Vista - Previous Versions config

Hi

is there anywhere i can configure previous versions?

I would like to change what files are tracked, where they are tracked,
and where the changes are stored.

Uhhh...previous versions of what?

If you mean previous versions of your data files (Word docs, etc.) then if
you have the right version of Vista (I think Business and Ultimate), you can
use Volume Shadowing the retrieve older versions. But I wouldn't say that it
qualifies for a full-featured version control system. That would be a 3rd
party application. And I'm guessing that such an application is what you
will need given your stated requirements.

Tim

"char1iecha1k" <charlesgargent@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1181161310.455908.160200@o11g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
> Hi
>
> is there anywhere i can configure previous versions?
>
> I would like to change what files are tracked, where they are tracked,
> and where the changes are stored.
>

On Jun 6, 9:40 pm, "Tim" <tim_at_overthere.com> wrote:
> Uhhh...previous versions of what?
>
> If you mean previous versions of your data files (Word docs, etc.) then if
> you have the right version of Vista (I think Business and Ultimate), you can
> use Volume Shadowing the retrieve older versions. But I wouldn't say that it
> qualifies for a full-featured version control system. That would be a 3rd
> party application. And I'm guessing that such an application is what you
> will need given your stated requirements.
>
> Tim
>
> "char1iecha1k" <charlesgarg...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1181161310.455908.160200@o11g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > Hi
>
> > is there anywhere i can configure previous versions?
>
> > I would like to change what files are tracked, where they are tracked,
> > and where the changes are stored.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I do have vista business
I dont want it for version control (i use visual source safe for that)
I assume that the changes are stored somewhere (this place is possibly
defined in the registry) and I want to know if it is possible to
configure it so that you can choose where to store them
I also assume that it doesnt track all file types, only commonly used
types, I would like to change this so it includes all files.
I would also like to choose which folders get included/excluded in the
tracking

The scenario is this:
every 3 hours i have robocopy copy all files changed on this day, to a
seperate disk under a folder named with the days date, thus i can
choose what files and folders are included. This works extremely well,
the only downside is that there is no gui to get the previous version
info, you have to manually go into the seperate disk and search
through the folders.

Shadow copies are taken on a volume-wide basis (not by file type) and are
stored in a private shadow copy storage area that can't be browsed directly.
You can read more at
http://blogs.technet.com/filecab/arc...ows-vista.aspx.



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"char1iecha1k" <charlesgargent@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1181163934.984889.281970@r19g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> On Jun 6, 9:40 pm, "Tim" <tim_at_overthere.com> wrote:
>> Uhhh...previous versions of what?
>>
>> If you mean previous versions of your data files (Word docs, etc.) then
>> if
>> you have the right version of Vista (I think Business and Ultimate), you
>> can
>> use Volume Shadowing the retrieve older versions. But I wouldn't say that
>> it
>> qualifies for a full-featured version control system. That would be a 3rd
>> party application. And I'm guessing that such an application is what you
>> will need given your stated requirements.
>>
>> Tim
>>
>> "char1iecha1k" <charlesgarg...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:1181161310.455908.160200@o11g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>
>>
>> > Hi
>>
>> > is there anywhere i can configure previous versions?
>>
>> > I would like to change what files are tracked, where they are tracked,
>> > and where the changes are stored.- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> I do have vista business
> I dont want it for version control (i use visual source safe for that)
> I assume that the changes are stored somewhere (this place is possibly
> defined in the registry) and I want to know if it is possible to
> configure it so that you can choose where to store them
> I also assume that it doesnt track all file types, only commonly used
> types, I would like to change this so it includes all files.
> I would also like to choose which folders get included/excluded in the
> tracking
>
> The scenario is this:
> every 3 hours i have robocopy copy all files changed on this day, to a
> seperate disk under a folder named with the days date, thus i can
> choose what files and folders are included. This works extremely well,
> the only downside is that there is no gui to get the previous version
> info, you have to manually go into the seperate disk and search
> through the folders.
>