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Cleaning up your Tablet PC after SP2 installation

The Windows XP Service Pack 2 leaves files on your hard disk that you need if you were to uninstall the Service Pack. Once you are sure you are happy with SP2 then you might consider deleting the files:

(1) Make a restore point.

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Access the System Restore Wizard through Help and Support Center.
Click Create a restore point, and then click Next.
In the Restore point description box, type a name to identify this restore point. System Restore automatically adds to this name the date and time that this Restore Point is created.
To finish creating this restore point, click Create.
To cancel restore point creation and return to the Welcome to System Restore screen, click Back.
To cancel restore point creation and exit the System Restore Wizard, click Cancel.
(2) Delete other restore points
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Start - All Programs - Accessories - System Tools - Disk Cleanup
and in 'More Options' click the bottom button to remove all but the most recent restore point
(3) Delete the hidden folder of files that would be restored by an Uninstall

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C:\Windows\$NTServicePackUninstall
WARNING: If you try to use the 'Remove' for Windows XP Service Pack 2 in Add/remove programs then it will fail and offer to remove itself.

(4) Delete Download files in C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download

Note: This will depend on how you did the installation.

(5) If you downloaded the installation file then burn this file to a CD. Store it as a backup in case you need to reinstall the Windows XP Service Pack 2.

(6) Remove the installation's temporary folder. It will be on the drive where you downloaded the setup files, so probably C: and have a long name of random letters. If it is still around, delete it.

(7) There is a large folder C:\Windows\ServicePackFiles.

WARNING: Do not delete this - it will be used in future by Windows File Protection - but on an NTFS disk you can compress it to save about 200MB of disk space. Right click on it, Properties, click the Advanced button, and select 'Compress'

Note: This document is not original but modified from Alex Nichol's Aumha Forums.
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