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I actually do have fsrm but it did not cross my mind to use it as im not all that proficient at using it, silly me, will have a look at it first thing tomorrow morning (it is 11:30 pm here in Melb) and Meldrew I have gven administrator full access rights to all user profiles but now that you mention it I will double check that, Thanks for the suggestions. Ben

Hi all We have a Dell server with 4 virtual servers running server 2008 r2 on a hyper v host, one is a DC the other our Exchange server, the other a small database, and the third the main file storage area where all user data related files is stored, its hard drive is partitioned with one being used to run the OS and the other to store data, it is 804 gig in size. For some odd reason it keeps saying I have hardly any space left thereby continually forcing me to remove data off it to free up space, but when running programs like Windir stat or just by manually counting the amount of data being used by right clicking individual folders I can only account for just 576 gig, I can not for the life of me work out where the remaining 228 gig have gone. I have done the following thus far: 1) run chdisk = no errors found 2)Run a defrag 3 times and have been rewarded with a gig or two with the first run but only a few megabytes thereafter, Disk shadowing is enabled but has been allocated just 3 and a half gig of space to use. Any ideas as to where this space may have disappeared to would be most welcome.

Thanks for the generous offer steve, We have gone down the Ruckus route and purchased two Ruckus Zoneflex 7962 Ap's, got a really good deal on them as they are being replaced with an updated model, We have had them wired to a gigabit switch using cat 6 cable, fingers crossed for tomorrow when the kids start using them for real... Could not have done it with out everyone's help especially Net ctrl and Neil mac ann all the others.

thanks again guys Neilmac, so which Ruckus AP model did you have in mind? and you are correct I do need to increase my knowledge surrounding wireless so I will be thoroughly examining wireless before making any decision,

The current setup uses wireless G only, Mind my ignorance but why would airport extreme(I actually have never used it before) do a better job than any home wireless router, Someone mentioned I need AP's not routers but my wireless routers are acting as AP's or is this part of the problem? I'm having a good look at Unify, so am I correct to assume that an AP from unifi is designed to handle far more wireless traffic than a basic wireless router? I will definitely do some diagnostics to acertain as to where the slow logon is taking place, Thanks again for the great tips!

Thanks for the replies guys The laptops logon to a server which is dedicated to student use, this same server also provides logon access to 30desktop pc's in a computer lab all of whom are hard wired into the network these are a whole lot quicker than the laptops when loggin on. The server is an ibm server, intel Xeon 1.86 cpu with 4 gig ram. The network is Cat 5 speed and is wired directely into the two classrooms from the network sockets in the classroom I have connected a linskys router loaded with wrt and in the other classroom is a D-Link router (dir-300) also with wrt providing additional wifi access, There are several more network points for more access points if required.

Hi All So I have two classes (about 40 laptops) running windows 7 in a domain environment (windows server 2008 r2) which require wireless access in order log on and do work, currently they are connecting to the server via two basic (home use) type wireless routers both running wrt software, but users are finding log on times to be unbearably slow as well as other related issues, Can anyone advise on a specialized router that can easily handle this amount of users but wont cost me through the roof? Any tips would be greatly appreciated, Thanks Ben