Windows xp user disk quota

Jump to Post. This can even be done with a policy editor. If it is not such and such then stop the counter or remove it all together. Simple VBS script can handle this or built in windows function as well.

Facebook Like. Twitter Tweet. Be a part of the DaniWeb community. Sign Up — It's Free! Reply to this Topic. We need to change this values based on the disk space available and the number of users and their needs.

This command would print user name, quota modified time, disk space used, quota threshold and quota limits for each user of the system. Thanks for the article. Please write to me for the software and to test it… thank you : my Email is: [email protected]. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Prerequisites: no prerequisites. Key terms: user, limit, file, space, partition, entry, set, drive, ownership, enable Quota Tab We can use Disk Quotas on NTFS partitions to keep track or restrict the amount of disk space used by specific users.

Image Like this: Like Loading Leave a Reply Cancel reply. In some time depending on the disk size and the number of files , Windows will count the total usage of the disk space by every user. Click on the Quota Entries button.

You will see a resulting table showing quotas and the current size of the space used by each user whose files are found on file system.

Here you can see at a glance which users have already exceeded their disk quotas. By default, the same quotas are set for all users. From the Quota Entries window, you can create, increase or disable a custom quota settings for a certain user. From the quota list window, you can export your quota settings and then import and apply them to another disk or computer. If you want to display a list of files that are counted in the quota of a specific user, you need to select the Delete menu item.

This dialog box allows to change the owner of a specific file Take ownership , delete or move the file.