I have recently moved a large amount of data from a file

server to a NAS device.  The server is still used as a

print server and has not been removed from the domain.  A

number of laptop users in the organisation use the offline

file synchronisation feature of Windows 2000 to allow them

to have access to documents when away from the office.

The problem is that although I have deleted all the

offline files that related to these obsolete shares on

these client machines, shortly after connecting to the

network the offline files balloon pops up stating that the

server in question is offline.  This in itself would not

be so bad, but as soon as the PC thinks the server is

offline, it then wont allow the client to connection to

any of the network printers on that server.  If you browse

to the server via either a UNC or explorer, none of the

shared printers can be seen, all other network services

appear to be fine.  This is a real headache!!! Try as I

might, I cannot seem to remove references to these old

shares.



Has anyone else come across a similar problem? Can you

suggest a solution?  Thanks.

I'm having the exact same problem here.

I found one way to fix this, but it is not anything that can be done on a large scale.  I first turned off Offline Files.  Then I rebooted the machine and deleted c:\winnt\csc.  I then deleted the registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre  ntVersion\NetCache.  and re-enabled offline files.  I then rebooted and the old server was gone.  Again, this isn't feasible for more than a few workstations, and I'm still hoping someone has a better solution.