http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc759721.aspx
Per the article, the behavior you're describing looks like you've disabled user configuration of offline files, but haven't disabled offline files. On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:01 PM, John Hornbuckle < [email protected]> wrote: > We recently decommissioned a server, but a number of XP machines are > still trying to synch files with it using the Offline Files feature. > > > > I found this article: > > > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/230738 > > > > But on the SP3 machines we’ve checked, there is no “Offline Files” tab > under Folder Options. Besides, we have too many machines doing this for us > to manually go around to each one. > > > > Anyone know of a way to clear this up en masse (group policy, login script, > etc.)? > > > > This appears to be unique to XP; offline files don’t behave the same way > with Vista. With XP, every time any user logs in or out, the machine tries > to synch offline files for any user who has ever logged into that machine > (even if the current user has no offline files). And if it hits an > error—which it always will, because it’s trying to synch with a server that > no longer exists—the machine will hang on shutdown until the user clicks a > button. > > > > > > > > John Hornbuckle > > MIS Department > > Taylor County School District > > www.taylor.k12.fl.us > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
