wasted space?

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Hi Steve,

To determine the correct 'All Users' profile, type %ALLUSERSPROFILE% in the RUN box. For the current user profile, %USERPROFILE%

Once you determine which folder belongs to which profile, you can safely move the additional folders to a different drive. Reboot and see if there is any problem, if not delete the additional folders which are moved to the different drive. Note that those folders may be having some data/personal documents, be sure to backup them.

NOTE: You can also use the SET command from Command Prompt to view the Homepath and Environment Variables.

Don't delete "Default User" profile as it acts as a template account for the new user profiles which you might create.

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

The Parasite Fight:
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.php

Outlook Express: Getting News from Newsgroups:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/using/howto/oe/gettingnews.mspx

i am the sole user, and click on "owner" to access winxp. due to an epic
battle between my oem disk and norton scumware, i have 7 folders in
documents and settings! all users [30mb] all users.window [10mb] all
users.windowxp [267kb] default user [553kb] default user.windowxp [267kb]
owner [1gb] and (myname) [2gb]. can i safely and simply delete and/or reduce
some of these?

 

[steve]

i am the sole user, and click on "owner" to access winxp. due to an epic
battle between my oem disk and norton scumware, i have 7 folders in
documents and settings! all users [30mb] all users.window [10mb] all
users.windowxp [267kb] default user [553kb] default user.windowxp [267kb]
owner [1gb] and (myname) [2gb]. can i safely and simply delete and/or reduce
some of these?

 

[steve]

it didn't work, and somehow i temporarily lost my broadband connection! i
guess i'll just waste the space after all. thanx for all your past (and
future!) help. steve

Hi Steve,

To determine the correct 'All Users' profile, type %ALLUSERSPROFILE% in the
RUN box. For the current user profile, %USERPROFILE%

Once you determine which folder belongs to which profile, you can safely
move the additional folders to a different drive. Reboot and see if there is
any problem, if not delete the additional folders which are moved to the
different drive. Note that those folders may be having some data/personal
documents, be sure to backup them.

NOTE: You can also use the SET command from Command Prompt to view the
Homepath and Environment Variables.

Don't delete "Default User" profile as it acts as a template account for the
new user profiles which you might create.

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

The Parasite Fight:
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.php

Outlook Express: Getting News from Newsgroups:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/using/howto/oe/gettingnews.mspx

i am the sole user, and click on "owner" to access winxp. due to an epic
battle between my oem disk and norton scumware, i have 7 folders in
documents and settings! all users [30mb] all users.window [10mb] all
users.windowxp [267kb] default user [553kb] default user.windowxp [267kb]
owner [1gb] and (myname) [2gb]. can i safely and simply delete and/or reduce
some of these?

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Steve, What did not work? SET? %Userprofile%, %allusersprofile% or the deletion of folders?

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Windows 2000 Group Policy Registry Table:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/gp/gpref.asp

it didn't work, and somehow i temporarily lost my broadband connection! i
guess i'll just waste the space after all. thanx for all your past (and
future!) help. steve

Hi Steve,

To determine the correct 'All Users' profile, type %ALLUSERSPROFILE% in the
RUN box. For the current user profile, %USERPROFILE%

Once you determine which folder belongs to which profile, you can safely
move the additional folders to a different drive. Reboot and see if there is
any problem, if not delete the additional folders which are moved to the
different drive. Note that those folders may be having some data/personal
documents, be sure to backup them.

NOTE: You can also use the SET command from Command Prompt to view the
Homepath and Environment Variables.

Don't delete "Default User" profile as it acts as a template account for the
new user profiles which you might create.

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

The Parasite Fight:
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.php

Outlook Express: Getting News from Newsgroups:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/using/howto/oe/gettingnews.mspx

i am the sole user, and click on "owner" to access winxp. due to an epic
battle between my oem disk and norton scumware, i have 7 folders in
documents and settings! all users [30mb] all users.window [10mb] all
users.windowxp [267kb] default user [553kb] default user.windowxp [267kb]
owner [1gb] and (myname) [2gb]. can i safely and simply delete and/or reduce
some of these?

 

[steve]

the movement of the folders. apparently the 2gb user folder (myname)
maintains some association with winxp. i'm now hand deleting individual
items. i will report any news.

Steve, What did not work? SET? %Userprofile%, %allusersprofile% or the
deletion of folders?

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Windows 2000 Group Policy Registry Table:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/gp/gpref.asp

it didn't work, and somehow i temporarily lost my broadband connection! i
guess i'll just waste the space after all. thanx for all your past (and
future!) help. steve

Hi Steve,

To determine the correct 'All Users' profile, type %ALLUSERSPROFILE% in the
RUN box. For the current user profile, %USERPROFILE%

Once you determine which folder belongs to which profile, you can safely
move the additional folders to a different drive. Reboot and see if there is
any problem, if not delete the additional folders which are moved to the
different drive. Note that those folders may be having some data/personal
documents, be sure to backup them.

NOTE: You can also use the SET command from Command Prompt to view the
Homepath and Environment Variables.

Don't delete "Default User" profile as it acts as a template account for the
new user profiles which you might create.

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

The Parasite Fight:
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.php

Outlook Express: Getting News from Newsgroups:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/using/howto/oe/gettingnews.mspx

i am the sole user, and click on "owner" to access winxp. due to an epic
battle between my oem disk and norton scumware, i have 7 folders in
documents and settings! all users [30mb] all users.window [10mb] all
users.windowxp [267kb] default user [553kb] default user.windowxp [267kb]
owner [1gb] and (myname) [2gb]. can i safely and simply delete and/or reduce
some of these?

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Fine, and let us know.

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Windows 2000 Group Policy Registry Table:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/gp/gpref.asp

the movement of the folders. apparently the 2gb user folder (myname)
maintains some association with winxp. i'm now hand deleting individual
items. i will report any news.

Steve, What did not work? SET? %Userprofile%, %allusersprofile% or the
deletion of folders?

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Windows 2000 Group Policy Registry Table:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/gp/gpref.asp

it didn't work, and somehow i temporarily lost my broadband connection! i
guess i'll just waste the space after all. thanx for all your past (and
future!) help. steve

Hi Steve,

To determine the correct 'All Users' profile, type %ALLUSERSPROFILE% in the
RUN box. For the current user profile, %USERPROFILE%

Once you determine which folder belongs to which profile, you can safely
move the additional folders to a different drive. Reboot and see if there is
any problem, if not delete the additional folders which are moved to the
different drive. Note that those folders may be having some data/personal
documents, be sure to backup them.

NOTE: You can also use the SET command from Command Prompt to view the
Homepath and Environment Variables.

Don't delete "Default User" profile as it acts as a template account for the
new user profiles which you might create.

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

The Parasite Fight:
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.php

Outlook Express: Getting News from Newsgroups:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/using/howto/oe/gettingnews.mspx

i am the sole user, and click on "owner" to access winxp. due to an epic
battle between my oem disk and norton scumware, i have 7 folders in
documents and settings! all users [30mb] all users.window [10mb] all
users.windowxp [267kb] default user [553kb] default user.windowxp [267kb]
owner [1gb] and (myname) [2gb]. can i safely and simply delete and/or reduce
some of these?