Here's the strange situation I find the machine in:

1. The machine (laptop) was part of domain DOM.
2. User jdoe was a domain user.
3. A rule in DOM was that My Documents was mapped to a server share,
which was then marked Available Offline.
4. User DOM\jdoe last synched 5/1/07.
5. Around 6/30/07, the machine was removed from the domain, and local
user jdoe was set up. DOM\jdoe was deleted.
6. There are now about 20 files that are on the laptop, but not
synchronized. I can see them on the laptop ("\\server\Clients\jdoe
\jdoe's Documents\*.*") with their little "synchronized" icon, but I'm
not allowed to open them as jdoe, or administrator.
7. The files aren't on the server, so I can't get them from there.

Any suggestions? I searched Groups, but couldn't find anyone else
that managed to do anything this dumb .

Thanks,
DvS

dvomsaal wrote:
> Here's the strange situation I find the machine in:
>
> 1. The machine (laptop) was part of domain DOM.
> 2. User jdoe was a domain user.
> 3. A rule in DOM was that My Documents was mapped to a server share,
> which was then marked Available Offline.
> 4. User DOM\jdoe last synched 5/1/07.
> 5. Around 6/30/07, the machine was removed from the domain, and
> local user jdoe was set up. DOM\jdoe was deleted.
> 6. There are now about 20 files that are on the laptop, but not
> synchronized. I can see them on the laptop ("\\server\Clients\jdoe
> \jdoe's Documents\*.*") with their little "synchronized" icon, but
> I'm not allowed to open them as jdoe, or administrator.
> 7. The files aren't on the server, so I can't get them from there.
>
> Any suggestions? I searched Groups, but couldn't find anyone else
> that managed to do anything this dumb .

What is the message you get when trying to copy these files?
Access denied?

If so - you are looking too hard at the issue - it is a simple case of "the
Domain jdoe owned the files and access was limited to JUST the domain
jdoe"... Just take ownership of said files as an administrative level
user...

How to Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421

Read *carefully* - do not just skim the page and start following steps.
There is important information there dependent on the version of Windows XP

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

On Sep 16, 11:06 am, "Shenan Stanley" <newshel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> dvomsaal wrote:
> > Here's the strange situation I find the machine in:
>
> > 1. The machine (laptop) was part of domain DOM.
> > 2. User jdoe was a domain user.
> > 3. A rule in DOM was that My Documents was mapped to a server share,
> > which was then marked Available Offline.
> > 4. User DOM\jdoe last synched 5/1/07.
> > 5. Around 6/30/07, the machine was removed from the domain, and
> > local user jdoe was set up. DOM\jdoe was deleted.
> > 6. There are now about 20 files that are on the laptop, but not
> > synchronized. I can see them on the laptop ("\\server\Clients\jdoe
> > \jdoe's Documents\*.*") with their little "synchronized" icon, but
> > I'm not allowed to open them as jdoe, or administrator.
> > 7. The files aren't on the server, so I can't get them from there.
>
> > Any suggestions? I searched Groups, but couldn't find anyone else
> > that managed to do anything this dumb .
>
> What is the message you get when trying to copy these files?
> Access denied?
>
> If so - you are looking too hard at the issue - it is a simple case of "the
> Domain jdoe owned the files and access was limited to JUST the domain
> jdoe"... Just take ownership of said files as an administrative level
> user...
>
> How to Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XPhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421
>
> Read *carefully* - do not just skim the page and start following steps.
> There is important information there dependent on the version of Windows XP
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
>
> - Show quoted text -

Any attempt to take ownership or change security gets nowhere, as the
laptop believes these files are on the server and does not provide any
of the standard Permissions/Security tabs. I haven't been able to
find the "shadow" copies referable via a local drive\folder\subfolder
path; are they out there somewhere?

Thanks a lot,
DvS

On Sep 16, 11:11 am, dvoms...@ddrtech.com wrote:
> On Sep 16, 11:06 am, "Shenan Stanley" <newshel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > dvomsaal wrote:
> > > Here's the strange situation I find the machine in:
>
> > > 1. The machine (laptop) was part of domain DOM.
> > > 2. User jdoe was a domain user.
> > > 3. A rule in DOM was that My Documents was mapped to a server share,
> > > which was then marked Available Offline.
> > > 4. User DOM\jdoe last synched 5/1/07.
> > > 5. Around 6/30/07, the machine was removed from the domain, and
> > > local user jdoe was set up. DOM\jdoe was deleted.
> > > 6. There are now about 20 files that are on the laptop, but not
> > > synchronized. I can see them on the laptop ("\\server\Clients\jdoe
> > > \jdoe's Documents\*.*") with their little "synchronized" icon, but
> > > I'm not allowed to open them as jdoe, or administrator.
> > > 7. The files aren't on the server, so I can't get them from there.
>
> > > Any suggestions? I searched Groups, but couldn't find anyone else
> > > that managed to do anything this dumb .
>
> > What is the message you get when trying to copy these files?
> > Access denied?
>
> > If so - you are looking too hard at the issue - it is a simple case of "the
> > Domain jdoe owned the files and access was limited to JUST the domain
> > jdoe"... Just take ownership of said files as an administrative level
> > user...
>
> > How to Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XPhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421
>
> > Read *carefully* - do not just skim the page and start following steps.
> > There is important information there dependent on the version of Windows XP
>
> > --
> > Shenan Stanley
> > MS-MVP
> > --
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> Any attempt to take ownership or change security gets nowhere, as the
> laptop believes these files are on the server and does not provide any
> of the standard Permissions/Security tabs. I haven't been able to
> find the "shadow" copies referable via a local drive\folder\subfolder
> path; are they out there somewhere?
>
> Thanks a lot,
> DvS- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Bump...

Any other ideas out there?