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> Microsoft Support > Windows XP Support [SOLVED] Profile Storage Space exceeded... User Name Remember Me? Password Site Map Posting Help Register Rules Today's Posts Search Site Map Home Forum Rules Members List Contact Us Community Links Pictures & Albums Members List Search Forums Show Threads Show Posts Tag Search Advanced Search Search Site / Google View Posts New Posts Your Posts Go to Page... [SOLVED] Profile Storage Space exceeded... This is a discussion on [SOLVED] Profile Storage Space exceeded... within the Windows XP Support forums, part of the Tech Support Forum category. Okay, before getting into it, I want to warn you all that I'm fairly ignorant about the computer and only Page 1 of 2 1 2 > Thread Tools Search this Thread 05-13-2009, 11:59 AM #1 chingutee Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 42 OS: XP Okay, before getting into it, I want to warn you all that I'm fairly ignorant about the computer and only know the absolute basics. My computer was moving very slowly beginning yesterday. I thought it was a viral infection, but after running several scans and looking through my files and processes, I didn't see anything out of the ordinary. Then I noticed that my computer was barel
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What is going on? How can you get rid of this error? Background Your profile is basically a set of customizations stored in files and a chunk of the registry. It gets copied from http://css.insttech.washington.edu/~lab/Support/HowtoUse/ExceededProfileSpace.html your home directory (in the .win_profile.v2 folder) to the C: drive of the machine you are logging into. The location is: "C:\Users\uwnetid" where uwnetid is your actual UW Net Id. For example, my UW Net Id is srondeau, so the actual location of my profile on the workstation I logged into is: "C:\Users\srondeau" During the time you are logged on, you may make changes to default printers and the like, configure preferences and options in applications, create temporary files while profile storage you browse the web, put files on the desktop, put files in Pictures, download files in Downloads, etc. This information is stored in that "profile" space on the C: drive, sometimes in these hidden subfolders of the profile path mentioned above: "AppData\Roaming" "Local Settings\Temp" The contents of the profile are automatically copied back to your home directory's .win_profile.v2 folder when you log off. At least, that the way it is supposed to work. When people store over 30 MB of data profile storage space in their profile, it takes a long time to logon and a long time to logoff. So, we limit the profile space to 30MB, and that is why you see a warning when you try to log off -- it's telling you you wont be able to log off and save your profile. Profiles are important because they "follow you" or "roam" as you move from computer to computer, allowing you to keep the same application environment. But a lot of junk builds up in these "roaming profiles" rather quickly. The Solution To solve this problem: In general, use your home directory to store any files and folders that you want to keep. The Windows home directory is the H: drive. It may also appear in Windows Explorer as: uwnetid$ (\\itfiles3.insttech.washington.edu) (H:) where uwnetid is your UW Net Id. Look at the information that the "profile space exceeded" window is telling you All paths are relative to C:\Users\uwnetid. The usual culprits are (using my UW Net Id as an example): "C:\Users\srondeau\appdata\roaming" "C:\Users\srondeau\Local Settings\Temp" "C:\Users\srondeau\Desktop" Remember that some of these folders are hidden, so you'll have to change your folder options or use this command from the CMD shell to see them: dir /a "C:\Users\srondeau" Delete anything in those folders that you don't need, or move files from your profile to your home directory. Examples of files and folders to delete are settings for Photoshop, Firefox's cache, temporary internet files