How to disable “Low Disk Space” warning in Windows XP

Every time I install Windows XP, I forget about a thing I must do, and that is to disable the low disk space warning. Why disable it? Obviously, there are a lot of methods to find out that your drive is low on free space or not, and Microsoft's operating systems also have a different opinion than mine regarding what "low disk space" is...


The good part is that you don't need a Computer Science degree to get rid of the annoying Low Disk Space warning, and to make things even better, there are 3 ways to do this, as you're going to see right now...
1. Edit the registry

First of all, there's the 4-year old method that was made public by no one else than Microsoft. This method describes how to create a registry key to disable the Low Disk Space notification in Windows XP, and since this is the most notorious one, I'll tell you about it before the others, but don't hurry up to apply it yet!

- Open the Run dialog, using the Windows key+R shortcut or Start menu>Run, type "regedit", and then click OK.


- Browse the registry until you find the key located at HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersion
PoliciesExplorer.
- From the Edit menu, pick New, and then choose DWORD Value.


- Baptize the new registry value as NoLowDiskSpaceChecks, and press Enter to finish this step.

- Now, change the value of this item to 1, by selecting it and choosing Modify from the Edit menu.
All done here, let's move on to the second method!


2. Ninja-style removal

While I was surfing the Internet today looking for hot tips and tricks that I didn't discover yet, I had a revelation - there is an incredibly easy solution for the Low Disk Space problem, and this one involves only one command line that needs to be entered at the command prompt!

Here's what you need to do...

- Open a command prompt window, by typing "command" in the Run dialog or by opening the Start menu and going to Programs>Accessories>Command Prompt.

- Copy and paste "regini HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersion
PoliciesExplorer "NoLowDiskSpaceChecks" = REG_DWORD 1", and it's all done! (be careful to remove the space before "Policies" first!)

Probably you figured it out, the command above creates the registry key mentioned before without having to go through all the hassle of browsing the registry, creating a new value and changing its contents.


3. Call a friend!

Well, if you have some computer geeks in your phone's memory, you can try this too, but I was thinking about a virtual friend. To be more precise, I am thinking about a software helper. Why? Here's my reason...

Sooner or later, you are going to use a specialized program to tweak your computer and unleash all the power of your operating system, so why not use it to disable the Low Disk Space warning? The only problem remaining is to choose the right program to do that, but that shouldn't be that hard to solve - after all, you're in the Software District here...

At this time, I suggest that you take a look at TweakNow PowerPack, a very nice system optimization suite that may help you with a lot of things, and also keep an eye on our Reviews area, where you can find this kind of programs pretty often, so... stay close!