Windows 2008r2 service pack cleanup

I'm just not certain what else I can safely delete or move. Any suggestions as to what can be removed safely? Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro? Resources for IT Professionals. Sign in. United States English. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Asked by:. Archived Forums. File Services and Storage.

Sign in to vote. My C drive is out of space due to Answered by:. Archived Forums. Windows Server General Forum. Sign in to vote. Thursday, April 12, AM. Please refer a recent discussion on same topic. Hi, Thank you for the post. Hi, Be sure to un-install any services and programmes that are not necessary and remember the more updates you install the greater space the OS will take up. Hope it helps Lewis. Rick Tan: Your link appears to be broken. Wednesday, March 27, PM.

Friday, March 29, PM. Friday, September 19, PM. So if you ever needed, you could revert a single update. There are systems where this is crucial, but there are also many Windows Servers, where we know that this will never be necessary.

In this case, you have the ability to use cleanmgr. The trouble is, that these options are only available, if you install the Desktop Experience feature. This description, although thoroughly tested, is provided as-is , and I grant no warranty.

The trick is, to copy the needed files installed by Desktop Experience , to a Windows Server without Desktop experience. You can find the files here, without installing Desktop Experience:.

After that, it is possible to create predefined cleanup sets , called sageset , which you can later refer to. These settings are written into the registry.