Its called Shadow Copy. It allows the Sys Admin to restore to any point in
time rather like Windows XP Restore Points, only it can be done on a folder
by folder basis. It allows users to right-click and select Properties on a
file in Windows Explorer and when Shadow Copy has been enabled, there is a
new tab that allows the user to select an older version of the file. I think
it may be three previous saves - but I will have to check this tomorrow and
confirm that.
It also saves having to restore deleted files from tape because although a
user may have deleted and lost access to the file altogether, the Sys Admin
can see a previous view of the folder and restore the file. It is clever but
requires a powerful server because it does add quite a big overhead on a
busy system. But powerful hardware is relatively cheap these days.
Terry
: How many versions does it save and how often? Is it user configurable?
:
:
: "TF" <terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom> wrote in message
: : > Ah! The beauty of Windows 2003 Server! It saves versions of everything
for
: > you.
: >
: > Terry Farrell
: >
: > : > : I decided not to trust the document. I took an old version of the
: > document,
: > : and the new corrupted version and cut/pasted the changes. It was a
real
: > : pain, but I finally have a document that appears to be uncorrupted.
Now
: I
: > : save a new version 2 or 3 times a day so I won't loose as much work if
: it
: > : happens again
: > :
: > :
in
: > : message : > : > Hi Ook
: > : >
: > : > You'll need to isolate the table by pasting in halves - paste the
: first
: > : half
: > : > of your document (i.e. up to table 25) into a clean file, and the
: second
: > : > half (without the final paragraph mark) similarly. See which
document
: > : opens
: > : > with the error and repeat until you've isolated the table. Recreate
: that
: > : > table in the document, working systematically.
: > : >
: > : > Take backups, and do it now while you can still open the file
: > : >
: > : > --
: > : > Margaret Aldis - Microsoft Word MVP
: > : > Syntagma partnership site:
http://www.syntagma.co.uk
: > : >
: > : >
: > : > : > : > > By way of background - last week I noticed Word eating up
excessive
: > cpu
: > : > for
: > : > > no known reason. I saved my work, exited, loaded Word, and found I
: > could
: > : > no
: > : > > longer open my Word document without Word crashing. I opened it in
: > : > Word2000,
: > : > > saved it as RTF, opened it in Wordpad, saved it from Wordpad, and
: > opened
: > : > the
: > : > > RTF in WordXP. My document is intact, looks complete, tables look
: > good,
: > : > Word
: > : > > does not crash, but I still get the message about a corrupt table.
: > : > > Unfortunately, it does not tell you which table is corrupt.
: > : > >
: > : > >
: > : > > : > : > > > While I'm complaining about Word
: > : > > >
: > : > > > I have a document that when I open it, gives me the message "a
: table
: > : has
: > : > > > become corrupted...". I have over 50 tables in the document, how
: can
: > I
: > : > > tell
: > : > > > which one it thinks is corrupted?
: > : > > >
: > : > > >
: > : > >
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