How do I remove unwanted Update Downloads?

When I was using Tiger I had all the automatic updates unchecked. When I upgraded to Leopard they got checked. It had been so long since doing that in Tiger I forgot I had done it. Now I have about 1G worth of unneeded updates: Airport, etc., for programs/services I don't use.
Where are these update downloads and how can I delete them?
Tracy

Tracy Reynolds wrote:
If you have Download important updates automatically checked in System Preferences/Software Update you will see the updates that have automatically downloaded and are waiting to be installed.
That's a setting I haven't enabled. As I'm maintaining several Macs, I prefer to download Apple's updates from http://www.apple.com/support/downloads , then apply them to each computer. I just use Software Update to remind me of an update I might have forgotten to apply.
I don't use Front Row (don't even know what it is) and I don't use Airport. I should update these anyway?
I suppose there's a good argument that you could ignore updates like those. However, sometimes an update that seems to be focused on a particular area will affect things in another area.

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