Oh definitely - I'm pointing to that first, but want to be prepared in case that isn't enough.
And they are domain admin accounts, FWIW. Thanks, Jonathan On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]>wrote: > 1.3 GB in user profiles. As in users that logon locally to the machine? > Admins? > Tell them to clean 'em up and blow 'em away. > Otherwise, relocate the user profiles to another drive if they're actual > users' profiles. > > > On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Jonathan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Oh, I agree that it isn't the BEST fix -- the best fix would involve fdisk >> --> format --> reinstall windows. >> >> The predicament is that the C:\ drive is only 11 Gigs in the first >> place... There's 1.3 Gigs of space tied up in user profiles, and that is my >> first plan of attack, but other than that, my only large directories/files >> are under: >> >> C:\Windows >> C:\Program Files >> C:\Program Files (x86) >> >> Thoughts on why it wouldn't be a good idea? With a junction, the OS thinks >> it is still going to the same place, doesn't it? >> >> JR >> >> On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> I don't think it's a good idea. I used to play with those folders in >>> years gone by, but it's going to be worth far more in the long-term to fix >>> this problem in a different way, IMO. >>> >>> >>> >>> *ASB *(Professional Bio <http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>) >>> *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... >>> >>> * >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 2:51 PM, Jonathan <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I've got a Windows 2003 server with a system root that is way >>>> undersized... >>>> >>>> I've used Sysinternals Junction to move other directories on Server 2003 >>>> from C:\ to another local drive on the machine, but have any of you used it >>>> to move C:\Program Files and/or C:\ProgramFiles (x86) on Server 2003 to an >>>> alternate local drive with success? I'm assuming the actual rename and >>>> ultimate deletion of the original "Program Files" folder would need to be >>>> done under safe mode, if this is even possible. >>>> >>>> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896768 >>>> >>>> TIA, >>>> -- >>>> Jonathan, A+, MCSA, MCSE >>>> >>>> >>>> ~ 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 [email protected] >>> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Jonathan, A+, MCSA, MCSE >> >> ~ 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 [email protected] >> 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 [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > -- Jonathan, A+, MCSA, MCSE ~ 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 [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
