Rick S.
October 23rd 05, 05:44 PM
I just received this message from my operating system for the 1st time since
I purchased my computer early in 2003:
Title: Windows - Low On Registry Space
Info: The system has reached the maximum size allowed for the system part of
the registry. Additional storage requests will be ignored.
I'm running WinXP Home SP2 with all Windows updates installed, M/B: Asus
A7N8X NVIDIA nForce2, CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2100+, RAM: 256 MB PC 3200, File
System: Fat32.
I tried closing all programs and re-booting the system. This same message
referred to above came up immediately upon a fresh boot. I have never run
across this type of message before and do not know how to clear up and
resolve it.
I did not install any new programs or change my configuration. I was playing
an installed chess game when the message first appeared.
I tried opening Help and Support and searched for information about "Windows
- Low On Registry Space". I received some information from Article ID 124594,
December 15, 2004, revision 4.2, "Understanding and configuring Registry Size
Limit ( RSL ). However, this article appears to apply to Win 2000 and Win NT.
At the bottom of the article was a link for WinXP users. This link took me to
Article ID 292726, May 18, 2005, revision 3.0, "Registry Size Limit
functionality has been removed from Windows Server 2003 and from Windows XP".
Copy and paste from that article:
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SUMMARY
In Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and in Microsoft Windows XP, the Registry
Size Limit (RSL) functionality has been removed. Therefore, there are no
longer any limits on the total amount of space that may be consumed by
registry data (hives) in paged pool memory, and in disk space.
MORE INFORMATION
In Windows Server 2003 and in Windows XP, there is no longer a limit to the
registry based on paged pool. Views of the registry files are now mapped in
the computer cache address space. Therefore, regardless of the size of the
hive, it is not charged for more than 4 megabytes (MB) of space.
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Well, I am unsure how to proceed in order to clear up and resolve the
"Windows - Low On Registry Space" message from my operating system. I would
appreciate any advice in this matter to fix this issue on my computer...
Thank-you, --Rick
I purchased my computer early in 2003:
Title: Windows - Low On Registry Space
Info: The system has reached the maximum size allowed for the system part of
the registry. Additional storage requests will be ignored.
I'm running WinXP Home SP2 with all Windows updates installed, M/B: Asus
A7N8X NVIDIA nForce2, CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2100+, RAM: 256 MB PC 3200, File
System: Fat32.
I tried closing all programs and re-booting the system. This same message
referred to above came up immediately upon a fresh boot. I have never run
across this type of message before and do not know how to clear up and
resolve it.
I did not install any new programs or change my configuration. I was playing
an installed chess game when the message first appeared.
I tried opening Help and Support and searched for information about "Windows
- Low On Registry Space". I received some information from Article ID 124594,
December 15, 2004, revision 4.2, "Understanding and configuring Registry Size
Limit ( RSL ). However, this article appears to apply to Win 2000 and Win NT.
At the bottom of the article was a link for WinXP users. This link took me to
Article ID 292726, May 18, 2005, revision 3.0, "Registry Size Limit
functionality has been removed from Windows Server 2003 and from Windows XP".
Copy and paste from that article:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY
In Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and in Microsoft Windows XP, the Registry
Size Limit (RSL) functionality has been removed. Therefore, there are no
longer any limits on the total amount of space that may be consumed by
registry data (hives) in paged pool memory, and in disk space.
MORE INFORMATION
In Windows Server 2003 and in Windows XP, there is no longer a limit to the
registry based on paged pool. Views of the registry files are now mapped in
the computer cache address space. Therefore, regardless of the size of the
hive, it is not charged for more than 4 megabytes (MB) of space.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Well, I am unsure how to proceed in order to clear up and resolve the
"Windows - Low On Registry Space" message from my operating system. I would
appreciate any advice in this matter to fix this issue on my computer...
Thank-you, --Rick