Re: Synchronizing 2 computers ?
From: HAAK (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/24/04
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Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 03:58:03 -0700
Thank you. I will try this and let you know...
>-----Original Message-----
>Two issues:
>1. getting a network connection through the firewall
(get help from the
>IT folks at the office)
>2. running some sort of file sync or copy program.
>
>If you can get a network connection between the two (the
firewall allows
>this?), then using robocopy (available free from
Microsoft in the
>Windows 2003 Server Resource Kit, but work great on XP)
works well.
>It's a bit more sophisticated than xcopy.
>
>Just set it up with the appropriate switches in a batch
file and then
>run it when you want. I use this technique for
synchronising web sites
>developed on the laptop with the pre-production copies
on another machine.
>
>Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.
>
>rms
>
>
>
>
>HAAK wrote:
>> I am interested in synchronizing my office desktop (on
a
>> LAN) with my laptop (sometimes on the same LAN,
sometimes
>> on remote networks) and with my home office computer
>> (cable modem). The office computer is behind a Cisco
>> firewall. All computers are running XP Pro.
>>
>> I don't need to synch everything, just My Documents
and
>> Outlook .pst files to start.
>>
>> This is proving mroe complicated than I thought it
would
>> be. Is there a primer or walkthrough that you can
>> recommend to help me get this going?
>>
>> Thanks!
>.
>
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