i have been terrible about compacting the wins database. i think about it so infrequently. it's definitely the last thing on my mind. well, according to microsoft, you should compact your wins database when it grows over 30mb. well, it's time. if you want details on jetpack, here's the article . otherwise, here's a short summary: navigate to %systemroot%\system32\wins stop the wins service: net stop wins run jetpack: jetpack wins.mdb tmp.mdb start the wins service: net start wins tmp.mdb can be named anything. it's used to replace the existing file when it finishes. i'm seeing about a 50% reduction in size when i do this. coincidentally, it's the same thing for dhcp except you point it to %systemroot%\system32\dhcp and the dhcp.mdb file. i wrote up this little script to use in mom. depending on the parameters you give, it will check either the wins or the dhcp database to see if it's above 30mb. if it is, it'll create an event. the param
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