I always delete those after a while, until I see that the patch didn't do anything bad. More unregularly (once every 2nd month or so) I use Spybot S&D and run the tool called System Internals (I think it's called) and let it scan the registry and remove the pointers to the removed uninstall-folders. HTH. _____ From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jensen, Douglas Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 3:48 PM To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [windows2000] Uninstall Information Is it ever safe to delete uninstall information on a Windows 2000 server? Some of them date back to 2003. All those folders in the c:\winnt folder with names like $NTUniunstallKBxxxxxx$ Douglas Jensen <mailto:Douglas.Jensen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Douglas.Jensen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Voice (952) 402-9821 Fax (952) 402-9815 Network Administrator Scott Carver Dakota CAP Agency, Inc. 712 Canterbury Road Shakopee, MN 55379 <file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/djensen.SCDCAP/Application%20Data/Micro soft/Signatures/www.capagency.org> www.capagency.org