> I am using WinXP Pro on a dual core laptop. I recently installed the
> hotfix from KB 955535 as I had been experiencing repeated timeouts while
> synchronizing an offline cached network drive and wondered if this might
> help. The drive is a Freecom DataTank Gateway configured in RAID mirror
> mode.
>
> The hotfix has largely cured sync timeouts following a period of offline
> working (in which the drive would drop offline during the sync, forcing
> me to make several attempts to complete the sync). However, the sync
> process now sticks at the stage "synchronization succeeded". The sync
> dialog can be minimized and remains animated in the tray. The drive does
> become available online at this point and can be used normally. This
> state of affairs seems to remain for several hours.
>
> The dialog's "stop" button is only partially if at all functional at
> this stage. I did look into killing the mobsync.exe task. It refused to
> die even though taskkill /f claimed that it had been sucessfully
> terminated. Following this attempt, CTRL-ALT-DELETE and the Windows key
> became unresponsive and a shutdown was only possible by holding down the
> power button, yet in all other respects the system worked normally!
>
> Thanks for any suggestions or comments.
>
> Regards
>
> Alan Hart
>
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>
>
> System details below (abbreviated):
> OS Name    Microsoft Windows XP Professional
> Version    5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600
> System Manufacturer    TOSHIBA
> System Model    Tecra A9
> System Type    X86-based PC
> Processor    x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 13 GenuineIntel ~1795 Mhz
> BIOS Version/Date    TOSHIBA Version 2.10, 06/03/2008
> SMBIOS Version    2.4
> Hardware Abstraction Layer    Version = "5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2111)"
> Total Physical Memory    2,048.00 MB
> Available Physical Memory    1.10 GB
> Total Virtual Memory    2.00 GB
> Available Virtual Memory    1.96 GB
> Page File Space    3.84 GB