Disabling caching on NT Server shares

[Paul]

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We have a W2K Active Directory with Windows XP Pro
clients. There is also a resource NT domain containing an
NT 4.0 Server.

The XP clients are using shares from the NT Server. In
particular the users have roaming profiles and home
directories stored on the NT Server (with My Documents
redirected to their home directory).

When the users logout you always see a file
synchronisation dialog (presumably sync'ing their offline
folders). Warnings appear in the event log that you
shouldn't use offline folders with Roaming Profiles, and
that you should disable Offline Caching on the Roaming
Profile share. I can see how to do this if the server was
running W2K - but not if it is an NT Server - there is no
equivalent dialog that I can find?

How do I disable Offline Caching on a share on an NT
Server? I'd like to disable it on both the Roaming Profile
and Home Directory Shares. Any ideas would be appreciated.

I have tried using GPOs to disable offline folders for the
users / XP clients - without any success yet (although
there are some GPOs I haven't tried). But it seems better
to me to disable caching just for this NT Server? The
stuff I've read in the 2003 Deployment Kit seems to
suggest that a lot of the GPO disable settings don't
affect a share with Offline Caching enabled anyway.

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsnt.setup (More info?)

Hi Paul,

Thanks for posting!

Since Windows NT is out of support for now, my suggestion will be upgrading
that server to Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003.

At the same time, I will try to do some research to see if it is possible
to disable that caching on a Windows NT box.

Have a great day!

Best Regards,

Jeff Qiu
Microsoft Online Partner Support
MCSE 2k/2k3, MCSA 2k/2k3, MCDBA
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>Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message
>From: "Paul" <country-air@news.postalias>
>Sender: "Paul" <country-air@news.postalias>
>Subject: Disabling caching on NT Server shares
>Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 12:44:44 -0700
>microsoft.public.windowsnt.setup
>
>We have a W2K Active Directory with Windows XP Pro
>clients. There is also a resource NT domain containing an
>NT 4.0 Server.
>
>The XP clients are using shares from the NT Server. In
>particular the users have roaming profiles and home
>directories stored on the NT Server (with My Documents
>redirected to their home directory).
>
>When the users logout you always see a file
>synchronisation dialog (presumably sync'ing their offline
>folders). Warnings appear in the event log that you
>shouldn't use offline folders with Roaming Profiles, and
>that you should disable Offline Caching on the Roaming
>Profile share. I can see how to do this if the server was
>running W2K - but not if it is an NT Server - there is no
>equivalent dialog that I can find?
>
>How do I disable Offline Caching on a share on an NT
>Server? I'd like to disable it on both the Roaming Profile
>and Home Directory Shares. Any ideas would be appreciated.
>
>I have tried using GPOs to disable offline folders for the
>users / XP clients - without any success yet (although
>there are some GPOs I haven't tried). But it seems better
>to me to disable caching just for this NT Server? The
>stuff I've read in the 2003 Deployment Kit seems to
>suggest that a lot of the GPO disable settings don't
>affect a share with Offline Caching enabled anyway.
>

 

[Paul]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsnt.setup (More info?)

Thanks, Jeff.

It would be extremely useful if I could achieve this
without upgrading at the moment! I really would appreciate
your efforts to find a fix.

Thanks,

Paul


>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Paul,
>
>Thanks for posting!
>
>Since Windows NT is out of support for now, my suggestion
will be upgrading
>that server to Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003.
>
>At the same time, I will try to do some research to see
if it is possible
>to disable that caching on a Windows NT box.
>
>Have a great day!
>
>Best Regards,
>
>Jeff Qiu
>Microsoft Online Partner Support
>MCSE 2k/2k3, MCSA 2k/2k3, MCDBA
>Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
>
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>>Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message
>>From: "Paul" <country-air@news.postalias>
>>Sender: "Paul" <country-air@news.postalias>
>>Subject: Disabling caching on NT Server shares
>>Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 12:44:44 -0700
>>microsoft.public.windowsnt.setup
>>
>>We have a W2K Active Directory with Windows XP Pro
>>clients. There is also a resource NT domain containing
an
>>NT 4.0 Server.
>>
>>The XP clients are using shares from the NT Server. In
>>particular the users have roaming profiles and home
>>directories stored on the NT Server (with My Documents
>>redirected to their home directory).
>>
>>When the users logout you always see a file
>>synchronisation dialog (presumably sync'ing their
offline
>>folders). Warnings appear in the event log that you
>>shouldn't use offline folders with Roaming Profiles, and
>>that you should disable Offline Caching on the Roaming
>>Profile share. I can see how to do this if the server
was
>>running W2K - but not if it is an NT Server - there is
no
>>equivalent dialog that I can find?
>>
>>How do I disable Offline Caching on a share on an NT
>>Server? I'd like to disable it on both the Roaming
Profile
>>and Home Directory Shares. Any ideas would be
appreciated.
>>
>>I have tried using GPOs to disable offline folders for
the
>>users / XP clients - without any success yet (although
>>there are some GPOs I haven't tried). But it seems
better
>>to me to disable caching just for this NT Server? The
>>stuff I've read in the 2003 Deployment Kit seems to
>>suggest that a lot of the GPO disable settings don't
>>affect a share with Offline Caching enabled anyway.
>>
>
>.
>

 

[Guest]

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There is no way.

* Disable Write-Behind Disk Caching

Note: these don't really seem to work.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Rdr\Parameters\
UseWriteBehind REGDWORD 0
To enable it use 1 and to disable use 0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Rdr\Parameters\
UseAsyncWriteBehind REGDWORD 0
To enable it use 1 and to disable use 0

They *may* work for removable drives, but I wouldn't count on it.

www.sysinternals.com has a sync program that flushes the disk buffers -
you could call it periodically.

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[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsnt.setup (More info?)

Hi Paul,

Based on my further research, there is no way for NT as said below:

842007 You experience synchronization problems if you do not disable the
cache
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=842007

Notes

- You can disable the cache option only on shared folders that are hosted
by computers that run Windows Server 2003 or Microsoft Windows 2000 Server.

- We recommend that you store the roaming user profiles and the
offline-enabled shared folders on a separate server, whenever possible.

Thus, a recommendation is to upgrade your server OS to Win2k or Win2k3.

Have a nice day!

Best Regards,

Jeff Qiu
Microsoft Online Partner Support
MCSE 2k/2k3, MCSA 2k/2k3, MCDBA
Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security

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>Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message
>From: "Paul" <country-air@news.postalias>
>Sender: "Paul" <country-air@news.postalias>
>Subject: RE: Disabling caching on NT Server shares
>Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 10:10:19 -0700
>microsoft.public.windowsnt.setup
>
>Thanks, Jeff.
>
>It would be extremely useful if I could achieve this
>without upgrading at the moment! I really would appreciate
>your efforts to find a fix.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Paul
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Hi Paul,
>>
>>Thanks for posting!
>>
>>Since Windows NT is out of support for now, my suggestion
>will be upgrading
>>that server to Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003.
>>
>>At the same time, I will try to do some research to see
>if it is possible
>>to disable that caching on a Windows NT box.
>>
>>Have a great day!
>>
>>Best Regards,
>>
>>Jeff Qiu
>>Microsoft Online Partner Support
>>MCSE 2k/2k3, MCSA 2k/2k3, MCDBA
>>Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
>>
>>=====================================================
>>When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group" via
>your newsreader so
>>that others may learn and benefit from your issue.
>>=====================================================
>>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
>confers no rights.
>>
>>
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>>>Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message
>>>From: "Paul" <country-air@news.postalias>
>>>Sender: "Paul" <country-air@news.postalias>
>>>Subject: Disabling caching on NT Server shares
>>>Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 12:44:44 -0700
>>>microsoft.public.windowsnt.setup
>>>
>>>We have a W2K Active Directory with Windows XP Pro
>>>clients. There is also a resource NT domain containing
>an
>>>NT 4.0 Server.
>>>
>>>The XP clients are using shares from the NT Server. In
>>>particular the users have roaming profiles and home
>>>directories stored on the NT Server (with My Documents
>>>redirected to their home directory).
>>>
>>>When the users logout you always see a file
>>>synchronisation dialog (presumably sync'ing their
>offline
>>>folders). Warnings appear in the event log that you
>>>shouldn't use offline folders with Roaming Profiles, and
>>>that you should disable Offline Caching on the Roaming
>>>Profile share. I can see how to do this if the server
>was
>>>running W2K - but not if it is an NT Server - there is
>no
>>>equivalent dialog that I can find?
>>>
>>>How do I disable Offline Caching on a share on an NT
>>>Server? I'd like to disable it on both the Roaming
>Profile
>>>and Home Directory Shares. Any ideas would be
>appreciated.
>>>
>>>I have tried using GPOs to disable offline folders for
>the
>>>users / XP clients - without any success yet (although
>>>there are some GPOs I haven't tried). But it seems
>better
>>>to me to disable caching just for this NT Server? The
>>>stuff I've read in the 2003 Deployment Kit seems to
>>>suggest that a lot of the GPO disable settings don't
>>>affect a share with Offline Caching enabled anyway.
>>>
>>
>>.
>>
>