tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834310151416822262.post6867891030281854142..comments2022-03-25T11:02:45.877-04:00Comments on Vista Vitals: Folder Redirection of database files causes corruption!Gordon Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11329071837400811838noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834310151416822262.post-61340001773713355792008-05-12T17:24:00.000-04:002008-05-12T17:24:00.000-04:00Despite SP1 listing over 500 hotfixes as having be...Despite SP1 listing over 500 hotfixes as having been addressed - that was only the public hotfixes. There are many more unpublished hotfixes that quietly got addressed as well.<BR/><BR/>The hotfix I got from Microsoft for my problem was Windows6.0-KB941322-x86. I never found out if it went public or not - I don't think so.<BR/><BR/>We stopped deploying it to Vista machines once SP1 came out and haven't received any complaints about Database corruption.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure you know the patch wouldn't fix a file that is already corrupt - just prevent future corruption. If you are testing SP1 by upgrading a PC that already was experiencing the corruption... make sure you test with a good database file and make sure to flush the Client Side Cache so a valid one can be recreated. (Do this by setting the registry key: HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\CSC\Parameters\FormatDatabase=1 (You need to create the Parameters key) - then reboot a few times. The CSC will eventually get flushed and recreated.)Gordon Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11329071837400811838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834310151416822262.post-65846722191960073532008-05-12T16:37:00.000-04:002008-05-12T16:37:00.000-04:00I have also run into the problem with Microsoft Ac...I have also run into the problem with Microsoft Access database corruption when synchronizing running Folder Redirection on a Vista computer and the user's home folder. You mentioned that you called Microsoft tech support regarding a custom hotfix and that this problem would be resolved with Vista SP1. I could not find this hotfix being addressed in the Vista SP 1 documentation, nor could I find the Microsoft article/Knowledge Base article on this subject. Could you please post more info on the hotfix article? I installed Vista SP1, but this did not fix the database corruption problem, so I am hoping that the hotfix will solve the issue. Thanks for the info.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834310151416822262.post-36004423937296738532007-11-02T09:15:00.000-04:002007-11-02T09:15:00.000-04:00Interesting. It seems to have quite some good rev...Interesting. It seems to have quite some good reviews as well. The price is certainly reasonable.<BR/><BR/>The big advantage that Microsoft's Offline Files feature has is it's ability to fool the OS. A laptop can think it is accessing redirected profile folders on the network even if the user is disconnected. A neat trick.<BR/><BR/>Smartsync looks like it would be a more useful solution for other data folders that the user might have though. The extra control would certainly be nice.Gordon Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11329071837400811838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834310151416822262.post-15617455855878956392007-11-02T03:04:00.000-04:002007-11-02T03:04:00.000-04:00Since Microsoft's Offline Files feature has always...Since Microsoft's Offline Files feature has always had few features, I use a third-party program (smsync.com) that has lots of features and few known problems. In some ways it may not be as sophisticated as Microsoft's latest version in Windows Vista, but it does give you much more flexibility as to which files and folders to copy, how to determine differences, when to synchronize, how to backup, etc.Marriage Sucks. Then You Die!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16178599438158335836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834310151416822262.post-1719288284605704752007-10-08T15:16:00.000-04:002007-10-08T15:16:00.000-04:00Yes, it's good to be reminded how small the world ...Yes, it's good to be reminded how small the world is sometimes. It was this incident that made me realize how little Vista information is out there and that I could make a difference with a blog like this.Gordon Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11329071837400811838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834310151416822262.post-21800732904823767522007-10-06T03:20:00.000-04:002007-10-06T03:20:00.000-04:00It's odd sometimes that you're doing something tha...It's odd sometimes that you're doing something that seems completely routine, only to find you're the first one to do it. <BR/><BR/>It happens a lot more often than you'd think ...Phil Birnbaumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03800617749001032996noreply@blogger.com