Every time there is an update for Windows Vista, I get a list of language packs that I don’t give a hoot about. Did you know that a right-click on the feature will give you the option to hide the update? Did XP have this feature? Let me know!
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I don’t know that XP had this feature but it did have the feature to hide all updates. It is a checkbox at the top the of Add/Remove window.