I am having a problem that recently started when changing work computers over to Windows 7. Each of the work computers (users) has an account and directory on Windows Server 2003 to which only they have access (server is set up only for Work Group, not domain). Each user machine has a logoff script that uses robocopy to mirror the users' "My Documents" folder onto their respective server directory, so that each evening an offsite backup is made of the entire collected document set for all users. The user directories on the server are set up under a single directory as follows:
Users (shared)
User 1 (named via user logon, not shared)
User 2 (named via user logon, not shared)
User 3 (named via user logon, not shared)
etc...
Previously, with all user computers running XP, this setup worked fine, the logoff "backups" occurred, and the situation was stable. After changing the work computers over to Windows 7 machines, using the same logoff routine with robocopy to mirror the documents folder to the server, the user's directory name on the server will change so that duplicate user directory names are seen similar to...
Users (shared)
User 1 (named via user logon, not shared)
User 3 (NAME WAS CHANGED BY SOMETHING, not shared)
User 3 (named via user logon, not shared)
If the directories are examined using Explorer on the server, the first instance of the "User 3" directory will in fact hold the files for "User 2." This is not in itself a problem (except for the visual confusion), except that the backup program that then attempts to do the off-site backup sees duplicate directory names and doesn't include the first instance in the off-site backup job because it was told to back up the "User 2" directory, but instead sees 2 "User 3" directories.
Any help in what is causing the directory name changing and how to prevent it would be greatly appreciated.
Ray
Users (shared)
User 1 (named via user logon, not shared)
User 2 (named via user logon, not shared)
User 3 (named via user logon, not shared)
etc...
Previously, with all user computers running XP, this setup worked fine, the logoff "backups" occurred, and the situation was stable. After changing the work computers over to Windows 7 machines, using the same logoff routine with robocopy to mirror the documents folder to the server, the user's directory name on the server will change so that duplicate user directory names are seen similar to...
Users (shared)
User 1 (named via user logon, not shared)
User 3 (NAME WAS CHANGED BY SOMETHING, not shared)
User 3 (named via user logon, not shared)
If the directories are examined using Explorer on the server, the first instance of the "User 3" directory will in fact hold the files for "User 2." This is not in itself a problem (except for the visual confusion), except that the backup program that then attempts to do the off-site backup sees duplicate directory names and doesn't include the first instance in the off-site backup job because it was told to back up the "User 2" directory, but instead sees 2 "User 3" directories.
Any help in what is causing the directory name changing and how to prevent it would be greatly appreciated.
Ray