June 2008
Intermediate to advanced
719 pages
20h 25m
English
In Windows 2000 and Windows XP, Offline Files thinks a slow link is 64Kbps. Since no analog modem is going to achieve that speed, every normal dial-up user theoretically will be coming in over a slow link. When a user comes in over a slow link (less than 64Kbps), the system automatically uses their locally cached version of network files. Additionally, files will not sync when users log on.
Windows Vista handles things differently. It assumes every connection to a share is a fast link until told otherwise. You'll see ...