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May 27, 2009 By Jared Heinrichs Leave a Comment

Windows Vista SP2 & Windows Server 2008 SP2 cleanup tool

Part of the SP2 package

Service Pack Cleanup Tool In Vista SP2 To Clean up Old RTM & SP1 Backup Files

The recently released Windows Vista SP2 has shown significant enhancement and improvement in terms of compatibility, reliability, performance, and speed compared to the earlier SP1. If users had noticed, after installing the Vista SP2, the hard disk’s space had been taken up substantially. This was mainly because a lot of old Vista RTM and SP1 backup files and components were not deleted upon the installation of new SP2.

To housekeep your hard disk and clean up those old and unused SP1 backup files, users probably can try the new Service Pack Cleanup Tool which is also named as compcln.exe. This successor for SP1 cleanup tool, Vsp1cln.exe, can easily remove all the system files (RTM & SP1) inherited from the older versions but replaced by Vista SP2.

Running this compeln.exe tool is pretty simple:

  1. Click Start>All Programs>Accessories>Command Prompt or click Start>Run and type cmd to open Command Prompt Windows
  2. Execute the command “Compcln.exe”. The path is “c:\Windows\System32 \compcln.exe”.
  3. Users will be prompted a question whether to keep Vista SP2 permanently in the system.
  4. Once users type “Y” and press enter, the system will start performing the windows components clean

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After the cleansing process, users will notice the free hard disk space has increased substantially.

Filed Under: Windows 2008, Windows Vista

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