SQL9_KB933508_ENU,
> etc. What are these folders for? Are they from hotfix/updates or
> something? Can I get rid of them and their contents? Thanks.
>
> David
>
 
Re: New folders in system folder

No. But there are several folders like that at the top of the windows
folder. I always assumed those were uninstall files from past updates.

David
"Meinolf Weber" <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote in message
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> Hello David,
>
> Do they have a "$" before?
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
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> confers no rights.
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>
>> I noticed that 2 of our Win 2003 servers have some folders under the
>> WINDOWS folder with names like NS9_KB933508_ENU or SQL9_KB933508_ENU,
>> etc. What are these folders for? Are they from hotfix/updates or
>> something? Can I get rid of them and their contents? Thanks.
>>
>> David
>>
>
>
 
Re: New folders in system folder

Hello David,

Are these .txt? Then they are the install logfiles.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> No. But there are several folders like that at the top of the windows
> folder. I always assumed those were uninstall files from past updates.
>
> David
> "Meinolf Weber" <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote in message
> news:ff16fb66a1a38cafcec36cf9f70@msnews.microsoft.com...
>> Hello David,
>>
>> Do they have a "$" before?
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Meinolf Weber
>> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
>> confers no rights.
>> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
>> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>>> I noticed that 2 of our Win 2003 servers have some folders under the
>>> WINDOWS folder with names like NS9_KB933508_ENU or
>>> SQL9_KB933508_ENU, etc. What are these folders for? Are they from
>>> hotfix/updates or something? Can I get rid of them and their
>>> contents? Thanks.
>>>
>>> David
>>>
 
Re: New folders in system folder

No, they are not.
They have folders under them as follows
1028
1031
1033,
etc.

Most of the files are dll, exe, inf, etc.
In the main folder, e.g. NS9_KB933508_ENU there are files such as
hotfix.exe, dumpdatastore.dll, dbghelp.dll, msvcr80.dll, etc.

David
"Meinolf Weber" <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote in message
news:ff16fb66a1b08cafceda6fa91a0@msnews.microsoft.com...
> Hello David,
>
> Are these .txt? Then they are the install logfiles.
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
> confers no rights.
> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>
>> No. But there are several folders like that at the top of the windows
>> folder. I always assumed those were uninstall files from past updates.
>>
>> David
>> "Meinolf Weber" <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote in message
>> news:ff16fb66a1a38cafcec36cf9f70@msnews.microsoft.com...
>>> Hello David,
>>>
>>> Do they have a "$" before?
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>>
>>> Meinolf Weber
>>> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
>>> confers no rights.
>>> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
>>> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>>>> I noticed that 2 of our Win 2003 servers have some folders under the
>>>> WINDOWS folder with names like NS9_KB933508_ENU or
>>>> SQL9_KB933508_ENU, etc. What are these folders for? Are they from
>>>> hotfix/updates or something? Can I get rid of them and their
>>>> contents? Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> David
>>>>
>
>
 
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