[windows2000] Re: Inappropriate files on homefolder-fileserver

  • From: "Sorin Srbu" <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 09:37:55 +0100

Angus Macdonald <> wrote on Monday, March 12, 2007 9:35 AM:

By adding some users to a whitelist or some such?

If Windows Server Datastorage can, there m ust be some other software that can
do the same thing, right?


> I can't think of a way you can automatically select only the inappropriate
> files if legit files of the same type may be present as well. How could a
> computer identify if one mp3 file is OK and another isn't?  
> 
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> Subject: [windows2000] Inappropriate files on homefolder-fileserver
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> 
> Guys,
> 
> This is a returning issue from time to time, with inappropriate files on
> homefolder-fileservers. Is there a way to automatically scan for and delete
> files like mp3, avi, clips of the same and such? It can't be too blunt, as
> there are some appropriate files of the kind as well (see below).
> 
> I know Windows Server Datastorage Edition does this, but what about for
> regular Windows Server 2003? The datastorage version is not available for
> retail so I feel I'm kinda left out in the cold on this...
> 
> To make things worse, some of our lecturers use mp3- and avi-files for some
> ppt-presentations.
> 
> Any ideas on how to attack this? I'm rather irritated when the weekly backup
> fails becuase the backup-server has run out of hd-space because there are
> too 
> many avi-files backed up...
> 
> 
> BW,
> 
> Sorin
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