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  Re: Windows growing over time is now an official feature  
From: Francois Labreque
Date: 29 May 2012 08:57:02
Message: <4fc4c79e@news.povray.org>
Le 2012-05-28 09:14, Invisible a écrit :
>>> Yeah, but manually doing that for 30 PCs isn't much fun.
>>
>> Can't you push a .reg that does it automagically?
>
> There's probably a way of doing it. It's not particularly simple though.
>

Type "disable compress old files" in Google.  while the two first 
entries appear legitimate, the third option is: 
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/812248
Which tells you exactly which key to delete, just like Darren said, and 
is free from publicity.

Now, to automate the task, you can type ".reg file format" in Google.
"I'm feeling lucky" should send you to: 
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310516

Tada!

There's a link at the bottom of that knowledge-base article that 
explains how to distribute it using group policies.

How much simpler did you want it to be?

>>>>> delete old OS updates,
>>>>
>>>> No, but you used to be able to do that on XP from the add/remove, IIRC.
>>>
>>> I think NT4 offered it, but I don't think XP does.
>>
>> Yes it does. There's a checkmark at the top of the Add/Remove Programs
>> window that allows you to see all of the patches and remove them
>> individually, if you want to.
>
> No, not uninstall the update, but remove the uninstall capability.

I'm sorry.  Your complete sentence from the previous message was:

 >>>>> But it does /not/ offer to empty your temp folder, delete old OS
 >>>>> updates, empty the recycle bin, trim the DLL cache, empty the
 >>>>> precache folder, or indeed do /anything/ which might actually,
 >>>>> you know, REDUCE DISK USAGE...

To most readers of the english language, it would appear that you wanted 
to be able to delete old OS updates.  If you wanted to be able to 
prevent someone from deleting an OS update, you worded it very poorly.

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