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Enable Offline Files in Windows XP

Question: How do I enable Offline Folders in Windows XP?

Answer: Offline Folders is a feature of Windows that allows you to keep a synchronized local backup of the content of shared folders you are connected to. Unfortunately, this feature is disabled in Windows XP by default. To enable it, perform the following steps.

Click the Start button, then Control Panel; in the Control Panel, click User Accounts and then click "Change the way users log on and off". Un-check the box next to "Use Fast User Switching" and click "Apply Options." Note: this change requires Administrator access it disables fast user switching. Close the User Accounts window and, in the Control Panel, click the Tools menu, then click Folder Options. Click the Offline Files tab, click the checkbox next to "Enable" offline folders, and then click the OK button. You can now make shared folders available offline.

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