skysock

We are still waiting for a reply on why they are filtering ofsted communication surely as a goverment inspection body the BGFL should put these people on there white list.

The approach that i would take is Tell your line manager that the server is running out of space and that we have x amount of time to do some thing about. Make sure that other people know about it as well if you can his line manager as well. Then tell him the only way to extend the life of the server is that stuff needs deleting and that All members of staff need to delete work (this is now creating work for him and other members of staff). The response that you will probably get is "can you sort that out" and your answer is NO as you do not know what is important to staff. Make sure everything is in E-Mails and cc the Head or the Bursar as well to cover your own back. Let him stew for a couple of days. Technician to the rescue time If we got a second server in and added it to the domain it would give us Additional disk space A second DC to act as a back up controller WHEN THE OLD SERVER FAILS not if If you get the new server promote it to the master controller then keep the old server as a secondary.

What you could try if you are absolutely desperate is set up a a temp 2000/2003 server using the same domain name as your 98 box's 98 authenticates against these servers but is not part of the active directory.