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Group: microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize · Group Profile
Author: TwayneTwayne Date: Aug 24, 2008 15:09
> "Actually, unless you tell it not to, windows will compress seldom
> used files anyway, including the uninstall files."
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> That's not quite correct. The uninstall folders for Microsoft updates
> are downloaded as compressed archives. Windows XP only compresses
> seldom used files if you ask the Disk Cleanup Wizard to do that.
Hmm, Didn't know that about the updates uninstalls being compressed when
they were created; could very well be.
You're right about Disk Cleanup having an option to compress files; but
somehow there is/are another way/s it occurs. I've noted it happening
multiple times that previously uncompressed files became compressed but
I can't back that up with anything to prove it; it's just a memory since
it didn't matter to me other than as a "huh" when it happened.
I'm not arguing with you; you are right in what you say. As a matter of
curiousity though I thought I'd post this to see if it triggered anyone
else's memory. I'm sure it wasn't just pipe dreams. Then again...
Cheers,
Twayne
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> Leonard Grey
> Errare humanum est
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> Twayne wrote:
>>> Smirnoff wrote:
>>>> Yes, I'm beginning to think that they are downloaded as compressed
>>>> files.
>>> What's downloaded doesn't end up in the uninstall folders; it is
>>> what gets replaced that ends up there (so you can put it back if you
>>> uninstall).
>>> However, it would also make sense if the downloaded files were
>>> compressed, as that might save some network bandwidth. I'd be just a
>>> little concerned, however, that an additional uncompress stage would
>>> be one more place where things could go wrong, and when dealing with
>>> operating system executable files, you really need to eliminate any
>>> possibility of error.
>>>
>>> Mind, the compress/uncompress algorithms must be pretty well
>>> debugged by now... imagine the mayhem if there were any errors
>>> (shudder).
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>> Actually, unless you tell it not to, windows will compress seldom
>> used files anyway, including the uninstall files. Mine are all
>> compressed along with several other files; and windows did it, not
>> me.
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