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by biggee

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We are using a NT 4.0 server with the op system partitioned within 1.7gb hard drive space. Although nothing is being stored on this partition, except occassional temp files, disk space is slowly being eaten away at about 1meg every two to three days. I noticed an increase in REG files which vary in size (REG000542, REG000543, etc). Appear to be Registry files. What can I do to stop the accumulation of these files and is it safe to delete them? Running out of disk space...

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by maxwell edison

EasyCleaner is a small program that searches Windows' Registry for entries that are pointing nowhere, and creates a list from which you can delete them.

You can also remove other unnecessary files, such as temporary, backup, and duplicate ones. The program lists applications and files that seem safe to be deleted, and you make the final decision of what to delete and what to keep. A useful pie chart shows the amount of space that files are occupying on your hard disk and in individual folders.

See the following link for a PCWorld review and a link for a free download:

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,16180,00.asp

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Maxwell

by joseph moore

I have to add that a file called REG000542 is not a normal Windows Registry file name.
Personally, I would be worried about a virus if I saw that.

by gigelul

Other possibilities:
-if this server is a PDC and you use roaming profiles check the size of profiles and also you can limit the size with a security policies
-if on this server you run a backup utility check the number of log files and the sizes of these files. Change the log settings.
-also checks settings for events viewer and if you have enabled an audit.

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