Copyright: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 04:10:49


Click to add a computer to the list. You can choose how you want certain computers to be handled when they become unavailable.


Click to delete files that you have made available offline. This may increase the available disk space on your computer. Files you select will be deleted only from your local computer. They will not be deleted from the network.


Deletes the selected computer from the list.


Click to change how the files on a selected computer are handled when the computer becomes unavailable. If you lose your connection to a computer, you can choose to continue working with the files on that computer, or to stop.


Click to view a list of files that are available offline.


Specifies whether network files will be available to you while working offline. Use My Computer or My Network Places to select the specific files.


Provides a space for you to type the name of the computer.


Lists the computers that you have customized.


Specifies that all of the network files available to you offline will be fully synchronized when you log on.  This ensures that the network files reflect your latest changes, and that you have the most recent versions of the files on your computer.   If you do not select this check box, you will get a quick synchronization when you log on.  A quick synchronization provides you with complete versions of your offline files, but it may not provide you with the most current versions of your offline files.


Specifies that all of the network files available to you offline will be fully synchronized when you log off. This ensures that the network files reflect your latest changes, and that you have the most recent versions of the files on your computer.   If you do not select this check box, you will get a quick synchronization when you log off.  A quick synchronization provides you with complete versions of your offline files, but it may not provide you with the most current versions of your offline files.


Specifies that network files be unavailable to you if you lose your connection to a computer or the network. You may see different behavior depending on which file or program you are using when you lose your connection.


Specifies that you can continue working offline if you lose your connection to a computer or the network. Any network files will continue to be available to you.


Adjusts the maximum amount of disk space on your computer that is used for network files that you did not choose to make available offline. Disk space is always reserved for those files that you make available offline, but some files are automatically made available to you by your administrator.


The name of the computer that you want to respond differently from the other computers that are available to you offline.


Click to change how computers are handled when they become unavailable. If you lose your connection to a computer, you can choose to continue working with the files from that computer or to stop.


Click to specify how files within this shared folder are to be cached when made available offline by others.


Specifies that reminder balloons appear over the notification area when computers go offline.


Allows you to set the interval, in minutes, between the appearance of reminder balloons when computers go offline.


Click to browse for a computer name on the network.


Specifies that a shortcut to the Offline Files folder is placed on your desktop. You can view the contents of this folder by clicking View Files.


Encrypts offline files. When a network file is made available offline, a copy is stored on the local computer. If you encrypt offline files, the copy of the network file on the local computer is encrypted. Also, because some applications create temporary copies of files in other folders, such as the Temp folder, you might want to encrypt those folders as well.