AutoRecover Save over VPN

[Jim Cuthbert]

In Office products with AutoRecover(I am most familiar with Word) , the save
destination is the document's folder.

I use Offline Files (XP Tablet) to ensure my work is available to colleagues
and is secure.

If working remotely (e.g. over a VPN, to keep Outlook open), Office saves to
the remote server. Word especially virtually stops while the save is in
progress.

Task Manager shows the CPU underutilised - I conclude Word is waiting for
some shared resource that the AutoRecover is holding.

If you are working on a couple or more large documents the situation
degenerates to a permanent wait for AutoRecover.

Why cannot Office/Offline files save locally to the cache, and sync in the
background, rather than tying up Office?

Alternatively, why can't Office run AutoRecover as a separate background
process that doesn't interfere with the GUI?

Also why does Office appear to run AutoRecover when there has been no
activity on a document?

Thanks

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[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Jim,

Autorecover is 'crash protection' only. It is not an auto file save. The 'protectio' interval is set in Tools=>Options=>Save.
Autorecovery files are deleted when you close Word 'normally.

The location for the autorecover files is set in Tools=>Options=>File Locations.

Word may be looking for a template or a printer driver or be updating the temp files it uses in normal use (you may want to check
the setting in Tools=>Options=>Save
for making a 'local copy' of documents when they're opened.

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In Office products with AutoRecover(I am most familiar with Word) , the save
destination is the document's folder.

I use Offline Files (XP Tablet) to ensure my work is available to colleagues
and is secure.

If working remotely (e.g. over a VPN, to keep Outlook open), Office saves to
the remote server. Word especially virtually stops while the save is in
progress.

Task Manager shows the CPU underutilised - I conclude Word is waiting for
some shared resource that the AutoRecover is holding.

If you are working on a couple or more large documents the situation
degenerates to a permanent wait for AutoRecover.

Why cannot Office/Offline files save locally to the cache, and sync in the
background, rather than tying up Office?

Alternatively, why can't Office run AutoRecover as a separate background
process that doesn't interfere with the GUI?

Also why does Office appear to run AutoRecover when there has been no
activity on a document?

Thanks >>
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Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

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