Seems i am not alone - Offline files.

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i just did a quick tour of my local business park chatting to the IT guys
and asked if they had any troubles with it only a few used it but they all
had the issue as well but not when using 2k...
"ross malyon" <ross.malyon@selectec...co.uk> wrote in message
news:uK0r6vMkEHA.592@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Hi all - just installed XP and sp2 to 2 laptops for some mobile users of
> mine - i got them to VPN in to the network and to make certain folders
> avilable offline - it made a new offline files folder and allwas good i
> turned off the VPN and they could access the offline files without any
> issues, Now - the only trouble is as soon as they reboot the laptop and
log
> on again the offline files option is disabled and they have to enable it
> again and then it will work fine.
>
> This as im sure you can understand is madness   So i did a few google
> searches on the issue and it seems i am not alone on this one at all and
> lots of people have it i called a friend of mine who uses offline files
and
> he said he had the same issue and hes using xp sp1 -
>
> Its very confusing - could anyone point me to a fix? as im sure it is a
huge
> problem.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>

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I've also had that happen to one co-worker and haven't been able to
figure out why...

One thing to check, though - is Fast User Switching "re-enabled" when
this happens?

Jeffrey Randow (Windows Networking & Smart Display MVP)
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On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 13:56:59 +0100, "ross malyon"
<ross.malyon@selectec...co.uk> wrote:

>i just did a quick tour of my local business park chatting to the IT guys
>and asked if they had any troubles with it only a few used it but they all
>had the issue as well but not when using 2k...
>"ross malyon" <ross.malyon@selectec...co.uk> wrote in message
>news:uK0r6vMkEHA.592@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> Hi all - just installed XP and sp2 to 2 laptops for some mobile users of
>> mine - i got them to VPN in to the network and to make certain folders
>> avilable offline - it made a new offline files folder and allwas good i
>> turned off the VPN and they could access the offline files without any
>> issues, Now - the only trouble is as soon as they reboot the laptop and
>log
>> on again the offline files option is disabled and they have to enable it
>> again and then it will work fine.
>>
>> This as im sure you can understand is madness   So i did a few google
>> searches on the issue and it seems i am not alone on this one at all and
>> lots of people have it i called a friend of mine who uses offline files
>and
>> he said he had the same issue and hes using xp sp1 -
>>
>> Its very confusing - could anyone point me to a fix? as im sure it is a
>huge
>> problem.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>>
>