ntuser.dat file size

[Guest]

Hello all,

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.

Thanks a lot.

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

What you mean by a lot of your hard drive? ntuser.dat is just over 3 MBs
here for my own Account.

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

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.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

My %homepath%\NTUSER.DAT is 10.0 MB. I would consider that big.

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?

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[Ken Blake]

In

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

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.

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

[[Windows cannot start new hardware devices because the system hive is
too large (exceeds the Registry Size Limit). (Code 49)]]

Wes, the system hive is not part of the "ntuser.dat" file. See also
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/sysinfo/base/registry_hives.asp

I wish they would make up my mind. Does or doesn't the XP registry have
a size limit?

Well, there are limits within the registry. Regarding the *total* size,
there is no limit AFAIK.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Hi Ken,

In my case it may be closer to $0.75, I have a 10GB hard drive. ;-)

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

In

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

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.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Thanks Detlev. I did totally miss that. I didn't even see the word system,
just the word hive.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM

SYSTEM

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

[[Windows cannot start new hardware devices because the system hive is
too large (exceeds the Registry Size Limit). (Code 49)]]

Wes, the system hive is not part of the "ntuser.dat" file. See also
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/sysinfo/base/registry_hives.asp

I wish they would make up my mind. Does or doesn't the XP registry have
a size limit?

Well, there are limits within the registry. Regarding the *total* size,
there is no limit AFAIK.

 

[Ken Blake]

In

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

In

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 Detlev Dreyer <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:

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.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

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.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

In

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

In Wesley Vogel <[email protected]> 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 Detlev Dreyer <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:

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.