ProfileQuotaMessage

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

Data type Range Default value
REG_SZ String You have exceeded your profile storage space. Before you can log off, you need to move some items from your profile to network or local storage.

Description

Specifies the message the system displays to notify user that their roaming user profile is too large .This message is displayed as soon as the system detects that the profile has grown too large.

This entry stores the string you type in the Custom Message box in Limit profile size Group Policy. Group Policy adds this entry to the registry when you enable the Limit profile size policy. If you disable the policy or set it to Not configured, Group Policy deletes this entry from the registry.

The system displays this message only when the value of the WarnUser entry is 1. If the value of WarnUser is 1.

Change method

To change the value of this entry, use Group Policy. This entry corresponds to the Custom Message box in the Limit profile size policy (User Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Logon/Logoff).

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This entry is used only when the Limit profile size policy is enabled, that is, when the value of EnableProfileQuota is 1, and when the policy is configured to warn users as soon as their profile exceeds the maximum size, that is, when the value of WarnUser is 1.

To suppress this notification message, clear the Notify user when profile storage space is exceeded check box to set the value of WarnUser to 0. If you delete the ProfileQuotaMessage entry from the registry, the system displays the default message. If you delete the default text from the Custom Message box, or delete the value of ProfileQuotaMessage, the system displays an empty message box.

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For detailed information about particular Group Policy settings, see the Group Policy Reference (Gp.chm) on the Windows 2000 Resource Kit companion CD.

For general information about Group Policy, see Group Policy in Windows 2000 Help.

To see a table associating policies with their corresponding registry entries, see the Group Policy Reference Table.

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