Synchronize all offline files when logging on

Supported OS tags: Windows2000, WindowsServer2003, WindowsXP

Determines whether offline files are fully synchronized when users log on. This setting also disables the "Synchronize all offline files before logging on" option on the Offline Files tab. This prevents users from trying to change the option while a setting controls it. If you enable this setting, offline files are fully synchronized at logon. Full synchronization ensures that offline files are complete and current. Enabling this setting automatically enables logon synchronization in Synchronization Manager. If this setting is disabled and Synchronization Manager is configured for logon synchronization, the system performs only a quick synchronization. Quick synchronization ensures that files are complete but does not ensure that they are current. If you do not configure this setting and Synchronization Manager is configured for logon synchronization, the system performs a quick synchronization by default, but users can change this option. This setting appears in the Computer Configuration and User Configuration folders. If both settings are configured, the setting in Computer Configuration takes precedence over the setting in User Configuration. Tip: To change the synchronization method without setting a setting, in Windows Explorer, on the Tools menu, click Folder Options, click the Offline Files tab, and then select the "Synchronize all offline files before logging on" option.

This policy has no additional user input fields.

• User
  Action on server disconnect

  Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 only
• Computer
  Action on server disconnect

  Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 only
• Computer
  Allow or Disallow use of the Offline Files feature

  At least Windows 2000
• Computer
  At logoff, delete local copy of user’s offline files

  Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 only
• Computer
  Configure Background Sync

  At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7
• Computer
  Configure Slow link speed

  Windows XP Professional only
• Computer
  Configure slow-link mode

  At least Windows Vista
• Computer
  Default cache size

  Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 only
• Computer
  Enable file screens

  At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7
• Computer
  Enable file synchronization on costed networks

  At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT
• Computer
  Enable Transparent Caching

  At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7
• Computer
  Encrypt the Offline Files cache

  At least Windows Server 2003 operating systems Service Pack 1, Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2, or Windows 2000 Service Pack 5