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The server had 300MB before I did some house keeping. &nbsp;I dont really think there is much room for more savings.
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The server had 300MB before I did some house keeping.  I dont really think there is much room for more savings.

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Did you go over all the options Leew mentions??
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Did you go over all the options Leew mentions??

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I'm not really interested in saving a few extra 100MB. &nbsp;I just want to know what the patches will use up so i can decide on installing them.
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I'm not really interested in saving a few extra 100MB.  I just want to know what the patches will use up so i can decide on installing them.

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You asked &quot;Is there an easy way to do this?&quot;<br />
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That was my suggestion :)<br />
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Otherwise updates usually only replace files that already exist.<br />
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The $uninstaller folder they create is usually the space that they consume.<br />
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The software distribution folder(That they are downloaded to) gets cleaned up automatically over time. <br />
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Unless they are service packs, they shouldnt take up much more space(Other than the already mentioned $uninstaller folder)
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You asked "Is there an easy way to do this?"

That was my suggestion :)

Otherwise updates usually only replace files that already exist.

The $uninstaller folder they create is usually the space that they consume.

The software distribution folder(That they are downloaded to) gets cleaned up automatically over time.

Unless they are service packs, they shouldnt take up much more space(Other than the already mentioned $uninstaller folder)

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ok thanks.<br />
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Found out the info via the custom install menu.
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ok thanks.

Found out the info via the custom install menu.

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note to self &quot;Duh&quot;<br />
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forgot about that :^)
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note to self "Duh"

forgot about that :^)

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Hi All,<br />
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One of our Windows 2003 servers is down to its last 2GB of space on the C drive.<br />
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It says it has updates pending. &nbsp;I'd like to apply them, but would like to know how much space they will take up.<br />
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Is there an easy way to do this?
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Hi All,

One of our Windows 2003 servers is down to its last 2GB of space on the C drive.

It says it has updates pending.  I'd like to apply them, but would like to know how much space they will take up.


Is there an easy way to do this?

How can i tell how much space windows updates will require?

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008

Microsoft Windows XP is the sixth release of the NT series of operating systems, and was the first to be marketed in a variety of editions: XP Home and XP Professional, designed for business and power users. The advanced features in XP Professional are generally disabled in Home Edition, but are there and can be activated. There were two 64-bit editions, an embedded edition and a tablet edition.