Re: Files moving on their own
B~ <B@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I use the connect computer tool on the SBS internal web page. I
> added all the computers in the domain using this tool. Event logs
> have shown nothing. I am cleared everything in them and then created
> the problem and no events show up. I have not used the rsop.msc. Is
> that something to run on the client computer when the problem ocurs.
It's Resultant Set of Policy - and is something to run on a machine when you
are troubleshooting GPO errors.
> I am looking at it on my server now and it looks like it is for the
> currently logged in user. The first time I had this problem, I
> thought it was the size of the My Documents because it happened to
> one of my trouble users. He had probably about 10 Gig in his folder
> and was always messing around.
That could be a possibility, yes.
I figured it was just him messing
> around. I created a share folder for him to move all his junk, and
> the problem still existed. Then I just added a new user that had
> less than 20 meg, and having the same issue. I will be looking
> through the rsop.msc to see what I can find.
Personally, to me this sounds like an excellent reason to avoid the bugs of
offline files. There are alternatives for your laptop users, you know - you
just have to do some creative group policy work.
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>
>> B~ <B@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>>>
>>>> B~ <B@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>>>> I have a problem with a few users where they will try to move or
>>>>> delete files in their share folder and they keep coming back or
>>>>> will move back to the origional folder whenever the user reboots
>>>>> or logs back on to the server.
>>>>>
>>>>> We are running Windows 2003 R2 Small Business Server with
>>>>> syncronized files. The users "My Documents" are mapped to their
>>>>> user drive. I have tried turning off the syncronized files, that
>>>>> did not work. I tried moving the files from the server itself,
>>>>> and when the user logs in, the files are back in the origional
>>>>> position. This is only going on with 2 users at this time and
>>>>> then I have another user that whenever he is off line and works
>>>>> on a document, it will not sync up when he reconnects. In all of
>>>>> this I have not been able to isolate and event message or any
>>>>> clue as to what is going on.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> B~
>>>>
>>>> Hi - since you're using SBS, I strongly suggest that you always
>>>> post to microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs, even if you also
>>>> *crosspost* to the regular groups. SBS is a tightly integrated
>>>> suite and does many things its own way. I'm setting up my reply to
>>>> crosspost there.
>>>>
>>>> I have to ask why you want offline files enabled on your
>>>> LAN-connected PCs. I don't recommend that; it can be useful for
>>>> laptops, but it invariably causes problems on desktops, in my
>>>> experience; I've seen people lose data. I prefer to disable that
>>>> via group policy and have all users access their redirected My
>>>> Documents *directly* on the server.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> We have a mixed environment of laptop and desktops and it was
>>> something that was set up with SBS as a default.
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>>> The issues is on 2
>>> laptops and one desktop. I can turn it off for the desktop, it is
>>> no big deal. But even when I did turn it off on the desktop in
>>> troubleshooting, the issue still presented itself.
>>
>> Did you join the computers to the domain using /connectcomputer?
>> What do you see in your event logs? Any errors when you check out an
>> rsop.msc? How big are the My Documents folders in general?