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More info?)
Thanks for help..
by the way, someone says delete EVERYTHING in
"%windir%\SoftwareDistribution\Download\"
should i do that also?
"Bert Kinney" <bert@NSmvps.org> ?¤J®ø®§·s?:u3HapuCIFHA.3612@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> I agree with Torgeir and here's way.
>
> The $hf_mig$ should *NOT* be removed.
> <snip from the following KB Article>
> When a security update, critical update, update, update rollup,
> driver, or feature pack installs GDR version files, the hotfix files
> are also copied to the %windir%\$hf_mig$ folder. This supports
> migration to the appropriate files if you later install a hotfix or
> service pack that includes earlier versions of these files. For
> example, consider the following scenario:
> 1. You apply a security update that installs a GDR version of File.dll
> with a version number of 5.2.3790.1000 and copies a hotfix version of
> File.dll with a version number of 5.2.3790.1000 to the
> %windir%\$hf_mig$ folder.
> 2. You apply a hotfix that includes a hotfix version of File.dll with
> a version number of 5.2.3790.0000.
> In this scenario the hotfix installation in step 2 installs the hotfix
> version of File.dll (version number 5.2.3790.1000) from the
> %windir%\$hf_mig$ folder instead of the hotfix version of File.dll
> (version number 5.2.3790.0000) from the hotfix package.
> Description of the contents of WinXP SP2 and Windows Server 2003
> software update packages
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;824994
>
> --
> Regards,
> Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
> http://dts-l.org/
>
>
>
> Õý°æÓû§ wrote:
>> Please see the picture...
>>
>>
http://www.myweb2005.com/temp/winupdateleft.jpg
>>
>> can i delete all folders begin with $?
>> there are total 18 folders begin with $
>> the first one is black color, the other 17 are blue color.
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