Offline Files

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Offline Files

The Offline Files service maintains activities on the Offline Files cache where it responds to actions taken on these files.

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Overview

Offiline Files Ultimate

The Offline Files feature is only available in Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate versions of Vista. The Offline Files service performs maintenance activities on the Offline Files cache, responds to user logon and loggoff events, implements the internals of the public API, and dispatches interesting events to those interested in the Offline Files activities and changes in the cache state. With Offline Files you are able to access files stored in a shared or network folder even while the network copies are unavailable. To do this, sselect the network file you want to make available offline. The file network file is copied and stored on the computer as an offline file.

This service is Automatic by default and should not be disabled.



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Features Windows Aero - System Restore - Previous Versions - SuperFetch - User Account Control (UAC) - Offline Files - ReadyDrive - Instant Search - Windows Sidebar - Parental Controls - Speech Recognition - ClearType - DirectX 10 - ReadyBoost - BitLocker - Flip3D - Remote Desktop - Search Folders - Tablet PC - Windows SideShow
Services Task Scheduler - Desktop Window Manager - Application Experience - Application Host Helper Service - Application Information - Application Layer Gateway Service - Application Management - Background Intelligent Transfer Service - Base Filtering Engine - Block Level Backup Engine Service - Certificate Propagation - COM+ Event System - Computer Browser - DHCPClient
Applications Notepad - Windows Mail - Internet Explorer - Command Prompt (Cmd.exe) - Windows Calendar - Mobility Center - Task Manager - Photo Gallery - Windows Media Center - Windows Media Player - Wordpad - Windows Sidebar - Snipping Tool - Windows Contacts - Device Manager - Disk Defragmenter - Event Viewer - Fax and Scan - Windows Journal - Windows Meeting Space - Windows DVD Maker - Windows Easy Transfer
Security User Account Control (UAC) - Windows Defender - Windows Firewall
Admin Tools Control Panel - Device Manager - Microsoft Management Console (MMC)