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Sean
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Tue Oct 05, 2004 2:39 am Post subject:
Offline Files |
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Hello all,
I am not certain if this would be a file system question but I figured
I'll start the post here.
I am looking at using offline files configured on a share as a
repository for a redirected My Documents folder. Unfortunately, I noticed
that unless a user "accesses" the file or folder the data is not cached to
the local machine. I have read through the deployment papers for
redirection of folders and have been unable to find a way to change this
behavior. I have a mix of Windows 2000 and Windows XP clients that need
this capability. Does anyone have any suggestions to force offline files to
be created for all files in a directory?
Sean |
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Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]
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Sat Oct 09, 2004 5:55 pm Post subject:
Re: Offline Files |
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Sean wrote:
| Quote: | Hello all,
I am not certain if this would be a file system question but I
figured I'll start the post here.
I am looking at using offline files configured on a share as a
repository for a redirected My Documents folder. Unfortunately, I
noticed that unless a user "accesses" the file or folder the data is
not cached to the local machine. I have read through the deployment
papers for redirection of folders and have been unable to find a way
to change this behavior. I have a mix of Windows 2000 and Windows XP
clients that need this capability. Does anyone have any suggestions
to force offline files to be created for all files in a directory?
Sean
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Not that I know of, because the selection of offline files is usually set on
the client (although you might get more help in m.p.windows.group_policy).
Personally, I've found offline files not worth the trouble as I've seen too
many incidents of lost data - I use offline files functionality only for
home/remote/laptop users, and I use a third party app called SecondCopy 2000
(www.centered.com) for it.
However, you may be able to do what you wish via policy. Try the GP group. |
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Sean
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Tue Oct 12, 2004 7:47 pm Post subject:
Re: Offline Files |
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Sounds fair to me. Thanks for the little bit of advice.
Sean
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| Quote: | Sean wrote:
Hello all,
I am not certain if this would be a file system question but I
figured I'll start the post here.
I am looking at using offline files configured on a share as a
repository for a redirected My Documents folder. Unfortunately, I
noticed that unless a user "accesses" the file or folder the data is
not cached to the local machine. I have read through the deployment
papers for redirection of folders and have been unable to find a way
to change this behavior. I have a mix of Windows 2000 and Windows XP
clients that need this capability. Does anyone have any suggestions
to force offline files to be created for all files in a directory?
Sean
Not that I know of, because the selection of offline files is usually set
on
the client (although you might get more help in m.p.windows.group_policy).
Personally, I've found offline files not worth the trouble as I've seen
too
many incidents of lost data - I use offline files functionality only for
home/remote/laptop users, and I use a third party app called SecondCopy
2000
(www.centered.com) for it.
However, you may be able to do what you wish via policy. Try the GP group.
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