Hello Guys, We are implementing Windows 7 and im running into a little Problem with Offline Folders. Every User got it's own home Directory, wich is basicly a share ( like \\fileserver\username$) where the User has exclusiv Access. This works fine in the Main Location where the Server is placed. For Notebook Users we are testing a Offline Folder Policy Computer Policy: Administrativly Assinged Offline Fodlers "\\fileserver\usernam$" Subfolder alway avialable offline enabled Configure Background Sync enabled I Also Enabled Looopback Processing and also enabled Administrativly Assinged Offline Fodlers "\\fileserver\usernam$" in the User Settings Part. So far it seems the home Directory gets Cached localy and works offline. Now We are also have Users in subsidaries connecte over a 2Mbit Connection wich also should have there home directorys on the Central File Server. We want the Pc's in the subsidaries, to always use the Offline Cache for home Directory and automaticliy Sync the Files in Background. So my first question is: is it Possible that Users write and read fiiles only from/to the Offline Cache and it is synchonized in the Background? I think it is? But as far as i understand, the Connections needs to be in "slow link" mode to do so? So i set the Configure Slow-link mode: Value Name: \\fileserver\%username% Value: Throughput=83886080 So the Share should be in slow link Mode if the Connection Speed is below 80 MBIT, right? Yesterday we installed the first PC's in the Subsidaries, and when we copied the Files to the Home Directory the Speed was only arroudn 2mbit, So the Files get copied Diretly to the server over the wan Connection, and not to the Offline Cache. Does anybody have a hint to point me in the right Direction? best regards Stefan

Hi Stefan You will need to create a new Group Policy for those users and scope it using WMI based on subnet. Check out the link below in which a case study shows how they accompliched this. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=d8541618-5c63-4c4d-a0fd-d942cd3d2ec6&displaylang=en You have to be careful if you have roaming users that travel to the central office so they can access online. Adrian Adrian Burns

Hello now i read a second time through the paper provide in the link, i should work as i expect it , but to me it seems windows ist just no switching into slow link mode, and i don't know why

The policy we have implemented is as follows WMI Filter Scope Select * FROM Win32_IP4RouteTable WHERE ((Mask='255.255.255.0' AND NextHop='127.0.0.1') AND (Destination Like '172.30.66.%' OR Destination Like '172.30.166.%' OR Destination Like '172.30.86.%')) these are the subnets are our VPN and Dialup subnets. Group Policy Computer Configuration>Policies>Administrative Templates>Network>Offlien Files>Configure Slow Link Mode \\fileserver1\* Latency=1 \\fileserver2\* Latency=1 \\fileserver3\userdata$\* Latency=1 Adrian Burns

Hello as mentiont above i used for Computer Configuration>Policies>Administrative Templates>Network>Offlien Files>Configure Slow Link Mode servername\username$ Throughput=83886080 i now turned up this Value with tow nines in front so it is: servername\username$ Throughput=9983886080 now it works, ( maybe i need to fine tune and apply it only to special locaition but basicly it works now :) thanks for your help