Question : Terminal Server Spool Directory Huge at 3.5GB

Win2k Terminal server has a 3.5GB directory at C:\WINNT\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3. I only have around 20 drivers installed for various printers in the print server properties. Can anyone tell me how to isolate what is not needed so the space can be reclaimed? Thanks!

Answer : Terminal Server Spool Directory Huge at 3.5GB

V2sha, I have looked at the monitors and have the ones you have listed minus 6 as there are apple talk does not apply in this environment. I did fix the problem with C:\WINNT\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3 having 3.5GB of files. As stated, I only have about 20 drivers loaded for various printers on this server. I went to the printers folder, File, server properties, drivers tab. From there I looked at each printer property sheet and copied the driver files listed from C:\WINNT\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3 to a temp directory. Once I copied all files for each printer (many are shared amongst printers), I deleted the contents of C:\WINNT\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3 and replaced them with the copied files in the temp directory. This directory went from 3.5GB to 135MB. I was looking for a quick way to isolate the unneeded files, and this process took a couple of hours to manually complete, but now the directory is extremely small as a result. I have tested every printer in a session and they all work properly. Thanks for the suggestions though!
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