From: genew@ocis.net   
      
   On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:38:44 +0200, Erland Sommarskog   
    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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