Very basic query

I have a laptop running XP Home and a Desktop running XP Pro.
Can someone give me a pointer to how I can synchronize my data files,
including My Documents, and Outlook Express Address-book, and Messages, fter
taking the laptop away on a trip and using it while away.
Either using XP facilities or a third party application.
I wish to synchronize them before the trip and afterwards.
I assume this is a common requirement with laptops.

TIA
Brian Tozer

I personally dislike the native Offline Files feature. On all my clients'
laptops, I use SecondCopy from www.centered.com - it's very easy, always
works, and is cheap ($29 or so). There's a free fully functional 30-day eval
you can download and license later.

KiwiBrian wrote:
> I have a laptop running XP Home and a Desktop running XP Pro.
> Can someone give me a pointer to how I can synchronize my data files,
> including My Documents, and Outlook Express Address-book, and
> Messages, fter taking the laptop away on a trip and using it while
> away. Either using XP facilities or a third party application.
> I wish to synchronize them before the trip and afterwards.
> I assume this is a common requirement with laptops.
>
> TIA
> Brian Tozer

In article <e3uKP2JJEHA.1192@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl>, "Lanwench [MVP -
Exchange]" <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.aty ahoo.com>
wrote:
>KiwiBrian wrote:
>> I have a laptop running XP Home and a Desktop running XP Pro.
>> Can someone give me a pointer to how I can synchronize my data files,
>> including My Documents, and Outlook Express Address-book, and
>> Messages, fter taking the laptop away on a trip and using it while
>> away. Either using XP facilities or a third party application.
>> I wish to synchronize them before the trip and afterwards.
>> I assume this is a common requirement with laptops.
>>
>> TIA
>> Brian Tozer
>
>I personally dislike the native Offline Files feature. On all my clients'
>laptops, I use SecondCopy from www.centered.com - it's very easy, always
>works, and is cheap ($29 or so). There's a free fully functional 30-day eval
>you can download and license later.

Offline Files isn't an option for Brian, because it isn't available in
XP Home.
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Ah - there you go, then. ;-)

Steve Winograd [MVP] wrote:
> In article <e3uKP2JJEHA.1192@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl>, "Lanwench [MVP -
> Exchange]" <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.aty ahoo.com>
> wrote:
>> KiwiBrian wrote:
>>> I have a laptop running XP Home and a Desktop running XP Pro.
>>> Can someone give me a pointer to how I can synchronize my data
>>> files, including My Documents, and Outlook Express Address-book, and
>>> Messages, fter taking the laptop away on a trip and using it while
>>> away. Either using XP facilities or a third party application.
>>> I wish to synchronize them before the trip and afterwards.
>>> I assume this is a common requirement with laptops.
>>>
>>> TIA
>>> Brian Tozer
>>
>> I personally dislike the native Offline Files feature. On all my
>> clients' laptops, I use SecondCopy from www.centered.com - it's very
>> easy, always works, and is cheap ($29 or so). There's a free fully
>> functional 30-day eval you can download and license later.
>
> Offline Files isn't an option for Brian, because it isn't available in
> XP Home.