Microsoft KB Archive/826982

= User.Dat Registry File Is Not Excluded from the Profile Quota Policy =

Article ID: 826982

Article Last Modified on 3/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86)
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, 64-Bit Datacenter Edition

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SYMPTOMS
When you have roaming user profiles that are set to limit the user profile size through Group Policy, you can exclude the User.dat registry file from the user profile size calculation. However, although the User.dat file is removed from the profile storage space, the size of the file is still included in the user profile size calculation to determine whether the user profile exceeds the size limit that you have set. This behavior is correct. However, the explanatory text for the GPO option says:

If you disable this setting or do not configure it, the system does not limit the size of roaming user profiles.

This statement incorrectly implies that the User.dat file is not counted. The hotfix that is described in this article does not change the behavior, but modifies the explanatory text to make it accurate.



Service pack information
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2003. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

889100 How to obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2003

Prerequisites
No prerequisites are required.

Restart Requirement
You do not have to restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix Replacement Information
This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File Information
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

Microsoft Windows Server 2003
  Date         Time   Size       File name 19-Aug-2003 21:52  1,512,154  System.adm 12-Aug-2003 18:54        271  Branches.inf 20-Aug-2003 21:53     10,082  Kb826982.cat 19-Aug-2003 23:51        354  Updatebr.inf 19-Aug-2003 23:52      4,854  Update_rtmqfe.inf

Microsoft Windows Server 2003, 64-Bit Edition
  Date         Time   Size       File name 19-Aug-2003 21:52  1,512,154  System.adm 12-Aug-2003 18:54        271  Branches.inf 20-Aug-2003 21:53     10,082  Kb826982.cat 19-Aug-2003 23:58        354  Updatebr.inf 19-Aug-2003 23:59      4,874  Update_rtmqfe.inf



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2.

Additional query words: Win2k3 Win2003

Keywords: kbwinserv2003sp2fix kbhotfixserver kbbug kbfix kbqfe kbwinserv2003presp1fix KB826982

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