Tag: Computer Configuration
Reminder balloon frequency
Determines how often reminder balloon updates appear. If you enable this setting you can select how often reminder balloons updates appear and also prevent users from changing this setting. Reminder balloons appear when the user’s connection to a network file is lost or reconnected and they are updated periodically. By default the first reminder for an event is displayed for 30 seconds. Then updates appear every 60 minutes and are displayed for 15 seconds. You can use this setting to change the update interval. This setting appears in the Computer Configuration and User Configuration folders. If both settings are configured the setting in Computer Configuration takes precedence over the setting in User Configuration. Tip: To set reminder balloon frequency without establishing a setting in Windows Explorer on the Tools menu click Folder Options and then click the Offline Files tab. This setting corresponds to the “Display reminder balloons every . . . minutes” option.
At logoff delete local copy of user’s offline files
Deletes local copies of the user’s offline files when the user logs off. This setting specifies that automatically and manually cached offline files are retained only while the user is logged on to the computer. When the user logs off the system deletes all local copies of offline files. If you disable this setting or do not configure it automatically and manually cached copies are retained on the user’s computer for later offline use. Caution: Files are not synchronized before they are deleted. Any changes to local files since the last synchronization are lost.
Turn off reminder balloons
Hides or displays reminder balloons and prevents users from changing the setting. Reminder balloons appear above the Offline Files icon in the notification area to notify users when they have lost the connection to a networked file and are working on a local copy of the file. Users can then decide how to proceed. If you enable this setting the system hides the reminder balloons and prevents users from displaying them. If you disable the setting the system displays the reminder balloons and prevents users from hiding them. If this setting is not configured reminder balloons are displayed by default when you enable offline files but users can change the setting. To prevent users from changing the setting while a setting is in effect the system disables the “Enable reminders” option on the Offline Files tabThis setting appears in the Computer Configuration and User Configuration folders. If both settings are configured the setting in Computer Configuration takes precedence over the setting in User Configuration. Tip: To display or hide reminder balloons without establishing a setting in Windows Explorer on the Tools menu click Folder Options and then click the Offline Files tab. This setting corresponds to the “Enable reminders” check box.
Remove “Make Available Offline” for these files and folders
This policy setting allows you to manage a list of files and folders for which you want to block the “Make Available Offline” command. If you enable this policy setting the “Make Available Offline” command is not available for the files and folders that you list. To specify these files and folders click Show. In the Show Contents dialog box in the Value Name column box type the fully qualified UNC path to the file or folder. Leave the Value column field blank. If you disable this policy setting the list of files and folders is deleted including any lists inherited from lower precedence GPOs and the “Make Available Offline” command is displayed for all files and folders. If you do not configure this policy setting the “Make Available Offline” command is available for all files and folders. Notes:This policy setting appears in the Computer Configuration and User Configuration folders. If both policy settings are configured the policy settings are combined and the “Make Available Offline” command is unavailable for all specified files and folders. The “Make Available Offline” command is called “Always available offline” on computers running Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2008 Windows 8 Windows 7 or Windows Vista. This policy setting does not prevent files from being automatically cached if the network share is configured for “Automatic Caching. ” It only affects the display of the “Make Available Offline” command in File Explorer. If the “Remove ‘Make Available Offline’ command” policy setting is enabled this setting has no effect.
Remove “Make Available Offline” command
This policy setting prevents users from making network files and folders available offline. If you enable this policy setting users cannot designate files to be saved on their computer for offline use. However Windows will still cache local copies of files that reside on network shares designated for automatic caching. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting users can manually specify files and folders that they want to make available offline. Notes:This policy setting appears in the Computer Configuration and User Configuration folders. If both policy settings are configured the policy setting in Computer Configuration takes precedence. The “Make Available Offline” command is called “Always available offline” on computers running Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2008 Windows 8 Windows 7 or Windows Vista.
Reminder balloon lifetime
Determines how long updated reminder balloons are displayed. Reminder balloons appear when the user’s connection to a network file is lost or reconnected and they are updated periodically. By default the first reminder for an event is displayed for 30 seconds. Then updates appear every 60 minutes and are displayed for 15 seconds. You can use this setting to change the duration of the update reminder. This setting appears in the Computer Configuration and User Configuration folders. If both settings are configured the setting in Computer Configuration takes precedence over the setting in User Configuration.
Prohibit user configuration of Offline Files
Prevents users from enabling disabling or changing the configuration of Offline Files. This setting removes the Offline Files tab from the Folder Options dialog box. It also removes the Settings item from the Offline Files context menu and disables the Settings button on the Offline Files Status dialog box. As a result users cannot view or change the options on the Offline Files tab or Offline Files dialog box. This is a comprehensive setting that locks down the configuration you establish by using other settings in this folder. This setting appears in the Computer Configuration and User Configuration folders. If both settings are configured the setting in Computer Configuration takes precedence over the setting in User Configuration. Tip: This setting provides a quick method for locking down the default settings for Offline Files. To accept the defaults just enable this setting. You do not have to disable any other settings in this folder.
Prevent use of Offline Files folder
Disables the Offline Files folder. This setting disables the “View Files” button on the Offline Files tab. As a result users cannot use the Offline Files folder to view or open copies of network files stored on their computer. Also they cannot use the folder to view characteristics of offline files such as their server status type or location. This setting does not prevent users from working offline or from saving local copies of files available offline. Also it does not prevent them from using other programs such as Windows Explorer to view their offline files. This setting appears in the Computer Configuration and User Configuration folders. If both settings are configured the setting in Computer Configuration takes precedence over the setting in User Configuration. Tip: To view the Offline Files Folder in Windows Explorer on the Tools menu click Folder Options click the Offline Files tab and then click “View Files. “
Action on server disconnect
Determines whether network files remain available if the computer is suddenly disconnected from the server hosting the files. This setting also disables the “When a network connection is lost” option on the Offline Files tab. This prevents users from trying to change the option while a setting controls it. If you enable this setting you can use the “Action” box to specify how computers in the group respond. — “Work offline” indicates that the computer can use local copies of network files while the server is inaccessible. — “Never go offline” indicates that network files are not available while the server is inaccessible. If you disable this setting or select the “Work offline” option users can work offline if disconnected. If you do not configure this setting users can work offline by default but they can change this option. This setting appears in the Computer Configuration and User Configuration folders. If both settings are configured the setting in Computer Configuration takes precedence over the setting in User Configuration. Tip: To configure this setting without establishing a setting in Windows Explorer on the Tools menu click Folder Options click the Offline Files tab click Advanced and then select an option in the “When a network connection is lost” section. Also see the “Non-default server disconnect actions” setting.
Files not cached
Lists types of files that cannot be used offline. This setting lets you exclude certain types of files from automatic and manual caching for offline use. The system does not cache files of the type specified in this setting even when they reside on a network share configured for automatic caching. Also if users try to make a file of this type available offline the operation will fail and the following message will be displayed in the Synchronization Manager progress dialog box: “Files of this type cannot be made available offline. “This setting is designed to protect files that cannot be separated such as database components. To use this setting type the file name extension in the “Extensions” box. To type more than one extension separate the extensions with a semicolon (;). Note: To make changes to this setting effective you must log off and log on again.