Read Only & Archive attributes disappearing

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Pete

I have come across a problem on a large Windows 2000
server/Windows XP desktop network. The user is reporting
that when making changes to a file the "archive" attribute
occasionally is not being set or drops off over time.
This means that when nightly backups are performed despite
changes being made to the file the backup system is not
backing up the file to tape because the file is not
flagged with the archive bit. Any ideas anyone?
 
You may find out what's touching the file and resetting the attribute by
auditing object access. If it's the same file / set of files updated
regularly, schedule a batch job to reset the attributes on those files at a
specific time.

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Daniel Chang
Server Setup Team

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