Windows xp synchronization unable to merge offline changes

In reply to Waseemulla Shariff's post on February 11, Hi, Thanks for the response. Further clarification: 1. Yes, previously I was able to keep files in sync. I don't know when it stopped, although the Sync Center et al were reporting a last succesful sync date back in September. Security software: yes. Non-MS sync software: no. Since this seems to have been going back quite a ways, yes, there have been changes, but I have no idea what they were -- probably quite a few by now!

Also, there are no options available for resolving the sync conflict within the Sync Center, just the message in the properties "Unable to sync at this time.

I tried following the troubleshooting methods doing a clean boot, and still the same result. One puzzle I'm working through -- even trying to do the clean boot from the KB article you linked, I'm still getting programs starting up that I deselected. Which is weird, but after killing all non-MS processes, and verifying no non-MS services are running, still the same result. Thanks, -Tim K. In reply to timkjr's post on February 12, Hi, 1. Did you try to restart the computer and try to sync the files?

Did you try in a new user account? Run the system file checker SFC scan to fix the corrupt system files. Thanks, Syed Microsoft answers support engineer. In reply to Waseemulla Shariff's post on February 12, Further update: 1. Yes, I restarted a number of times, and had the same result: "Unable to sync at this time. Yes, I tried a new user account, and had the same result: "Unable to sync at this time. The user can create new files and change existing files, but these files remain in the local cache.

This behavior is caused by the way Windows Vista and Windows 7 handle remote file operations. The UNC path is parsed and every part is checked for availability.

Due to missing access rights on this level, the remote file operation fails and the Client-Side Caching CSC provides files from the offline content if the UNC path was made available offline. To solve this issue with the offline file synchronization ensure that all parts of an UNC path are accessible by a user. In this example, Everyone is removed from the share permissions and a global group containing the user account is used to set share level permissions.

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