Default behavior of Sync Center W7. In offline mode, by default Explorer view shows no change in readers network or Shares.__Complete synchronized synchronized data approach.

Hi all.

A senior technician, I find myself to join my users in complete confoundment on Windows 7 next / number of Sync Center: I wonder if anyone can shed light on the way to return to the normal operation?

Example of previous behavior:
Set up: Windows XP pro client is network drives mapped to shares on a Windows Server 2003 System.
Expectation of behavior: if I put one of these network drives to be available offline, the XP Client conscientiously synchronize computer.  When I'm offline in any other circumstances, network readers are missing(I think), but the 'sync 'd' drive is ready and waiting (in offline mode).  This behavior is transparent and users do not really notice & redirected folders still work = Perfection.

Windows 7 / end of Sync Center:
Exactly the same scenario as above but now replace the XP machine for a machine W7Pro, synchronize the network drive and disconnect.

We find the following points of the dreadful functionality in offline mode.

Offline after hibernation
(1) explore accidentally continues to show synchronization would lead to the letter and the content and allows you to continue to access and modify the content.  Perfect.

Offline after a shutdown of power supply (return trip) to the top:
(1) explore displays you all network drives which are more connected but DO NOT show you the player you synchronized to always be available (!)
(2) If you access the network box in Explorer, it shows you the machines on the network you are now attached to, but not the server that synchronization would be against. = The synchronization would be given so seems missing / in any case available.

What does that mean? -That the regular users have not at all, after a reboot, go to their synchronization would have given via standard methods they use in the office.

Work around dismal short-term:

Leaving the previous instance of the Explorer (showing the 'network' and not the (server cached connection) you now need to) go to the Sync Center, click on files offline, make a right click of the share/server you previously synchronized and choose Browse the share name (\\servername))-Voila! -a new instance of the browser is displayed, just like the last one, but it has now added the missing cache server and sharing.

What on Earth is this?  He has confused a number of users and a full u-turn in fluid features demonstrated by XP and Synchronization Manager.

Anyone can shed light on how Sync Center can be modified to illustrate the offline feature, that we have enjoyed for the past 7 years with XP? - Or Sync Center is now the 'window' buried and not familiar through which all users should get their data synchronized (poor).

I hope that your
Leonard Shelby
Network administrator

Hello

The issue of Windows 7 you have posted is better suited for the IT Pro TechNet public. Please post your question in the TechNet Windows 7 networking forum.

http://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/w7itpronetworking/threads

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