I am unable to see if tell if this has worked on the clients machine as I am
not there and cannot test, but would you ALWAYS receive a sync error in the
sync center if this was the problem?
I am receiving no sync errors from sync center. All of the files are "Make
Available Offline" checked, but many say Offline: unavailable
Thanks,
Jason
"Shubhankar Sanyal [MSFT]" wrote:
Quote:
> Hi Scott,
> It sounds like you might have opportunistic locking disabled on your
> server. Offline Files needs this feature to be enabled on the server.
> Here is the KB article that talks about how to enable to disable it:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/296264/en-us
> Let me know if this helps.
>
> Thanks,
> Shubhankar
>
> "Scott Oliver" <ScottOliver@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:E5F2DA06-40D6-4BA1-8682-EBC6944069A8@xxxxxx Quote:
> > Update:
> >
> > After a little playing around I've confirmed the problem to be related to
> > my
> > SBS 2k3 server. After reseting the offline files database and attempting
> > the
> > make the files available offline manually again, I receive errors stating
> > the
> > files cannot be opened because they are in use by another process. This
> > occurs for any file or folder that is shared from the SBS server.
> >
> > I am able to add files without incident from a different server in our
> > office running 2000 server. These files are synchronized properly and
> > available when disconnected from the network as expected.
> >
> > Is there a default setting on SBS that might prevent me from making files
> > offline on Vista? Is anyone else having this problem?
> >
> > Scott
> >
> >
> >
> > "Shubhankar Sanyal [MSFT]" wrote:
> > Quote:
> >> Cedvr,
> >> 1. Were there any errors in sync center when you made the folder
> >> available
> >> offline?
> >> 2. Does the error opening the file happen when you are connected or
> >> disconnected from the network?
> >> 3. What is the error you get when opening the file?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Shubhankar
> >>
> >> "Cedvr" <Cedvr@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:9457288F-0307-4701-9C5F-CC88F3A2D6E5@xxxxxx
> >> > Notebook on Vista Businaess
> >> > Network on SBS2003
> >> >
> >> > "Cedvr" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> While a folder is set up as available offline, all included file
> >> >> appear
> >> >> but
> >> >> cannot be opened. I use to do this on XP and it was working perfectly
> >> >> by
> >> >> saving a copy of the file localy on my notebook and sync at each log
> >> >> on.
> >> >>
> >> >> How can I do this with Vista Business sync tool?
> >>
> >>
>
>