Should I keep old updates

Was wondering when I go into Control Panel and click on add and remove, well question is, all those old updates, should I keep them or is it safe to remove them??

mieta0045 wrote:
Was wondering when I go into Control Panel and click on add and remove, well question is, all those old updates, should I keep them or is it safe to remove them??
Keep them this is one place where it is advised to keep the old one as archived as a safe measure to protect from newer driver failures.
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