Comments for Is it safe to uninstall updates?

Comment from Nicholas Gimbrone on 2008-07-18

2008-07-18T22:31:26Z

.Net 3.0 adds function above & beyond .Net 2.0, and thus still requires it for any application that uses .Net 3.0. .Net 2.0 is not compatible with .Net 1.1, and any application that is using .Net 1.1 still requires it to be present. I don't know what the rules are for .Net 3.5, but I do know that (clearly) all this .Net stuff is pretty much a confusing mess, eh? ;-)

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Comment from Terry Hollett on 2008-07-16

2008-07-16T20:53:36Z

The Sun Java Enviroment is also nortorius for crappy updates. Leaving older version behind. At one time I had 3 different update folders, each with over 100MB of files each. I now uninstall the old before installing any new. If you have more than one, uninstalling the old seems to have no affect on the new.

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Comment from Martin on 2008-07-16

2008-07-16T09:30:20Z

I want to respond to Jay-Jay. I have a similar question to yours. I actually tried uninstalling the previous versions but the system would not let me. A message would pop up that they are being used by other applications.So perhaps the older versions are still required.

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Comment from Jay-Jay on 2008-07-15

2008-07-16T01:33:57Z

I have noticed the following installed:

Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1
Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 hotfix
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1(195MB)
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 1(250MB)
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 (27.75 MB)

I wonder if the previous versions are necessary...

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Comment from peter on 2008-07-12

2008-07-12T12:44:33Z

I have a friend actually think the same, he was thought that is no necessary to update windows or install new versions for programs ,and i was try to advise him but with no result , but before a few weeks he faced problems with his computer system and he discovered the problem was from his negligence with updates for his computer system ,at the end he satisfied with important of updates and that it's an important factor for stability and balance system and for programs too.

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