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11-22-2007
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| | Syncing laptop and desktop Please, can someone tell me, in plain 'computing for idiot' language how I sync files between my laptop and desktop. I need to sync Outlook (pst) and Access (mdb) files. Both laptop and desktop are on the same home network. Using Office 2007. Vista has it's Sync Center and Mobile Device Center, yet I've been unable to use either of these to syncronise my Access and Outlook files. Currently I am doing this in the long drawn out manual way, which is both time comsuming and tedious. How does Vista solve this porblem for me? I have a horrible feeling deep down that Vista alone cannot do this - can it? -- Allan |
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11-23-2007
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| | Re: Syncing laptop and desktop I sync with a startup and shutdown script based on a robocopy job. That is the easiest way to do this... The Sync Center and MDC is more for offline files (Ultimate, Business, or Enterprise editions) or for Mobile Devices (smartphones, pocket pcs, etc.) --- Jeffrey Randow jeffreycentex@xxxxxx Windows Networking MVP 2001-2006 http://www.networkblog.net On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 14:19:00 -0800, AllanRoy <AllanRoy@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >Please, can someone tell me, in plain 'computing for idiot' language how I >sync files between my laptop and desktop. I need to sync Outlook (pst) and >Access (mdb) files. Both laptop and desktop are on the same home network. >Using Office 2007. > >Vista has it's Sync Center and Mobile Device Center, yet I've been unable to >use either of these to syncronise my Access and Outlook files. Currently I am >doing this in the long drawn out manual way, which is both time comsuming and >tedious. How does Vista solve this porblem for me? > >I have a horrible feeling deep down that Vista alone cannot do this - can it? |
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11-24-2007
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| | Re: Syncing laptop and desktop Thanks for your help Jeffery, but could I ask what a "Robocopy job" is? -- Allan "Jeffrey Randow" wrote: Quote: > I sync with a startup and shutdown script based on a robocopy job. > That is the easiest way to do this... > > The Sync Center and MDC is more for offline files (Ultimate, Business, > or Enterprise editions) or for Mobile Devices (smartphones, pocket > pcs, etc.) > --- > Jeffrey Randow > jeffreycentex@xxxxxx > Windows Networking MVP 2001-2006 > http://www.networkblog.net > > On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 14:19:00 -0800, AllanRoy > <AllanRoy@xxxxxx> wrote: > Quote: > >Please, can someone tell me, in plain 'computing for idiot' language how I > >sync files between my laptop and desktop. I need to sync Outlook (pst) and > >Access (mdb) files. Both laptop and desktop are on the same home network. > >Using Office 2007. > > > >Vista has it's Sync Center and Mobile Device Center, yet I've been unable to > >use either of these to syncronise my Access and Outlook files. Currently I am > >doing this in the long drawn out manual way, which is both time comsuming and > >tedious. How does Vista solve this porblem for me? > > > >I have a horrible feeling deep down that Vista alone cannot do this - can it? |
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11-24-2007
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| | Re: Syncing laptop and desktop Robocopy is a robust file copier/syncronizer utility that came with XP and earlier as a part of the adminpak and is built into Vista. Robocopy is command line driven: http://www.ss64.com/nt/robocopyXP.html You can script it to "mirror" the contents of the directory of your choosing and then use Task Scheduler to run this at logon and at logoff. --- Jeffrey Randow jeffreycentex@xxxxxx Windows Networking MVP 2001-2006 http://www.networkblog.net On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 02:43:00 -0800, AllanRoy <AllanRoy@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >Thanks for your help Jeffery, but could I ask what a "Robocopy job" is? |
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11-26-2007
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| | Re: Syncing laptop and desktop Right. Built into Vista, now this looks interesting. I shall explore this furthwer. Many thanks. -- Allan "Jeffrey Randow" wrote: Quote: > Robocopy is a robust file copier/syncronizer utility that came with XP > and earlier as a part of the adminpak and is built into Vista. > > Robocopy is command line driven: > http://www.ss64.com/nt/robocopyXP.html > > You can script it to "mirror" the contents of the directory of your > choosing and then use Task Scheduler to run this at logon and at > logoff. > --- > Jeffrey Randow > jeffreycentex@xxxxxx > Windows Networking MVP 2001-2006 > http://www.networkblog.net > > On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 02:43:00 -0800, AllanRoy > <AllanRoy@xxxxxx> wrote: > Quote: > >Thanks for your help Jeffery, but could I ask what a "Robocopy job" is? |
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11-26-2007
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| | Re: Syncing laptop and desktop Robocopy GUI will help a bit... http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tec...litySpotlight/ --- Jeffrey Randow jeffreycentex@xxxxxx Windows Networking MVP 2001-2006 http://www.networkblog.net On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:20:03 -0800, AllanRoy <AllanRoy@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >Right. Built into Vista, now this looks interesting. I shall explore this >furthwer. > >Many thanks. |
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