StRaNgE IcOnS AppEaRiNg

[Bill Norton]

Recently I have set up a Samba LINUX 8.0 Red Hat server
and repointed the "My Documents" folder, located on a
Windows XP Pro desktop system SR1a patched, to it. Each
night I use a product called Unison to make copies of any
changed files to another machine. After running this
setup for one night I find that all my file and folder
icons, physically located on this LINUX network drive,
now have a small box containing two blue arrows in a
cycle (non animated) in the lower left hand corner, when
viewed on the XP desktop.

What is the significance of this icon change?
Obviously it is informational, but I have never seen it
before.

No other adverse effect have been seen.

If copied to a local drive the icon will lose the arrows.

[Patrick Hallihan]

Bill,

This means that the files are available offline. (Your computer has mad a
local copy). If you right click the file you should see a check mark next
to the "Make Available Offline" option.

Regards,
Patrick Hallihan
MCSE, MCDBA


"Bill Norton" > wrote in message
...
> Recently I have set up a Samba LINUX 8.0 Red Hat server
> and repointed the "My Documents" folder, located on a
> Windows XP Pro desktop system SR1a patched, to it. Each
> night I use a product called Unison to make copies of any
> changed files to another machine. After running this
> setup for one night I find that all my file and folder
> icons, physically located on this LINUX network drive,
> now have a small box containing two blue arrows in a
> cycle (non animated) in the lower left hand corner, when
> viewed on the XP desktop.
>
> What is the significance of this icon change?
> Obviously it is informational, but I have never seen it
> before.
>
> No other adverse effect have been seen.
>
> If copied to a local drive the icon will lose the arrows.
>

[Bill Norton]

Yup that's the correct answer.

Thank You for your time.
>-----Original Message-----
>Bill,
>
>This means that the files are available offline. (Your
computer has mad a
>local copy). If you right click the file you should see
a check mark next
>to the "Make Available Offline" option.
>
>Regards,
>Patrick Hallihan
>MCSE, MCDBA
>
>
>"Bill Norton" > wrote in
message
...
>> Recently I have set up a Samba LINUX 8.0 Red Hat server
>> and repointed the "My Documents" folder, located on a
>> Windows XP Pro desktop system SR1a patched, to it. Each
>> night I use a product called Unison to make copies of
any
>> changed files to another machine. After running this
>> setup for one night I find that all my file and folder
>> icons, physically located on this LINUX network drive,
>> now have a small box containing two blue arrows in a
>> cycle (non animated) in the lower left hand corner,
when
>> viewed on the XP desktop.
>>
>> What is the significance of this icon change?
>> Obviously it is informational, but I have never seen it
>> before.
>>
>> No other adverse effect have been seen.
>>
>> If copied to a local drive the icon will lose the
arrows.
>>
>
>
>.
>

[Bill Norton]

Yup that's the correct answer.

Thank You for your time.
>-----Original Message-----
>Bill,
>
>This means that the files are available offline. (Your
computer has mad a
>local copy). If you right click the file you should see
a check mark next
>to the "Make Available Offline" option.
>
>Regards,
>Patrick Hallihan
>MCSE, MCDBA
>
>
>"Bill Norton" > wrote in
message
...
>> Recently I have set up a Samba LINUX 8.0 Red Hat server
>> and repointed the "My Documents" folder, located on a
>> Windows XP Pro desktop system SR1a patched, to it. Each
>> night I use a product called Unison to make copies of
any
>> changed files to another machine. After running this
>> setup for one night I find that all my file and folder
>> icons, physically located on this LINUX network drive,
>> now have a small box containing two blue arrows in a
>> cycle (non animated) in the lower left hand corner,
when
>> viewed on the XP desktop.
>>
>> What is the significance of this icon change?
>> Obviously it is informational, but I have never seen it
>> before.
>>
>> No other adverse effect have been seen.
>>
>> If copied to a local drive the icon will lose the
arrows.
>>
>
>
>.
>