SoftwareDistribution folder is huge on small drive

Windows cleans SoftwareDistribution directory automatically after updates are installed.
The directory was 1GB big after updates on 20GB partition and the reason was \softwaredistribution\datastore\datastore.edb file.
Forums says just delete the whole folder. Don't do it!
datastore.edb is Extensible Storage Engine (ESE) database and you can shrink it.
Launch cmd.exe as as administrator and execute

net stop wuauserv
esentutl /d %windir%\softwaredistribution\datastore\datastore.edb
net start wuauserv

After defragmentation the file was reduced upto 10MB. Wow! I got free space on the disk.
Enjoy!

Certificate Credentials - Generate Proxy Class

Below you will find my workaround for proxy class generation if remote web service is old-fashioned and protected with certificate credentials.
Often is enough svcutil.exe to generate proxy class. But not in my case because web service was ancient and does not provide MEX, WS or netTcp binding. Please advise whether is possible to use svcutil for archaic service like https://remote.com/service?wsdl
Another way to create proxy class is wsdl.exe utility, but wsdl.exe does not support certificates at all.

Solution: I have installed locally http NGINX revers proxy with following config

    server {
        listen       8080;
        server_name  localhost;

        location / {
     #repace urls in response     
     sub_filter 'https://remote.com:8080/' 'http://$host:8080/';
     sub_filter_types *; # enable all type
     sub_filter_once off;
            proxy_pass https://remote.com:8080/;
            proxy_ssl_certificate  cert.pem;
            proxy_ssl_certificate_key cert.pem;
        }
    }

to convert a PKCS#12 file (.pfx .p12) containing a private key and certificates to PEM file execute

openssl pkcs12 -in keyStore.pfx -out keyStore.pem -nodes

start Nginx and execute wsdl.exe command

wsdl.exe http://localhost:8080/service?wsdl

Enjoy!

How to REALLY destroy stored data

I have written already about SDelete and bootable DiskWipe, but what if you have to rely on the result?
In that case you have only once option - physical destruction!

First you have to disassemble your hard drive disk and extract each single platter.

As next step use blow torch (blowlamp) till surface of disk will be red, look at the photo.

After that all your data are really demolished.

CAUTION! That is truly very dangerous! Fire hazard!