planning to remove security updates? help

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Allan wrote:

> Window xp media center 05 with sp2
>
> Im planning to remove Security updates on Add/remove. If i remove this
> recent Window XP SP2 Security Updates that i downloaded from Windows Update.
> Will all the security update be available again on the Windows Update?
>
> Im planning to remove all this security update because im not fully sure if
> its really installed on my computer? or does anyone know how i can reinstall
> it? because when i installed this following security update i got Window
> Media Center 2004 with sp2 installed. then i got the HP media center 2005
> upgrade dvd with sp2 on it and installed it, after installing Media Center
> 2005 i went to add/remove and notice all the software security update was
> gone? so i went to window update and check the critical update and it has 7
> update availabe but each one has a exclamation icon that has message saying
> its already installed on your computer but its not on the add remove, so
> decided to install it again but when i did, it didn't download the security
> update instead it says intializing...done software installed and check
> add/remove and all the security update is there.
>
> KB886185
> KB873339
> KB885836
> Kb885835
> KB834707
> KB890175 this is the security update im planing to remove.
Hi

Instead of uninstalling them, I suggest you download and (re-)install
the updates manually.

You will find download links for the updates you have listed here:


KB886185
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;886185

KB873339
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/s [...] 4-043.mspx

KB885836
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/s [...] 4-041.mspx

KB885835
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/s [...] 4-044.mspx

KB834707
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/s [...] 4-038.mspx

KB890175
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/s [...] 5-001.mspx


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