Re: hello i am confused and need some help

I haven't run XP Home in so long, I don't remember if it enforces Disk Quotas or not. You can't limit size by folder, but you can limit the space they can use on a hard disk.

See Help and Support for Disk Quotas

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"whatever" <yadalda@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1147314111.571692.22040@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
ok great i will do that. now i know there is a way to limit the size of
certain forlders. do i also have to do this the admin acount or can i
do this as a regular administrator.
ether way i don't know how to do it can u also direct me to the right
place with that.

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