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.ADM Files be Deleted to save some disk space?

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Can .adm files templates be deleted from sysvol to save some disk space?
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Best would be run disk cleanup to clear out temporary files.  If it is a virtual machine then you can always extend the hard drive size. .ADM files might have been used in some of your GPO's.
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MOST of the ADM files can likely be deleted, and the answer directs the user to a script which identifies those that can be removed (and can backup, remove, and restore them).  I think everyone also agrees that the ADM files usually do not take up much space, so their removal won't recover a lot of space, so split the question with folks who identified alternate ways of cleaning up the domain controller.  The OP didn't return to indicate whether they were having specific problems with the size of their SYSVOL, but there were suggestions which might help there as well.  (If the SYSVOL is particularly huge, a previous administrator may have stuck program installation files in a group policy, for example.)