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Re: Offline files problem - some files lost from View Offline File

Postby RGF2aWQgV2FubGVzcw » Fri, 05 Aug 2005 16:52:04 GMT 

Dear Tom,

Thanks for your response and for trying to send me csccmd.  I don't know 
why the forums made up that address for me.  My actual address
is  XXXX@XXXXX.COM , and I'd love to 
get a copy of csccmd 1.1.

I've tried backing up the CSC directory, but I can't - I get 'Access 
Denied' on many of the files.  They show up green in Windows 
Explorer, so I guess they're EFS encrypted, but why I can't decrypt 
them when I presume it encrypted them with my username and password, 
I don't know.  

Thanks,

David.
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Re: Offline files problem - some files lost from View Offline File

Postby Tom Jolly [MSFT] » Sat, 06 Aug 2005 02:53:26 GMT 

Ah... the cache is encrypted in SYSTEM context in XP.

If you run with backup / restore privilage you should be able to make a copy 
a least.  Try ROBOCOPY - I'm pretty sure it has such an option.

Tom Jolly
** This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no 
rights. **
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Re: Offline files problem - some files lost from View Offline File

Postby RGF2aWQgV2FubGVzcw » Sat, 06 Aug 2005 12:10:02 GMT 

Dear Tom,

Excellent.  That allowed me to extract many of the files, so I do 
feel a lot happier.  I've also turned off encryption on the offline 
files, which went through and decrypted many of them.

This process seems to have confirmed that some of the files are still 
there but no longer in the offline files database, as there are quite 
a few files which are still encrypted.  I've tried robocopy (nifty 
tool!) but it won't copy the encrypted ones either (even with the /B option).

I've also done a 
bit of research on EFS and discovered efsinfo, which tells me that 
the encrypted files are only recoverable by NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM.  
Neither my local or my network administrator account can decrypt the 
files.

Can you think of any way to decrypt the remaining files?

If not, what you've already done has been very helpful.

Thanks,

David.
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Re: Offline files problem - some files lost from View Offline File

Postby Tom Jolly [MSFT] » Sun, 07 Aug 2005 09:30:49 GMT 

You can start a CMD in SYSTEM context by using the AT command / task 
scheduler to schedule a "CMD /K" task to run in SYSTEM context.

Also, a local/domain admin ought to be able to recover those files via the 
machine's EFS recovery key. I'm not an EFS expert, but look in the EFS 
documentation (MSDN/TECHNET/KB) and look for recovery agent.

Hope this helps.

-- 
Tom Jolly
** This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no 
rights. **
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Re: Offline files problem - some files lost from View Offline File

Postby RGFuaWVs » Tue, 13 Sep 2005 19:15:01 GMT 

Hi Tom,

Can you also send csc 1.1 to me?
My email address is  XXXX@XXXXX.COM 

Thanks a lot.
Daniel
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1.Offline files problem - some files lost from View Offline Files 

Does anyone know how to find files which were being worked on offline but 
have now vanished from the View Offline Files folder.

Today a blue screen of death wiped out access to the most vital 
directory of my offline files.  I suspect that the files are still 
there, but the View Offline Files folder no longer shows them.  It is 
now 2.7GB and contains c. 8000 files, whereas the \Windows\CSC 
directory is 3GB and contains c. 10000 files.  Of course the missing files 
are the ones I've been working on all week.  

I'm guessing that some database which converts all the cryptic names in 
the CSC directory listing to meaningful file names has become corrupted.

Is there any way of rebuilding that database, or of extracting the files from 
CSC with meaningful names and directory structures?

Why can I not copy the contents of the CSC folder?  (I get 'Access is Denied')

Is there any way of working out what files in the SCS directory correspond 
to which files on my server?

Any ideas on how to get my files back would be most gratefully received.

Thanks,

David Wanless.
P.S. I am seeking a copy of the csccmd utility, v. 1.1, as it seems possible 
that it's /extract function might be able to rescue the files.

2.Offline Files - Cannot remove 'orphaned' Offline Files setting 

Deon Broodryk wrote:
> We recently moved the location of our Home Directories from Server A
to
> Server B without disconnecting / undoing the Offline Files setting
pointing
> to Server A (Server still Windows NT 4.0).
>
> The Synchronising of the Home Directory have been modified to point
to
> Server B and works fine, but there is still an entry in the 'Offline
Files
> Status' display pointing to Server A with a status of  Offline and
> Information of 'Unavailable for reconnect'. When unticking 'Server
A', it
> does not disappear.
>
> I have picked up some settings in the registry, that still points to
Server
> A. They are:
>
>
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Netcache\Shares\
> //ServerA/HomeDir
> and
>
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1125858643-196679537-1050887974-22780\Software\Microsoft
> \Windows\CurrentVersion\Netcache\Shares
>
> My question is: Can I safely delete these 2 entries from the
registry, and
> is this the only way to 'fix' this problem ?
> 
> Thanks in Advance.
> 
> Deon Broodryk.
>  XXXX@XXXXX.COM

3.offline files - file types that cannot be made available offline 

when synchronizing data between a PC and a laptop, I 
always get errors that some files cannot be made available 
offline "Files of this type cannot be made available 
offline".

Is there anyway to make the program treat all files the 
same and copy them regardless? I am not worried about data 
integrity as these are only testing files.

4.Offline files sync'd to offline files 

I am running Server 2003 at the office and XP Pro on the laptop.

I have been synchronizing the laptop and server using Offline Files.
No problem.

Now I've introduced a home PC running XP Pro.

How do I get setup so as to keep the same synch'd files on the
server,
laptop
and
the home PC??

I've tried to setup the PC to use Offline Files and synch with the
laptop.  But the files on the laptop are also offline files. I haven't
figured out how to synch one set of offline files with another set of
offline files.  It doesn't seem possible.

Any help please?

5.Offline files to sync with offline files 

I am running Server 2003 at the office and XP Pro on the laptop.

I have been synchronizing the laptop and server using Offline Files.
No problem.

Now I've introduced a home PC running XP Pro.

How do I get setup so as to keep the same synch'd files on the
server,
laptop
and
the home PC??

I've tried to setup the PC to use Offline Files and synch with the
laptop.  But the files on the laptop are also offline files. I haven't
figured out how to synch one set of offline files with another set of
offline files.  It doesn't seem possible.

Any help please?

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