Microsoft Update v6: Which updaters are obsolete now?

[Heinz Wehner]

I've updated to Microsoft Update v6 and wonder if that renders the
previously used updaters (Windows Update v4, Office Update v3)
obsolete. If so, can the following leftovers be safely removed?

- directory %Program Files%\WindowsUpdate
- directory %Program Files%\OfficeUpdate
- directory %Program Files%\OfficeUpdate11
- service "Office Source Engine"

Heinz Wehner
(Karlsruhe, Germany)

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Heinz,

MS Office Source Engine (OSE) is a part of Office setup.
If you delete it you'll like get a setup error message
at some point.

The folders you listed would be recreated as needed
by visiting the update sites. Not all update scenarios
are supported by the newer Microsoft Update site.

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I've updated to Microsoft Update v6 and wonder if that renders the
previously used updaters (Windows Update v4, Office Update v3)
obsolete. If so, can the following leftovers be safely removed?

- directory %Program Files%\WindowsUpdate
- directory %Program Files%\OfficeUpdate
- directory %Program Files%\OfficeUpdate11
- service "Office Source Engine"

Heinz Wehner>>
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Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

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http://microsoft.com/events/series/administrativetipsandtricks.mspx

 

[Heinz Wehner]

Hi Bob,

thanks for your answers. I will leave OSE as is. As for the Update
directories, I've observed that only OfficeUpdate11 is recreated.

BTW, do you know where Microsoft Update stores the Windows Update
history? This history was previously found in the following file:

%ProgramFiles%\WindowsUpdate\v4\iuhist.xml

Best regards,
Heinz Wehner

 

[Sky King]

Hi;

I'm not Bob but perhaps I can answer your question. MU stores the
history in binary format file(s) in the SoftwareDistribution\EventCache
folder.

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....Sky

Tom "Sky" King
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[Heinz Wehner]

Hi Sky,

thanks for your suggestion. However, I'm sure the folder you have
mentioned is definitely not used for storing the update history
because it is just 8 bytes large as of today. Storing the complete
history requires many more bytes.

Kind regards.
Heinz Wehner

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Heinz,

Some of the data is now stored in .LOG files. Some are
in binary some in plain text. You may want to check with
the folks in the Windows Update newsgroup, link below, as
well for additional information on using Microsoft Update.

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Hi Sky,

thanks for your suggestion. However, I'm sure the folder you have
mentioned is definitely not used for storing the update history
because it is just 8 bytes large as of today. Storing the complete
history requires many more bytes.

Kind regards.
Heinz Wehner >>

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LLet us know if this has helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP
*courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends8

A. Specific newsgroup/discussion group mentioned in this message:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsupdate
or via browser:
http://microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/?dg=microsoft.public.windowsupdate

B. MS Office Community discussion/newsgroups via Web Browser
http://microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx
or
Microsoft hosted newsgroups via Outlook Express/newsreader
news://msnews.microsoft.com

 

[Sky King]

You're right, Heinz;

My mistake, as I pulled that from memory and didn't check. The history
is stored within the DataStore.edb file.

Sorry for any confusion caused.

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....Sky

Tom "Sky" King
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