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Is there any way to limit user profile size in Windows NT???

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by tschmuki

No - but you can use a 3rd party disc quota tool, when you have the profiles stored on a server.

by curious_george

Quota management using a disk space quota is a bad way to accomplish this as you can cause profile corruption, as the first answer suggests. Try this instead:

Service Pack 4 (SP4) provides the ability to limit the size of a user profile.
To enable profile quotas:

1. Use System Policy Editor and insure that Options / Policy Templates
contain Common.adm and Winnt.adm (%Systemroot%\INF\).

2. Create a new policy.

3. Open Default User, and expand Windows NT User Profiles.

4. Check Limit Profile Size and enter:

Custom Message: Enter the text you want displayed when the quota is exceeded.

Max Profile Size: Enter the Quota in Kilobytes (default is 30,000KB).

5. Check Include registry in file list.

6.Check Notify user when profile storage space is exceeded, if you don't want to wait until logoff for notificiation.

NOTE: The user will not be able to logoff until their profile is under the quota.

NOTE: Delete and move the Temporary Internet Files (and History).

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