Windows Offline Files: Problems and Solutions This is a collection of bugs, errors and problems I encountered working with Offline Files, along with possible solutions or at least workarounds. For more information about Offline Files see also my other articles about this topic. Read more
Performance Impact of Windows Offline Files A little known fact about the Windows Offline Files functionality is it slows down network operations considerably. Here is how and why. Read more
Benchmarking Windows 7 Offline Files Transparent Caching Windows 7 comes with several features that promise to greatly improve file access over a WAN. One of them is version 2 of the SMB protocol, another transparent caching. This article describes how I measured their effectiveness. Read more
Windows Offline Files Survival Guide Windows Offline Files have a bad reputation. Many an administrator can tell a story where Offline Files caused issues that sometimes even required a reinstallation of the affected PC. But Microsoft has gradually improved the functionality and ironed out many of the bugs. Today – in Windows 7 SP1 with all post-SP1 fixes – Offline […] Read more
