Synchronizing Issues

[recopak]

If anyone can assist in relation to offline files and synchronizing on windows 7 professional and server.

We currently have five Laptops that have been setup with offline files back to our server.
We use the Windows 7 Synchronizing program on the laptops.....
The issue we have is when a file is opened and then closed and saved for some reason the file is no longer there or has been removed from our server. It seems to return after a manual synchronize on the Laptop that had the file opened. Please help as we in need of a solution to this problem or if there is a great alternative to synchronisation software that is compatible and works similar to how the OLD XP system did.....
The old XP way of syncing was awesome.....

Regards Paul

 

[GeneralG]

I've seen lots of issues with the Windows Sync tool built into Windows. I would recommend looking into folder redirection rather than us a sync tool. In the case of Win7 & up, this can be set in libraries to make that target library a network location. If you have a Domain with Active Directory enabled on your server, managing true Folder Redirection is possible through Group Policy.

To gather more infor regarding this, what are you running as a Server. Does it have a Server OS on it, or is it a converted Desktop with a Desktop OS? What OS are the desktop machines running as well?