Registry Maxed Out for System

[Guest dickf]

I restored my Win XP system from an image backup. This backup was of SP 2.

After restoring, MS Update installed SP3. Thereafter I sometimes get the

following message during boot: "The system has reached the maximum size

allowed for the system part of the registry. Additional storage requests

will be ignored". Can anybody tell me if they have ever heard of this

message and what might be causing it? I have fewer programs on my machine

now, when i am getting the message than I did before the restore, before the

message appeared.

[Guest HeyBub]

Re: Registry Maxed Out for System

 

dickf wrote:

> I restored my Win XP system from an image backup. This backup was of

> SP 2. After restoring, MS Update installed SP3. Thereafter I

> sometimes get the following message during boot: "The system has

> reached the maximum size allowed for the system part of the registry.

> Additional storage requests will be ignored". Can anybody tell me if

> they have ever heard of this message and what might be causing it? I

> have fewer programs on my machine now, when i am getting the message

> than I did before the restore, before the message appeared.

 

There is no maximum size for the Windows registry.

 

Reports of this message point to Nvidia drivers. The suggested fix is to go

to the Nvidia web site, download the appropriate driver, and replace your

existing drivers with the new ones.

[Guest Gerry]

Re: Registry Maxed Out for System

 

Dick

 

Google is your friend:

http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/14737/what-is-the-maximum-registry-size.html

 

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Hope this helps.

 

Gerry

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Stourport, England

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dickf wrote:

> I restored my Win XP system from an image backup. This backup was of

> SP 2. After restoring, MS Update installed SP3. Thereafter I

> sometimes get the following message during boot: "The system has

> reached the maximum size allowed for the system part of the registry.

> Additional storage requests will be ignored". Can anybody tell me if

> they have ever heard of this message and what might be causing it? I

> have fewer programs on my machine now, when i am getting the message

> than I did before the restore, before the message appeared.

[Guest HeyBub]

Re: Registry Maxed Out for System

 

Gerry wrote:

> Dick

>

> Google is your friend:

> http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/14737/what-is-the-maximum-registry-size.html

>

>

 

The article must be out of date or applies to Win98

 

From Microsoft:

 

"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."

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/292726

[Guest John John (MVP)]

Re: Registry Maxed Out for System

 

Not applicable to Windows XP, Windows 2000 was the last version to use

this setting. Windows XP/Server 2003 and later ignores this setting.

 

Registry Size Limit functionality has been removed from Windows Server

2003 and from Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;292726&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

 

John

 

Gerry wrote:

> Dick

>

> Google is your friend:

> http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/14737/what-is-the-maximum-registry-size.html

>

[Guest Gerry]

Re: Registry Maxed Out for System

 

HeyBub

 

You're right except that the link I provided was referring to Windows

2000 not Windows 98.

 

 

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Gerry

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FCA

Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute

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HeyBub wrote:

> Gerry wrote:

>> Dick

>>

>> Google is your friend:

>> http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/14737/what-is-the-maximum-registry-size.html

>>

>>

>

> The article must be out of date or applies to Win98

>

> From Microsoft:

>

> "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."

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/292726

[Guest Gerry]

Re: Registry Maxed Out for System

 

You're right John. If I had delved deeper I might have spotted that the

KB Article in the link refers to Windows 2000. Oh well you win some and

you lose some.

 

 

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Regards.

 

Gerry

~~~~

FCA

Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

 

 

John John (MVP) wrote:

> Not applicable to Windows XP, Windows 2000 was the last version to use

> this setting. Windows XP/Server 2003 and later ignores this setting.

>

> Registry Size Limit functionality has been removed from Windows Server

> 2003 and from Windows XP

> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;292726&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

>

> John

>

> Gerry wrote:

>> Dick

>>

>> Google is your friend:

>> http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/14737/what-is-the-maximum-registry-size.html