The "Limit profile size" Group Policy setting does not take effect on a client computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 if a user profile size is greater than 4 GB

In an Active Directory domain environment, you configure the Limit profile size Group Policy setting to manage the size of user profiles. However, on a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based client computer, the Group Policy setting does not take effect if the user profile size is more than 4 gigabytes (GB) . Additinoally, you do not receive a message that the profile size is exceeded, and you can log off as usual even if the Max Profile Size field of the Group Policy setting is set to a value of less than 4 GB.
When you use a roaming profile, you receive the following message:

Hotfix information for Windows Server 2008 and for Windows Vista

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing the problem described in this article. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next software update that contains this hotfix.

If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, contact Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix.

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Prerequisites

To apply this hotfix, your computer must be running one of the following operating systems:

• Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1)
• Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2)
• Windows Server 2008
• Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2)

Restart requirement

You must restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.

Registry information

You do not have to make any change to the registry.

File information

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

For all supported x86-based versions of Windows Server 2008 and of Windows Vista

For all supported x64-based versions of Windows Server 2008 and of Windows Vista

For all supported Itanium-based versions of Windows Server 2008

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

The Limit profile size Group Policy setting is found in the following path:For more information about how to set quotas on user profiles, visit the following Microsoft Web site: For more information about how to assign profile and disk quotas, visit the following Microsoft Web site: For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: