Stephen Becker

I figured it out. There was a policy set to require offline files to be
encrypted. I'm not really sure why that didn't work as-is, but encryption
is not a requirement for me, so I just turned it off.



"Stephen Becker" <stephen@beckerdomain.com> wrote in message
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>I am running Vista Ultimate on a Windows 2000 AD network with Windows 2003
>R2 file servers. I am attempting to use the offline files feature on my
>laptop but have had no success.
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> By group policy we redirect the "Documents" folder to a file server. My
> computer tried to make those files available offline as I expected it to.
> However, when I try to sync I get an error on every file saying "access
> denied." I can browse the folder, but when I try to open the files (even
> when the computer is online) I get "access denied." I was able to access
> these file before turning on offline files.
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> I also tested a shared folder on a public drive. I checked to verify I
> could open files, no problems. I enabled available offline and the
> initial sync failed (all access denieds). I was not able to open any of
> the files (again, even when working online). I turned off the "available
> offline" option and everything went back to working as expected.
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> Keep in mind that I am an administrator of my computer and both servers in
> question.
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> I assume this should work out of the box, so I'm guessing there is
> something set wrong in our environment. Can anyone offer troubleshooting
> tips?
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> Stephen
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