Another two irritating faults in Vista!

[G0AOZ]

1. Network drive mapped, and eventually worked. For unexplained reason it stopped working a few hours later. Since it had failed and couldn't seemingly be reconnected, the drive was 'disconnected' in the right-click menu, but annoyingly re-appears each time the machine is rebooted even though that remote machine is no longer connected. Other than manually removing entries from the Registry, what other method should be used to clear this unwanted mapping which of course continually shows a red cross against it now?

2. On the same machine the 'sync center' decided to suddenly action itself without the user having knowingly asked for it! Again, despite the fact that the remote machine is no longer attached to the network, 'sync center' tries to connect. Cannot find any way to kill this process. It doesn't appear to show in MSCONFIG, and I cannot liken it to any named Windows Service. Any clues?

ROGER - G0AOZ.

 

[BadBigBen]

to 1. No idea at present...

to 2., see if the Task Scheduler is enabled and if that has an entry for the Sync...

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[G0AOZ]

Can't see anything in Task Scheduler that looks remotely like 'sync center'. I do see 'mobsync.exe' running as a service in Task Manager, but I can't see where to disable or switch it off, other than manually grovelling around somewhere in the Registry.

ROGER - G0AOZ.

 

[Turkbear]

Hi,
Try looking in ControlPanel/Services to see if you can see/stop/set to manual ...

Also look in the Startup folder...




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[Freestone]

For #1, does a NET USE Drive: /DELETE command from a command prompt help?

 

[BadBigBen]

as to 1., you probably have "Reconnect at Start Up" activated, which would/could cause that hick-up to happen...

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[linney]

See this note "How do I end a sync partnership in Sync Center".

Sync Center: frequently asked questions

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Wi...e034-1bcf-4dfb-93c3-46ec7df97d371033.mspx#EBH

Q, How do I disable or turn off Sync Center?
A. You can't disable or turn off Sync Center.

I reckon uninstalling Vista might fix it up!

http://www.google.com/search?q=disa...-au&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1

 

[G0AOZ]

Thanks for all the replies...

After further investigation it seems that the sync center icon appears in the system try if Offline Files is enabled, even if there is no longer anything to "sync to". Disabling Offline Files under the Network and Internet options in Control Panel fixed it. As stated, you can't actually turn off sync center, and it doesn't seem to appear as a Service.

The mapped drive did indeed have "Reconnect at logon" enabled, although I suspect something else caused the initial hiccup. I eventually got rid of the unwanted mapped drive by editing the Registry. (Did this before your suggestion came in Freestone, but will remember it should there be a next time!). Out of interest I remapped the drive again (with "Reconnect at logon") when the laptop came back into the office. Doing a "Disconnect" worked fine this time, even subsequent to the laptop being removed from the network. So another unexplained odd quirk of Vista...

ROGER - G0AOZ.

 

[BadBigBen]

There is an unofficial way to get rid of the Sync Center...

just remove/rename the file from the system32 folder, e.g. C:\Windows\System32\mobsync.exe then reboot...
of course, needless to say that you should do this as Administrator (not administrative User)...



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