HpcManagement.exe writes a lot of MachineKeys, part 2
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012 3:24 PM
I am doing maintenance on my hpchead because it has been really slow. I found 1.4 million files in c:\programdata\microsoft\crypto\rsa\MachineKeys. I see the related post on how to solve the underlying issue http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/is/windowshpcitpros/thread/3d9bcbec-5b27-4c0b-affb-7f92fd4a9818
(by installing hpc sp3).
Now the issue is there is still 1.4 million files in that directory, most of which I don't need.
My question is: 1) how do I tell which keys I need to keep and which ones I can safely delete? 2) How do I delete it? Should I use the crypto api? ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms867088.aspx subtopic removing key containers) But I wouldn't know all the arguments.
- Edited by Cheng11 Tuesday, May 22, 2012 3:27 PM
