Microsoft delivered latest update to their Windows Vista Operating System through the release of Service Pack 1 couple of weeks ago.
Installation of Service Pack increases the amount of disk space used by Vista operating system as a backup copy of older files are saved to the disk.
You can claim almost 1 GB of hard disk space by deleting the backup files. But the catch is, after deleting the backup files you will not be able to uninstall service pack 1.
I don't think anyone will be willing to uninstall service pack 1 as it improves the performance and security. So you can go ahead and delete the backup files to reclaim 1 GB of hard disk space by following these steps
- Open windows command prompt
- Execute the command : vsp1cln.exe
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I am running Vista Ultra 64 SP1.
After getting the command prompt (I entered cmd), I had to go into the
C:\windows\system32\ folder, first for me to execute vsp1cln.exe. I received an Access error if I didn't.
After that another command windows opened, where I had to enter a Y to continue. Then it did "something" and closed that window.
What I am wondering about is how can I tell that vsp1cln.exe executed and what files should have been deleted. I can keep executing vsp1cln.exe over and over, although it completes faster.
Jon T.
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