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Re: Thousands of Files in "c:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Application Data\Microsoft\Protect\S-1-5-19"

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On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:38:44 +0200, Erland Sommarskog
<esquel@sommarskog.se> wrote:

>Gene Wirchenko (genew@ocis.net) writes:
>>      I have written about this before, have searched for answers
>> before, and I still do not have a solution.
>> 
>>      Thousands of 368-byte files are being created in "c:\Documents
>> and Settings\LocalService\Application
>> Data\Microsoft\Protect\S-1-5-19".  How do I get this to stop?
>> 
>>      Even deleting these files can take hours.  There are that many.
>> Running a chkdsk can take a lot longer than usual when there are a lot
>> of these files on my system.
>> 
>>      From my searching, I understand that it may be due to Reporting
>> Services and a cryptokey problem, but I know of no way to stop it.
>
>I have no ideas what that may be. On this computer I have to directories
>under Protect with a SID in the directory name. One directory has a single
>file with a GUID name and a file Preferred. The other directory has five
>such files + "Preferred". But this is a netbook which I rarely use when
>I'm at home, but right now I am travelling. There is no Reporting Services
>on this machine.
>
>I can see that the latest such file is from Aug 22nd, which is about the
>day I took out the netbook to prepare it for the trip.
>
>One idea would be to write a program in the language of your choice which
>deletes all files but the latest, and run it from Task Manager or SQL 
>Server Agent regularly.

     I do, but with files being created at about one every three
seconds the last time I checked, that is 25 to 30 thousand files per
day.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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Thousands of Files in "c:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Application Data\Microsoft\Protect\S-1-5-19" Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-09-07 18:18 -0700
  Re: Thousands of Files in "c:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Application Data\Microsoft\Protect\S-1-5-19" Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> - 2011-09-08 15:38 +0200
    Re: Thousands of Files in "c:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Application Data\Microsoft\Protect\S-1-5-19" Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-09-08 15:22 -0700
  Re: Thousands of Files in "c:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Application Data\Microsoft\Protect\S-1-5-19" "Andrew Morton" <akm@in-press.co.uk.invalid> - 2011-09-09 09:47 +0100
    Re: Thousands of Files in "c:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Application Data\Microsoft\Protect\S-1-5-19" Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-09-09 11:45 -0700
      Re: Thousands of Files in "c:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Application Data\Microsoft\Protect\S-1-5-19" "Bob Barrows" <reb01501@NOyahooSPAM.com> - 2011-09-09 15:33 -0400
        Re: Thousands of Files in "c:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Application Data\Microsoft\Protect\S-1-5-19" Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-09-12 11:07 -0700
          Re: Thousands of Files in "c:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Application Data\Microsoft\Protect\S-1-5-19" "Bob Barrows" <reb01501@NOyahooSPAM.com> - 2011-09-12 14:19 -0400
            Re: Thousands of Files in "c:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Application Data\Microsoft\Protect\S-1-5-19" Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-09-12 12:02 -0700
              Re: Thousands of Files in "c:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Application Data\Microsoft\Protect\S-1-5-19" "Andrew Morton" <akm@in-press.co.uk.invalid> - 2011-09-13 09:11 +0100
                Re: Thousands of Files in "c:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Application Data\Microsoft\Protect\S-1-5-19" Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-09-13 09:40 -0700

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