How to sync two "salve" notebooks

[Wuei]

Hi,

I have one desktop PC and two laptops. All of them have OneNote2007 installed.

The desktop was set as the main OneNote notebook, the directory of OneNote
files of it is shared through LAN and the other two laptops can sync up with
it via accessing a network driver in Windows explorer to the desktop.
However, sometimes the desktop is shut down, the two laptops can still see
each other via LAN, but I don't know how to sync them with each other.

I found since the two laptops are set as "slave", the OneNote files are
saved in a backup directory, like :
C:\Documents and Settings\User\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\OneNote\12.0\backup\
I have tried to share this directory of one laptop by LAN, and set the other
laptop to sync up with that directory, but nothing happened, it seems
OneNote2007 does not sync with a backup directory.

So, is there any way to do this ?
Many thanks.

 

[Rainald Taesler]

I have one desktop PC and two laptops. All of them have OneNote2007
installed.

The desktop was set as the main OneNote notebook, the directory of
OneNote files of it is shared through LAN and the other two laptops
can sync up with it via accessing a network driver in Windows
explorer to the desktop. However, sometimes the desktop is shut
down, the two laptops can still see each other via LAN, but I don't
know how to sync them with each other.

Synching can not be done between two slaves (as you call them).
The synching procedures need the *data* files. And there are no data
files on the laptops which use the notebooks stored on the desktop
computer.
The current data on "slaves" are held in the ON-*cache*. There are no
data files on a computer where the notebooks are used shared.

Just synch each of the laptops with the main computer (desktop).
It's not necessary that ON is open on the desktop. The desktop must be
running, however.

I found since the two laptops are set as "slave", the OneNote files
are saved in a backup directory, like :
C:\Documents and Settings\User\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\OneNote\12.0\backup\
I have tried to share this directory of one laptop by LAN, and set
the other laptop to sync up with that directory, but nothing
happened, it seems OneNote2007 does not sync with a backup
directory.

To use *Backups* for synching data would not be a good idea (even it
would work) as backups seldom really are up-to-date. The *current* data
are *not* held in the backup directory. There only the backups are
stored.

But it does not work anyway.
As said synching can only be done with the data files on the main/host
computer being accessible.

Rainald