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Robin I.1
10 years agoNew member | Level 1
allow Dropbox to run regardless if a user is logged in
Ok I am a newbie here with DropBox
I did not set up DropBox with this company someone else did.
Company has a DropBox account, files are synced to the file server in the office. End Users have a...
Rich
Super User II
10 years agoIf so, how did you solve the problem with the end users who are out of the office and use laptops to gain access to the DropBox folder on the file server in the office?
You would have to provide them with some means of remote access to the file shares on that server. Most companies would provide VPN access to the corporate network. When the laptop is connected to the VPN it would be able to access the network as if it were in the office.
Can I delete those files without any problems and the files will still be out on the file server?
As long as you've uninstalled Dropbox from that computer, you can safely delete the local Dropbox folder.
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