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Most of the files that I use are stored on my desktop computer (also acting
as a file server, with RAID5). I keep an Offline copy on my laptop and take
them with me to do work. Everything works fine. When I'm away from the
network, I have nice speedy access to all my Offline files. Also, if I
connect to the network via 100BaseT Ethernet, while a little slower because
it's using the server files over the Ethernet, access is still reasonable.
However, when I'm connected to the network via Wi-Fi, which is the typical
case (like right now, I'm sitting in bed), the connection is very, very
slow. With occasional exceptions (my wife has a third computer and shares
some of these files), I'm the only one who ever changes these files, so I
don't care about being out of sync with the "real" copy on the server.
Is there a way to make Windows XP use the Offline file version of the files
and folders by default? I could still synchronize every time I bring my
laptop back to the network, but that way I would not be forced to rely on
the super-slow network access.
By the way, I don't want to disable the Wi-Fi network and force the computer
to use the Offline files that way, because I rely on the Wi-Fi connection
for Internet access. I only want to use my local copies of the Offline files
and folders, while otherwise interacting with the network normally.
Thanks for any advice,
Colin
Most of the files that I use are stored on my desktop computer (also acting
as a file server, with RAID5). I keep an Offline copy on my laptop and take
them with me to do work. Everything works fine. When I'm away from the
network, I have nice speedy access to all my Offline files. Also, if I
connect to the network via 100BaseT Ethernet, while a little slower because
it's using the server files over the Ethernet, access is still reasonable.
However, when I'm connected to the network via Wi-Fi, which is the typical
case (like right now, I'm sitting in bed), the connection is very, very
slow. With occasional exceptions (my wife has a third computer and shares
some of these files), I'm the only one who ever changes these files, so I
don't care about being out of sync with the "real" copy on the server.
Is there a way to make Windows XP use the Offline file version of the files
and folders by default? I could still synchronize every time I bring my
laptop back to the network, but that way I would not be forced to rely on
the super-slow network access.
By the way, I don't want to disable the Wi-Fi network and force the computer
to use the Offline files that way, because I rely on the Wi-Fi connection
for Internet access. I only want to use my local copies of the Offline files
and folders, while otherwise interacting with the network normally.
Thanks for any advice,
Colin