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Bugs in Live Synch
  1. #1


    delenca Guest

    Bugs in Live Synch

    In contrast to some other posts on this website, I have to say that so far my
    experience with the transition has beek ok.

    Both computers running Win XP are currently running Live Sync successfully,
    and my 5 folders are synchronized.

    However, I have a found a few bugs, which I detail below:



    1) The website does not accurately report which computers are currently
    synchronized.
    2) On Computer "W", 4/5 "Personal Libraries" did not get automatically
    transferred from Foldershare to Live Sync - the program just reported that
    there was an error and to go to the website to set them up again
    3) After completing (2) successfully last night, I woke up this morning to
    discover that 3/5 libraries were grayed out for computer "W", meaning that
    "W" was no longer getting the synchs. I re-re-set up those libraries in "W"
    and since then (3 hours) I have had no problem.
    4) This is not a bug but a complaint about the user interface. Having to
    navigate the hierarchy of the directories every time I have had to set up a
    library is really cumbersome (especially because we have to wait for the
    browser to read the directory contents and refresh). I have had to do this
    several times over the last week and it's annoying. Why not just let the user
    copy and paste a path?!

    I have to say that I was surprised by the abruptness of the switch. I know
    we have been warned of the impending transfer but at least give people a
    heads up on when they should expect it! Bizarre to say the least.

    So, in summary, my experience so far: bumpy but not the screeching crash I
    had feared. (knock on wood)

    -Alex

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  2. #2


    Jeremy Epling [MSFT] Guest

    RE: Bugs in Live Synch

    Thanks for your feedback.

    Your migration issues where probably due to a slowness in the system
    yesterday, which has been fixed.

    We will look into your first website issue and the copy/paste feature request.

    --
    Jeremy Epling
    Lead Program Manager - Windows Live Sync (formerly FolderShare)


    "delenca" wrote:

    > In contrast to some other posts on this website, I have to say that so far my
    > experience with the transition has beek ok.
    >
    > Both computers running Win XP are currently running Live Sync successfully,
    > and my 5 folders are synchronized.
    >
    > However, I have a found a few bugs, which I detail below:
    >
    > 1) The website does not accurately report which computers are currently
    > synchronized.
    > 2) On Computer "W", 4/5 "Personal Libraries" did not get automatically
    > transferred from Foldershare to Live Sync - the program just reported that
    > there was an error and to go to the website to set them up again
    > 3) After completing (2) successfully last night, I woke up this morning to
    > discover that 3/5 libraries were grayed out for computer "W", meaning that
    > "W" was no longer getting the synchs. I re-re-set up those libraries in "W"
    > and since then (3 hours) I have had no problem.
    > 4) This is not a bug but a complaint about the user interface. Having to
    > navigate the hierarchy of the directories every time I have had to set up a
    > library is really cumbersome (especially because we have to wait for the
    > browser to read the directory contents and refresh). I have had to do this
    > several times over the last week and it's annoying. Why not just let the user
    > copy and paste a path?!
    >
    > I have to say that I was surprised by the abruptness of the switch. I know
    > we have been warned of the impending transfer but at least give people a
    > heads up on when they should expect it! Bizarre to say the least.
    >
    > So, in summary, my experience so far: bumpy but not the screeching crash I
    > had feared. (knock on wood)
    >
    > -Alex

      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  3. #3


    delenca Guest

    RE: Bugs in Live Synch

    Hi Jeremy,

    Thanks for the reply. Update:

    (1) Now it's working
    (3) Happened again. The same computer had 4/5 libraries turn "gray". This
    might be related to (2) since it's always the same 4 libraries that have the
    problem. These are all 4 libraries that used to exist at "Shared Libraries"
    until last week when I deleted them and remade them as "Personal Libraries".
    I re-re-re-added Computer "W" to one of these libraries and left the others
    untouched. Curious to see what happens now.

    Cheers,
    -Alex

    "Jeremy Epling [MSFT]" wrote:

    > Thanks for your feedback.
    >
    > Your migration issues where probably due to a slowness in the system
    > yesterday, which has been fixed.
    >
    > We will look into your first website issue and the copy/paste feature request.
    >
    > --
    > Jeremy Epling
    > Lead Program Manager - Windows Live Sync (formerly FolderShare)
    >
    >
    > "delenca" wrote:
    >

    > > In contrast to some other posts on this website, I have to say that so far my
    > > experience with the transition has beek ok.
    > >
    > > Both computers running Win XP are currently running Live Sync successfully,
    > > and my 5 folders are synchronized.
    > >
    > > However, I have a found a few bugs, which I detail below:
    > >
    > > 1) The website does not accurately report which computers are currently
    > > synchronized.
    > > 2) On Computer "W", 4/5 "Personal Libraries" did not get automatically
    > > transferred from Foldershare to Live Sync - the program just reported that
    > > there was an error and to go to the website to set them up again
    > > 3) After completing (2) successfully last night, I woke up this morning to
    > > discover that 3/5 libraries were grayed out for computer "W", meaning that
    > > "W" was no longer getting the synchs. I re-re-set up those libraries in "W"
    > > and since then (3 hours) I have had no problem.
    > > 4) This is not a bug but a complaint about the user interface. Having to
    > > navigate the hierarchy of the directories every time I have had to set up a
    > > library is really cumbersome (especially because we have to wait for the
    > > browser to read the directory contents and refresh). I have had to do this
    > > several times over the last week and it's annoying. Why not just let the user
    > > copy and paste a path?!
    > >
    > > I have to say that I was surprised by the abruptness of the switch. I know
    > > we have been warned of the impending transfer but at least give people a
    > > heads up on when they should expect it! Bizarre to say the least.
    > >
    > > So, in summary, my experience so far: bumpy but not the screeching crash I
    > > had feared. (knock on wood)
    > >
    > > -Alex

      My System SpecsSystem Spec

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