synching files

[Guest]

I have attempted this many times in the past, and have decided to try again:

Need to synch files across two XP Pro machines. Here's what I did, per Help:

1) went to folder for which I want synch
2) set it to share out, including 'let network users change my files'
3) ensured firewall exception for file and printer sharing is on
4) went to tools, synchronize

Nothing shows up. And here I'm stuck. What am I doing wrong? I am a
fairly ignorant one on this matter, so dummy instructions would be helpful
(clearly Windows Help has not done the trick).

Thx.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

I have attempted this many times in the past, and have decided to try
again:

Need to synch files across two XP Pro machines. Here's what I did,
per Help:

1) went to folder for which I want synch
2) set it to share out, including 'let network users change my files'
3) ensured firewall exception for file and printer sharing is on
4) went to tools, synchronize

Nothing shows up. And here I'm stuck. What am I doing wrong? I am a
fairly ignorant one on this matter, so dummy instructions would be
helpful (clearly Windows Help has not done the trick).

Thx.

Sounds like you didn't actually choose the option to make the mapped
drive/remote share available offline on your own computer.

You could also go to www.centered.com and check out SecondCopy (my preferred
method) or look at SyncToy, etc., for something that might work better and
be easier to troubleshoot & fix when something goes wrongt.

 

[Guest]

Where exactly is this option that I didn't check? I'll go confirm if you can
let me know. Thx.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Where exactly is this option that I didn't check? I'll go confirm if
you can let me know. Thx.

See
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/mobility/learnmore/offlinefiles.mspx
for an overview. As I wrote, I don't use this so I can't give you more
specific advice, and I do warn you that there are plenty of potential
problems you can (alliteratively) run into if something goes awry (such as
the source files/computer becoming unavailable).