Exclude.dir C:\WINDOWS No way to control what windows wants to put in their system directories. We just reinstall windows from CD/DVD and then restore user data.
Thanks, --Bill -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Fred Johanson Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 11:30 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Win Server 2008 question One of the Windoze admins was holding forth, loudly, about a feature of WinServer2008, a folder called winsxs, window side by side, which metastasizes rapidly across the /WINDOWS directory. He says it can't be removed. If he's worried, I'm worried about how much extra storage I'm putting on TSM. Any one know anything about this and how to avoid its effects? Fred Johanson TSM Administrator University of Chicago 773-702-8464