Rich Wethington <RichWethington@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> These are laptop users. I have had problems with offline files also,
> but there is no other way to "force" users to save to the network AND
> still have those files available to them when they leave the office.

Sorry, you did say "laptops" and I didn't notice.
Event logs might help, perhaps....but I'm adding a crosspost to
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general to cast a wider net (as this is a client
issue, too).




>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>
>> Rich Wethington <RichWethington@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> We use Windows Server 2003 Standard edition for our server and
>>> Windows XP for our clients at church. The laptop users have their
>>> My Documenst folder redirected to a network share. One user gets
>>> several "You have lost the connection to <server name>" several
>>> times a day. There does not seem to be any reason. If she
>>> immediately goes to Windows Explorer or browses the network in any
>>> way. All of the network drives are there. I tried diasabling
>>> offline fielsa nd then redoing the redirection, but it did not have
>>> any affect. Any help is appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Rich
>>
>> Veering OT, is there any reason you actually *want* or need offline
>> files for your LAN-connected computers? I discourage that; offline
>> files is problematic anyway (I've seen many people lose data and
>> become Very Sad) and if these aren't remote/laptop users, I just
>> don't see the point. It's better to have users access the data
>> directly on the server.You don't have to use offline files just
>> because you use folder redirection.