Default view preference settings change

[Jack Schitt]

I work on an XP machine that is connected to a network (I think that the
network is based on a Windows 2000 Server).
I set my view preferences in Windows Explorer so that full details of files
are displayed. I do this at root level and apply it to all subfolders
(Tools/Folder Options/View/Apply to All Folders).

This seems to work OK for a while, but every so often I find that when I
access a folder (unpredictable) the file view goes back to large icons with
details suppressed.

Any explanation for this and method of preventing it?

Thanks

 

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

You probably should ask this on the windowsxp.network_web newsgroup but my
guess would be that it may have something to do with policies set by the
network administrator.