How to Commit SP2 to Windows Server 2008 and Vista
// July 27th, 2009 // No Comments » // Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista
When I say commit, I mean cleaning up the service pack and removing your ability to rollback. Microsoft provides a tool called COMPCLN.exe (Windows Component Clean Tool) that allows you to simply commit SP2 and clean up some space. Obviously if you want to ever have the ability to remove SP2 then DO NOT follow this. If you find that SP2 works great and you want to clear space do the following:
- Click Start and in the Search Bar type command.
- Right-click on Command Prompt and choose Run as Administrator.
- Now just type COMPCLN.exe and hit enter.
- You will get the following prompt: This operation will make all service packs and other packages permanent on this computer. Upon completion you will not be able to remove any cleaned packages fr
om this system. - Type Y to accept and reclaim the disk space. You should reclaim about 700 MB of space.