It was. However, if Jeffrey is a Turing Machine, you will never know. Sincerely, Jeffrey and Mary Jane Harris VIPCS
-----Original Message----- From: James Hill [mailto:james.h...@superamart.com.au] Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2010 10:25 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server 2003, what is using disk space on C: Presumably. Depends on whether that was what Jeffrey said. -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, 20 December 2010 1:25 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Server 2003, what is using disk space on C: The Master has spoken, I guess... On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 19:14, VIPCS <vi...@stny.rr.com> wrote: > The Bates Motel. > > Sincerely, > > Jeffrey and Mary Jane Harris > VIPCS > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2010 9:20 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Server 2003, what is using disk space on C: > > I don't believe Jeffrey exists. > > I think he's a figment of your imagination, and that you make him up > to bolster your apparent authority, as you are not confident in your > own gender abilities. > > Or perhaps you are psychotic - in which case, tell me the name of your > motel, and I'll never stop there, I promise. > > Kurt > > On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 12:51, VIPCS <vi...@stny.rr.com> wrote: >> Here are some things that Jeffrey does: >> >> >> >> 1) Check the directories under documents and settings and >> delete > any >> large files that can be deleted (i.e., temp files, and the IE cache; >> set > the >> IE cache size to 10MB for users on the server). >> >> 2) Delete any uninstall directories under the Windows folder for >> Microsoft updates older than a year, and any service pack uninstall > folders; >> the likelihood of uninstalling any of these updates after a year is small. >> >> 3) Delete the files under >> %windir%\softwaredistribution\downloads >> (these are installed Microsoft updates, but for some reason, systems >> cache them after installation). >> >> 4) Enable folder compression for any application and data >> folders on the partition. >> >> 5) Move page files to a different partition. It will not >> improve or degrade performance (because the partitions are part of >> the same physical RAID array), but it will free up additional disk >> space. You can also set the system to create a small dump file, >> which reduces the size of the page file required for that purpose on the c: partition. >> >> >> >> If you have much free space on the d: partition, you might want to > consider >> using a partitioning utility to reallocate more space to the C: >> partition; however, Jeffrey has never done this on a production >> system (except by > using >> tools such as NetBackup to migrate the configuration to a new server, > which >> is not what you want to do). >> >> >> >> As for the disk space report inconsistency, you might want to look at >> some rootkit utilities (such as gmer) to check for files stored on >> the system that are not being reported or seen using the normal Windows tools. >> >> >> >> Sincerely, >> >> >> >> Jeffrey and Mary Jane Harris >> >> VIPCS >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> >> From: Hank . [mailto:hgedr...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2010 12:57 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Server 2003, what is using disk space on C: >> >> >> >> I am working at a new client and one of their servers was reporting >> low > disk >> space on c: >> >> It is a PE1950 with a PERC controller with a RAID5 array and one >> virtual disk split into 2 partitions. The OS is server 2003 r2. >> >> I cleaned up temp files and redirected IIS logs to the other >> partition and it now has 10% free space. The pagefile is 2Gb that >> will free up a little more but I didn't have time for another reboot. >> >> Diskmanagement reports that Disk0 is basic and 408.37 Gb , c: 31.86, >> e:376.51 Gb. It only shows two partitions. >> >> But in the "upper" section it reports c: as 16.8 Gb. My computer also > shows >> the same. >> >> Shadowcopy was disabled. I ran Treesize and it reported the volume as >> 16.8 Gb and didn't show anything unusual. >> >> Any suggestions appreciated. >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ >> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ >> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin