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Killing Self-resurrecting Files

Local computer: Dell desktop Windows XP Named "5" Server: Windows Server 2008 Named "W" Whenever I delete a file, log out, and log in, the file reappears. The files all supposedly live on the server (e.g. "\W\Home$\zchoy\Desktop") but even when…
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How to Configure Sync Center / Offline Files within a IIS Shared Configuration Environment to sync when user is logged off?

We've been scratching our heads at this and we are not sure if this is a design limitation of sync center or are missing something on our server. Our environment consists of a cluster of WS2016 boxes and we have enabled offline files on each server…
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npm install globally a package offline with tarball

According to npm docs, this should work; npm install ./package.tgz So I try this globally for pm2 tarfile I have downloaded from pm2 github repo releases page; npm install -g ./pm2-3.2.2.tar.gz But I got this; npm ERR! code ENOTFOUND npm ERR!…
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Folder redirection to OneDrive with KFM

I was listening to the Windows Weekly podcast recently and one of the topics that came up was Known Folder Migration. I'm thinking of using it for some of my customers as it would greatly simplify their backup strategy. Most of these places have…
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Redirected folders to be allways on offline mode

I have made modifications to GPO users to have redirected folders like Desktop, my documents etc. I have redirected those to be on network share. Everything works fine. I made edit to GPO to force everyone to work on offline mode and sync files…
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Make a drive always available offline

I have configured a drive to be available offline. This drive maps to my user's home drive. The only setting that I cannot figure out is how to automatically select the "Always available offline" option on the drive at each domain user's computer.…
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New ADDS server prompts users for new passwords, but says it is incorrect, users can only log in with old password

My organization used to have a Windows 2000 Server Ed. Domain Controller with DNS role also installed. It serviced 5 other servers and about 15 workstations. A few months ago, the motherboard went out and as it was a fairly old server anyway, my…
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make redirected folders always offline available

I configured server side profiles using GPO (User Configuration\Policies\Windows-Settings\Folder Redirection) and that works fine. My Setup: Redirected Folders reside in \\servername\Users$\. Server is a Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials. Clients…
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Windows 10 Offline Files will not Sync

Brand new domain using Windows 10 workstations and Server 2012 R2 Domain Controllers. Standard folder redirection GPO Picture of the issue: Files are being redirected to a windows 2012 r2 high availability cluster. As seen in the picture we are…
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Using SubInACL to access Offline Files

I'm trying to use SubInACL to access a remote computer's offline files share. This is a networked computer on our local domain. I can see the files/folders by exploring \\compname\c$\windows\csc but can't access any folders in there unless I take…
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Issue with offline availability of roaming profiles

I've recently stood up a Windows 2012 R2 server. I set up folder redirection using the guidelines here and roaming profiles using Group Policy. All is well except for the fact that if the client is physically disconnected from the network then the…
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Windows cached shared offline folders

I have an infrastructure where a shared folder in a Windows server is needed, and every Windows clients take from there some files. The infrastructure is too big and we encounter the "slow connection" error many time. Clients sometimes cannot reach…
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Using desktop folder redirection but Offline Files is not working?

We are using Folder Redirection (for users' desktop and "My Documents" directories) with Windows 7 domain-joined workstations connecting to an SBS 2003 server. This folder redirection is to users' home drives on the server, and ensures nothing is…
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Windows workstations go offline when one Domain Controller restarts

We run a small wired LAN with 3 DCs (W2k8) and about 25 workstations (most of which are XP SP3, some are 7 SP1.) People use roaming profiles with folder redirection for Desktop & My Documents, Application Data and Start Menu. The redirected folders…
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Offline Files; Warn When Another User Has The Same File Open

We are using Windows Server 2008 R2 and have enabled offline files. We need offline files for the synchronization features and to allow them to take laptops out into the field. However whilst our users are in the office and online we would prefer…
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