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Q259826: Troubleshooting Profile Quota Manager

Article: Q259826
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): winnt:4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbtool kbtshoot
Last Modified: 06-AUG-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 
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IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you 
modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore 
the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the 
registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry

SUMMARY
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It can be difficult to troubleshoot problems with the Profile Quota Manager tool
(Proquota.exe). However, you can use the checked version of Proquota.exe with a
registry change to create a log file in the root folder of drive C that is
useful in debugging problems with Proquota.exe. Proquota.exe is invoked by the
Limit Profile Size policy.

MORE INFORMATION
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WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems
that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot
guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor
incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
To enable the log file:

1. Rename the Proquota.exe file in the %SystemRoot%\System32 folder to
  Proquota.old or some other name.

2. Copy the checked version of the Proquota.exe file to the
  %SystemRoot%\System32 folder on the client computer that you want to debug.
  The checked version of the Proquota.exe file must match the version of the
  operating system being used.

3. Start Registry Editor (Regedt32) and locate the following key:

  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

4. Create a new value named ProquotaDebugLevel as a REG_DWORD value. Assign data
  value 10002 in hexadecimal.

5. Restart the computer.

Log information is recorded in the root folder of drive C in the Proquota.log
file. You can view the contents of the file with any text editor (such as
Notepad).

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbtool kbtshoot 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNT400search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400
Version           : winnt:4.0
Issue type        : kbinfo

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