XP low disk space warning

[O.G. Lycia]

How do I turn this off? I have a partition of about 500 mb for my swapfile and I keep getting the low disk space warning...

[WebHead]

I don't know how to change it, but I can tell you how to modify the settings. Sytem Properties>Advanced tab>Settings button under performance>Advanced tab from within performance options window>Click the "Change" button under virtual memory>Then you'll see some settings that can be modified. I don't think this will solve your problem, but it might help a little.

[O.G. Lycia]

Sorry, Weby, I think you misunderstood. I know how to change setting for the swapfile/virtual memory. What I want to know is, without adding more space to the partition, how do I turn off the low disk space warning?

[Garak]

I think the option is under disk clean-up under programs, accessories, system.

Hope that helps;..

[Quiet Thunder]

See if a Disk Quota is checked under your drive properties. Mycomputer>>right-click drive>>properties>>Quota.

Hope that helps. You could also find how to clear your swapfile at shutdown, and that should at least minimize the amount of messages you get.

[Quiet Thunder]

BTW, to clear the swapfile on shutdown, go to Local Security Settings in the Administrative tools folder. Then browse to: Local Policy>>Security Settings. There is a key named "Shutdown: Clear Virtual Memory Page File". Enable this. Note, it will take longer to shutdown now.

[WebHead]

BTW,.. I did find this article in the KB last night on this subject. Maybe this will help. But I couldn't find it in my registry, so I'm not sure. After clicking on the link, scroll down the bottom of the page and you'll see what I mean. <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q285107" target="_blank">http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q285107</a>

On the page it says:
[quote]NOTE : There is a registry value you can set to disable this feature:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Pol icies\Explorer NoLowDiskSpaceChecks REG_DWORD 1
Then logoff and logon again.<hr></blockquote>

But what the heck is the HKCU part? I didn't see that under regedit.

[Quiet Thunder]

It's short for HKEY_CURRENT_USER\

[WebHead]

That's what I thought. But my string ends at:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Pol icies\comdlg32

So I was a little lost on that advice because of that. I can't seem to find the NoLowDiskSpaceChecks in the registry on my WinXP HE.

[MacGyver]

If the key doesn't exist, you can create it. Try creating it as a string variable first, if that doesn't work then try the other types (DWORD and Binary)

[O.G. Lycia]

[quote]Originally posted by WebHead:
<strong>BTW,.. I did find this article in the KB last night on this subject. Maybe this will help. But I couldn't find it in my registry, so I'm not sure. After clicking on the link, scroll down the bottom of the page and you'll see what I mean. <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q285107" target="_blank">http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q285107</a>

On the page it says:


But what the heck is the HKCU part? I didn't see that under regedit.</strong><hr></blockquote>

I am at work, but I think this might do the trick Weby!! I will try later tonight. Thanks!


Later that night... Ok home now, and I noticed I hadn't installed TweakUI yet. Did, then wen through the list of options and found one for removing the low disk space warning! How convienient.

Thanks for the help.