Microsoft KB Archive/916316

= Description of the inactivity time-out period in the public Directory =

Article ID: 916316

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

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 * Groove Virtual Office 3.1 File Sharing Edition
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 * Microsoft Office Groove 2007

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INTRODUCTION
This article describes the inactivity time-out period in the public Groove Directory.



MORE INFORMATION
If you no longer have access to a Groove identity, and the identity is listed in the public Groove Directory, you cannot remove the identity from the directory.

If you then create a new identity that has the same name or a similar name, the new identity may cause confusion when other users search for your identity in the public Groove Directory. To minimize this problem and to speed searches, the public Groove Directory does not display identities for accounts that have been inactive for 15 days or longer.

Inactivity means that the account has not been online for 15 days. Inactivity can occur for several reasons. These reasons include the following:
 * You delete an account without removing the identities from the directories.
 * You lose access to the account. You may lose access to the account because of a lost password, a hard disk failure, and so on.
 * You do not log on to the account.
 * You work offline, or you work on an isolated network.

In these situations, all identities that are associated with that account are removed from the public Groove Directory after 15 days. If you later reconnect by using that account, all associated identities that have the appropriate List my identity in setting will again be listed in the public Groove Directory.

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