Gaz Posted March 24, 2014 Posted March 24, 2014 Earlier today I had a student that was logged into 2 computers and on one computer he had all his files but on another computer 3 of them were missing. (the files were located in his home folder) So I logged into the folder on the server to check if its just the desktops but none of the missing files were displayed. He was working on the missing files at the time. I created a text file and that appeared in his home folders. I couldn't work out why the files weren't showing up on the other computers though. I don't think its an issue as such but its certainly odd.
detjo Posted March 24, 2014 Posted March 24, 2014 How odd! don't suppose they are hidden files .. and the one PC he can see them on is able to view hidden files, perhaps?
6Foot2 Posted March 24, 2014 Posted March 24, 2014 We have always worked to prevent multiple logons: Stations logged on but unattended allow for the deletion of work causing us extra aggravation when the work has to be restored. Also when we impose a sanction [No Internet, no logon at all] preventing duplicate logons stops the offender sharing passwords with a friend when that friend is in the same class and has an IT based lesson at the same time. Why do you permit it? [Out of interest] Thanks.
Gaz Posted March 25, 2014 Author Posted March 25, 2014 Nope no hidden files. It certainly was odd and I couldn't offer a resolution. @DaveP I guess its something that differs from organisation to organisation, its not really a problem here and in this instance he was only logged onto one of the computers and when some of his files were missing, logged into another computer to view them. In greater numbers it would become an issue I agree. We use Impero so spotting duplicate logons is easy and Impero its self could be configured to not allow duplicate logons.
6Foot2 Posted March 25, 2014 Posted March 25, 2014 ...We use Impero so spotting duplicate logons is easy and Impero its self could be configured to not allow duplicate logons. Indeed. Since adding Impero to our network admin armory the task of preventing duplicate logons is much simpler.
seawolf Posted March 25, 2014 Posted March 25, 2014 It sounds like this user may have had a failover to local profile on that computer at some point and created this files. In that instance, the files would only reside on the local computer as folder redirection would have temporarily been unavailable (loss of network).
Gaz Posted March 26, 2014 Author Posted March 26, 2014 It would appear this is the issue. http://www.edugeek.net/forums/windows-7/82638-office-documents-becoming-tmp-files.html
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