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Offline Files, Windows 7
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 |