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by sphynx

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Hello,
Please bare with me im a beginner in windows 2000 server. I just enable quota on one my disk and the problem is that once i put a 50mb limit on one folder for one user i was able to put more 70mb without having an error message. I am not sure how it is working in win2k but in netware one i limit the user for 50mb it will prompt for error.

Also one thing on the list of quota entry i found out that the 50mb is assigned to user administrator even the user who is log doesn't have any decrease in size.

Please help/.

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by shortbus

Ok, with Windows 2000, it calculates your quota size based on the uncompressed size of all files that that user account ownes. Another thing is that Administrators are NOT affected by Disk Quotas.

You'll also have to check the box that says "deny disk space to users exceeding their quota" to enforce the limit. Remember, it'll apply to all users who own files except for the administrator.

Hope this helps,

Bus

by mcse rabbi

Quotas can be a bit tricky. As one of the previous answer's noted first, they're based on the uncompressed file size and they don't apply to Administrators or anyone in the "Administrators" group. This includes local admin's, domain admin's, enterprise admin's, etc.

Also, a little known quirk about quotas is they apply only to users who have not yet written files to the volume.

Try moving the files to another volume, format the volume, reestablish disk quotas, and then have the user(s) move the file(s) back over.

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