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"Steve Fonda" <> wrote in message
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>I couldn't find a group for Windows 7, so I'm going to post here and
> see what happens.
>
> A lot of our traveling users take advantage of Offline Files and Sync
> Center found in Windows Vista / 7. Ever since I started rolling out 7
> on laptops, I have come across an issue with Offline Files.
>
> Example: All users have a network share that is mapped as their H:
> drive. Upon setup, I always redirect a user's My Documents to the
> full UNC path \\server\share\, not moving the location. Once this is
> established, I make the folder Always Available Offline. In the most
> recent example, the user's My Documents on his H: drive is 11.3 Gigs.
> I synched the entire share so that it was available offline, verified
> the size / contents both on the server and the disk usage on the local
> machine; all was well.
>
> I sent the machine to a remote office, still within the network. When
> the user received it, after a short time I was told that his offline
> files were not working, nothing was availble offline, he couldn't
> sync, all sorts of problems. Sure enough, I remote into the machine
> and it says that there is only 14.3KB in use for Offline Files, when I
> had sent it out with a full 11.3 Gigs. I am unable to run a full,
> successful sync now, and this also happens on another machine.
>
> Has anyone run into similar issues with Windows 7 offline files? I've
> had to resort to a third party app to make sure the files are
> reliable, since Windows certiainly has not been for this user.
>
> Thanks a lot!
> Steve
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