Stupid question re: file deletion

I am trying to make some room on my hard disk, and when I go to add/remove programs (windows xp) I have 6 entries for "Ipod for Windows" with a couple of different icons.
All are dated: 2005-9-23, 2005-10-12, 2005-11-17, 2006-1-10, 2006-3-23. The 9-23 and 11-17 have a little screen w/cd icon, and the others have an ipod icon.
Can I delete all but the most recent? Are they doing anything besides taking up a lot of space?
Thanks!

Yes you can delete them, they are old iPod software updaters. The iPod Updater is integrated with iTunes 7 now so these are redundant. It's probably a good idea just to hang on to the last one in case you ever need it however is still available from Apple downloads.

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