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More info?)
No, it isn't the money.
🙂
If I could decide on the rest of the parts that I need to buy, I'd finish my
new machine.
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:e80dVuUlFHA.1608@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl,
Ken Blake <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> hunted and pecked:
> In news:eouabdUlFHA.708@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl,
> Wesley Vogel <123WVogel955@comcast.net> typed:
>
>> Hi Ken,
>>
>> In my case it may be closer to $0.75, I have a 10GB hard drive.
>> ;-)
>
>
> Yikes! Still not a lot of money, but with such a small drive,
> yes, even a few megabytes saved can be important.
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
>
>> In news:OvaLICUlFHA.1968@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl,
>> Ken Blake <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> hunted and pecked:
>>> In news:uCREilTlFHA.3336@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl,
>>> Wesley Vogel <123WVogel955@comcast.net> typed:
>>>
>>>> My %homepath%\NTUSER.DAT is 10.0 MB. I would consider that
>>>> big.
>>>
>>>
>>> It's all a matter of perspective. At today's hard drive
>>> prices,
>>> 10MB is typically something under $.01-worth. I'd consider
>>> that
>>> small.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Time to run NTREGOPT again.
>>>>
>>>> [[In Windows Server 2003 and in Windows XP, there is no
>>>> longer
>>>> a
>>>> limit to the registry based on paged pool. Views of the
>>>> registry
>>>> files are now mapped in the computer cache address space.
>>>> Therefore,
>>>> regardless of the size of the hive, it is not charged for
>>>> more
>>>> than 4
>>>> megabytes (MB) of space.]] From...
>>>> Registry Size Limit functionality has been removed from
>>>> Windows
>>>> Server 2003 and from Windows XP
>>>> APPLIES TO
>>>> • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
>>>> • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
>>>> • Microsoft Windows XP Professional
>>>> • Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/292726/
>>>>
>>>> [[Windows XP does not have a limit on the size of the
>>>> registry. ]]
>>>> From...
>>>> "% Registry Quota In Use" counter does not apply to Windows
>>>> XP
>>>> APPLIES TO
>>>> • Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
>>>> • Microsoft Windows XP Professional
>>>>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;300510
>>>>
>>>> [[Windows cannot start new hardware devices because the
>>>> system
>>>> hive
>>>> is too large (exceeds the Registry Size Limit). (Code 49)]]
>>>> [[The system hive has exceeded its maximum size and new
>>>> devices
>>>> cannot work until the size is reduced. The system hive is a
>>>> permanent
>>>> part of the registry associated with a set of files that
>>>> contains
>>>> information related to the configuration of the computer on
>>>> which the
>>>> operating system is installed. Configured items include
>>>> applications,
>>>> user preferences, devices, and so on. The problem might be
>>>> specific
>>>> devices that are no longer attached to the computer but are
>>>> still
>>>> listed in the system hive.]]
>>>> From...
>>>> Explanation of error codes generated by Device Manager in
>>>> Microsoft
>>>> Windows XP Professional
>>>> APPLIES TO
>>>> • Microsoft Windows XP Professional 64-Bit Edition (Itanium)
>>>> • Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
>>>> • Microsoft Windows XP Professional
>>>>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310123
>>>>
>>>> I wish they would make up my mind. Does or doesn't the XP
>>>> registry
>>>> have
>>>> a size limit?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In news:47bb4fc8d5772d81550444d27feec938@d-d.mvps.org,
>>>> Detlev Dreyer <detdreyer@flashmail.com> hunted and pecked:
>>>>> "Neo" <Neo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I run windows xp professional edition and I wanted to know
>>>>>> if
>>>>>> there
>>>>>> any way that I can decrease the file size of the ntuser.dat
>>>>>> file
>>>>>> because it is taking up a lot of my hard drive.
>>>>>
>>>>> What does "a lot of your hard drive" mean exactly?
>>>>> There is no "ntuser.dat" file on my machines exceeding the
>>>>> size of 6
>>>>> MB.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> d-d
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