PC full drive sync

[etherealfocus]

I use three computers: home desktop, work desktop, and travel laptop. I use OneDrive religiously and store everything in it - works like a charm for keeping files synced across all machines, but still spend significant time replicating Windows settings changes, FileZilla saved passwords, open tabs in notepad++, etc.

One solution would obviously be to make one computer the master and do most of my work by remoting into it... but that introduces clunkiness when I log in from my laptop with one screen vs my home machine with 3 screens, RDP client gets annoying when I'm managing Windows, and RDP is clunky whenever the internet's clunky at coffee shops and such.

Also Teamviewer is a bit pricey at 750/yr - this is for biz so I couldn't use the free version (and no, I'm not just gonna violate the license agreement - I appreciate that TV is on the honor system and don't want to screw them for it).

RDP would require me to set up a VPN which I could probably figure out but don't wanna deal with the hassle - this is supposed to save time, not eat it.

Ideally all three machines would just stay completely synced for everything except device drivers and such. Is there an app or something for this?

All three machines are on Win10 Pro if it matters.

 

[yinan]

Windows is not designed to function like this.

 

[sweenish]

Windows 10 can sync a lot of settings out of the box.

If you want apps to sync, start using portable apps placed into your Onedrive.

Anything else is on a per app basis. But what you want is a remote connection, not this hodgepodge.

 

[yinan]

The issue starts to become the registry hive placed in HKCU which is generally only synced at logoff and in a domain scenario, and the user profile. While some folders can be redirected, you run into file locking issues in many situations.

 

[sweenish]

I'm not talking about programs that are installed normally and use the registry. You're right, that would be a complete nightmare.

Portable apps don't use the registry. As for the per-app thing, I was referring more to apps that offer a syncing service. I should have been more clear on that point.

 

[yinan]

Even with portable apps you will have issues. How often does the app save/read it's settings? Is there a open file handle against any file? It is almost impossible to sync the process itself amongst multiple devices.


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[sweenish]

At the same time, yeah. I wasn't under the impression that OP would be using these devices simultaneously.

With that said, I still stated that those suggestions were nowhere near ideal.

 

[1sikbITCH]

You need to hire a company to set up your VPN. Your complaint is that you don't have the time. Two choices here, time or money.

RDP would require me to set up a VPN which I could probably figure out but don't wanna deal with the hassle - this is supposed to save time, not eat it.

Expense it or write it off.