File Synchronization - Synchronizes UNCHANGED Files

So that I have my documents with me at all times and so that "My Documents"
are the same on both my home desktop and my laptop, I set my "My Documents"
address on my laptop to my "My Documents" folder on the desktop and set the
files to be made available offline.

As with all offline shared file synchronization processes, when I
synchronize my files, the system scans all files of both computers for any
changes or new files, and if and only if there are any, it synchronizes those
changes or new files.

For some odd reason, I have a handful or so of media files that go through a
full synchronization process if Windows Media Player is ever used while the
two computers are not connected. It doesn't matter if I have played or made
changes to that particular file or not; just if Windows Media Player was used
on either computer while the laptop was offline. So, somehow, Windows Media
Player makes minor changes to these particular media files when it is opened

Why does this happen and how can I stop it from continuing?

Not sure if this is the reason, but WMP has an option to download
track/performer information from the Internet. It may be that this downloaded
info is being written to ID3 tags in the files.

"Zakhary" wrote:

> So that I have my documents with me at all times and so that "My Documents"
> are the same on both my home desktop and my laptop, I set my "My Documents"
> address on my laptop to my "My Documents" folder on the desktop and set the
> files to be made available offline.
>
> As with all offline shared file synchronization processes, when I
> synchronize my files, the system scans all files of both computers for any
> changes or new files, and if and only if there are any, it synchronizes those
> changes or new files.
>
> For some odd reason, I have a handful or so of media files that go through a
> full synchronization process if Windows Media Player is ever used while the
> two computers are not connected. It doesn't matter if I have played or made
> changes to that particular file or not; just if Windows Media Player was used
> on either computer while the laptop was offline. So, somehow, Windows Media
> Player makes minor changes to these particular media files when it is opened
>
> Why does this happen and how can I stop it from continuing?
>
> --
> -Zakhary