Modify user disk space limits and warning levels

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

To modify user disk space limits and warning levels

Open My Computer.
Right-click the volume for which you want to modify quota values, and then click Properties.
In the Properties dialog box, click the Quota tab.
On the Quota tab, click Quota Entries.
In the Quota Entries window, click the entries for the users whose options you want to modify, and on the Quota menu, click Properties.
In the Quota Settings dialog box, modify any of the following options you want to change, and then click OK:

Do not limit disk usage. Click to track disk space usage without limiting disk space.

Limit disk space to. Activates fields for limiting disk space and setting warning levels. Type a numeric value in the text field, and select a disk space limit unit from the drop-down list. You can use decimal values (for example, 20.5 MB).

Notes

To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer, or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority. If the computer is joined to a domain, members of the Domain Admins group might be able to perform this procedure. As a security best practice, consider using Run as to perform this procedure. For more information, see Default local groups, Default groups, and Using Run as.
To open My Computer, click Start, and then click My Computer.
If the volume is not formatted with the NTFS file system, or if you are not a member of the Administrators group, the Quota tab is not displayed in the volume`s properties dialog box.

Open Command Prompt.
Type:

fsutil quota modify [VolumePathname] [threshold] [limit] [domain\username]

Value	Description
VolumePathname	The drive letter (followed by a colon).
threshold	The limit, in bytes, at which warnings are issued.
limit	The maximum allowed disk usage, in bytes.
domain\username	The domain and user name of the user whose disk usage you want to limit.

Notes

To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer, or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority. If the computer is joined to a domain, members of the Domain Admins group might be able to perform this procedure. As a security best practice, consider using Run as to perform this procedure. For more information, see Default local groups, Default groups, and Using Run as.
To open a command prompt, click Start, point to All programs, point to Accessories, and then click Command prompt.
In order to set user disk space limits and warning levels, the volume must be formatted with the NTFS file system.
For more information about fsutil, see Related Topics.

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