Syncing laptop and desktop

[AllanRoy]

Please, can someone tell me, in plain 'computing for idiot' language how I
sync files between my laptop and desktop. I need to sync Outlook (pst) and
Access (mdb) files. Both laptop and desktop are on the same home network.
Using Office 2007.

Vista has it's Sync Center and Mobile Device Center, yet I've been unable to
use either of these to syncronise my Access and Outlook files. Currently I am
doing this in the long drawn out manual way, which is both time comsuming and
tedious. How does Vista solve this porblem for me?

I have a horrible feeling deep down that Vista alone cannot do this - can it?

 

[Jeffrey Randow]

I sync with a startup and shutdown script based on a robocopy job.
That is the easiest way to do this...

The Sync Center and MDC is more for offline files (Ultimate, Business,
or Enterprise editions) or for Mobile Devices (smartphones, pocket
pcs, etc.)

 

[AllanRoy]

Thanks for your help Jeffery, but could I ask what a "Robocopy job" is?

 

[Jeffrey Randow]

Robocopy is a robust file copier/syncronizer utility that came with XP
and earlier as a part of the adminpak and is built into Vista.

Robocopy is command line driven:
http://www.ss64.com/nt/robocopyXP.html

You can script it to "mirror" the contents of the directory of your
choosing and then use Task Scheduler to run this at logon and at
logoff.

 

[AllanRoy]

Right. Built into Vista, now this looks interesting. I shall explore this
furthwer.

Many thanks.

 

[Jeffrey Randow]

Robocopy GUI will help a bit...

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2006/11/UtilitySpotlight/