In Windows 7 there is no user interface to delete Offline Files cache (CSC cache). The only way to delete cache is using registry key. Detail steps are given below. Open Registry editor (Execute Regedit from Run window) Go to this key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Csc\Parameters If Parameters key does not exist under CSC you can add it. … Read more
Offline files has a single copy of cache where all the users offline enabled files are stored. This causes inconvenience to users even if they are not using offline files. Let’s say there are two users A and B. A has logged into the system and marks a network share for offline caching. Share is … Read more
If you are feeling that Vista is running slow on your machine, you can improve the performance significantly by switching of Aero effects. This can be done by choosing Vista basic color scheme as described below. Click Start Click Control Panel Select Appearance and Personalization Now under Personalization click on “Change the color scheme” option. Now in the … Read more
On Windows Vista operating system, Aero glass effect can be enabled as follows. Click on Start icon. (or Ctrl-Esc) Click on Control Panel Under ‘Appearance and Personalization‘ click on ‘Change the color scheme‘ Select ‘Windows Aero‘ in the list of options under Color Scheme Click OK
Start menu redirection can be enabled for all users in a domain by configuring group policy settings. In Windows 2003 domain server this can be done as follows. These steps would be more or less similar in Server 2008 domain server. Log in to the Domain Controller machine. Open the Group policy object editor( see … Read more
On Windows XP/2003/Vista/ Windows 7 we can enable or disable webclient service using the following method.(In Windows Server 2003 webclient is disabled by default whereas in XP/Vista/Windows7 it is enabled by default i.e start type is set to Auto. Open Service configuration console(services.msc). Find webclient entry in the list of services displayed in the right … Read more
In Microsoft Outlook application we use meeting request to invite people to the meetings. The Receivers of this meeting request can accept or reject the meeting request based on their availability or willingness to attend the meeting. When the user accepts a meeting request, the mail gets deleted from the mailbox / Inbox and would … Read more
We can disable firewall using firewall.cpl user interface. Another way to do the same is by editing the registry key “EnableFirewall“. We can find this registry key under in the below node. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesSharedAccessParametersFirewallPolicyStandardProfile Setting the data in this parameter to 0 will disable firewall on the machine. To enable firewall you need to set the … Read more
Offline files provides a configurable setting called Slow Link policy, which, if enabled, will reduce the network traffic between client and server. Suppose you are working from home and are connected to your office network. If your network connection is very slow, the time CSC takes to synchronize the local cache with the server files … Read more
On Windows XP/2003 machines we can delete or reinitialize offline files/CSC cache in any of the following ways. User Interface Open My computer from start menu Click on Tools Click on Folder Options Select Offline Files tab Press CTRL+Shift and click on Delete Files. Using Registry key Add a new value named FormatDatabase of type … Read more