Vista synchroisation with Network file problem

[Jerry L]

I have been synchronising the files on my work laptop (XP-Prof), with my
home PC (XP-MCE), for ages with no problems. Now I have a replacement laptop
(Vista Enterprise), and I'm experiencing annoying problems with the
synchonisation center which means I'm still using my old laptop with XP.

Scenario:
1. Desktop PC runniing XP MCE (with latest updates), setup in a home
workgroup. This has the master copies of my files.
2. Laptop PC running Vista Enterprise logged onto a work based domain
account (setup as Administrator), connected onto my home network. Offline
copies of the desktop pc files held on the laptop and synched using the
sychronisation center.

Problem.
Everything seems to work fine until I edit an excel 2007 spreadsheet on my
Vista laptop and then run the sychronisation center. It creates a tmp file
in the directory holding the excel spreadsheet and then generates an error
synching the excel file. The error is "access denied". There is a hint that
it is trying to use the "Guest" account for some reason, but I have not been
able to get to the bottom of that.

Does anyone have any idea on what is happening here? Its a show stopper for
me.

 

[Paul Smith]

Try moving the file out, syncing, then dropping it back in and syncing.
I've noticed this happen once with a Spider save file. I just copied it to
the desktop and moved it back and it went synced fine after.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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[Jerry L]

I have just tried this and unfortunately I still get the same problem with
this file.