Thanks for the KB reference. That "primary user" feature might do the trick for us in combination with disabling it for desktops.
One question: the first item in the Resolution section of that KB article says to "resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack...." But I am running SP2 and don't see those registry keys. Is that just standard MS boilerplate to get everyone to SP2? -- nme > -----Original Message----- > From: Cothern Jeff D. Team EITC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 8:28 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Offline Files Question > > What I did was set the policy to turn off the file sync for > offline files which automatically is set with folder > redirection. If they are on the network they don't really > need offline file going as they are > always online. For laptops I can understand but then generally only > one user uses those machines. > > Jeff > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 8:54 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Offline Files Question > > You can work around it, not really an easy fix though. > > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811660 > > > > > > > "steve patrick" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > st.net> > To > Sent by: <[email protected]> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > cc > ail.activedir.org > > > Subject > Re: [ActiveDir] Offline Files > > 09/08/2005 10:52 Question > > PM > > > > > > Please respond to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > tivedir.org > > > > > > > > > > This is by design (albeit bad IMO) > > IIRC this wont occur if 3 or fewer profiles sync , due to design. > > steve > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Noah Eiger > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 6:24 PM > Subject: [ActiveDir] Offline Files Question > > Hi - > > Configuraiton: All users have their My Documents redirected > to network shares. All XP (and most 2000) users have My > Documents set to synchronize Offline Files. All are set to > synchronize at log on and log off. > > Many users have complained that when they log off, they see > not only their files synchronize but also the files of other > users who have user profiles on that machine. Often they > will get permissions errors on the other users' files since > the home directories are secured as per MSKB 274443. > This is a hassle because it stalls at the end of the sync > (waiting to have someone acknowledge the error) and because > it takes so long. > > Is this behaviour as expected? Why is it synchronizing other users' > files? > Is there a way to prevent this? > > Thanks. > > -- nme > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
