Saving space in a windows server 2008 workstation

Saving space in a windows server 2008 workstation "My server 2008 installation drive is eating space like anything. Specially the winsxs folder. Trying compress it results in a “file/folder is currently accessed” error."
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"For winsxs see this article. The most relevant part is:

The Winsxs folder, stores multiple
copies of dll's in order to let
multiple applications run in Windows
without any compatibility problem.

My advice is not to touch this folder. It's essential for Windows.

The only general advice for saving space is to uninstall the Windows software that you don't need. Anything else is dangerous grounds.

EDIT
You can, however, delete the contents of the Windows temporary files directory at C:\Windows\Temp."