Should an administrators account take up as much space as the Users ?

J.C.

Yes, I have documents, but pictures, videos and downloads are stored elsewhere, NOT on my system drive. I do not expect documents to occupy gigabytes.

Will check out WinDirStat - thanks for the hint.

Other replier

Various different programs I use every 4 weeks, claim to delete temporary files and do DiskCleanup. Also, every 4 weeks, I specifically empty all the Temporary Files locations that I have found.

Restore points - Current usage is 5Gb

Storage sense is enabled.

"an administrator account shouldn't take up as much space as all the user accounts combined"

There are only two users - one of whom is never opened.

My interest is not in how the size of a system grows, but whether the administrators account should be as big as a users.

I have a x64 system that has only the Administrator account. It is (obviously) more recent than my x32 system. It is hard to dig back in the mists of time when I set up the x32 system, but I probably did not realise that Administrators was all I needed. At this late stage of the game, can I eliminate one of those two accounts (presumably the Users one, as I'd want to keep the Administrators - if so HOW could I go about it without any loss of functionality ? (but with a gain in free space). I have good reason to persist with the x32 account. No need to remind me that Microsoft support has ended (for both x32 and x64).

MSoft forum contributor

Also, try this : The possible size cause, under your Admin account can be Due to buildup of

temporary files.. Like program caches, system restore points or excessive third-party apps

To resolve this MSoft advice to use -- its built-in tools like : Disk-cleanup and Storage sense

or manually check certain folders for large catches. Such as video editors or photoshops

1. Run the Disk cleanup tool "To clean up System files" in your computer
2. Enable Storage Sense in your. Windows settings to automatically - Delete temporary files and empty the recycle bin. can also run it manually by going to : Settings > System > Storage
3. The - System & reserved category - in Windows Storage settings can also grow large

due to updates. Disk Cleanup is the best way to handle this .. Keep us updated

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Forgot : To answer the question "Should an admin account take as much space as the users"

No, an administrator account. shouldn't take up as much space as all the user accounts combined. Because it's a single account with its own profile, while "Users"

refers to all the different user profiles on the computer.

The space an administrator account uses, depend on the administrator's activity. Such as the files they save & programs they install. Which is separated from the space

used by other user accounts.  Does this Make senne to you.?

Hello,

Storage consumption depends on how much you’re keeping in the user accounts primary folders, documents, pictures, downloads, etc. So make sure to check the directory for user data in C:/Users and within those folders is the data the admin and other user accounts are keeping.

Not too familiar with Treesize but I personally use WinDirStat to check my storage as it gives a good visual representation of your data consumption.

Hope this helps,

JC