On my laptop, I am able to search my SkyDrive folder using any content keywords, i.e. I want to call up all the files with the name Smith in their content, not just their titles. I have no problems doing this, anywhere, anytime, on my laptop.

After I have accessed any of these files on my laptop, I cannot search for any of them on my desktop. Not even by title, i.e. Smith.xlsx . The files are still on my desktop, I can access them through Windows Explorer, and they are synced immediately as one would expect; no problem there. They are simply not searchable on my desktop.

I know the reason why, but not how to correct it.

It seems that after I have accessed these SkyDrive files on my laptop, some of the files' properties are automatically changed. Specifically,

the files are somehow compressed on my desktop during the syncing phase (see Advanced Attributes in the Properties Menu/General tab/Attributes section/Advanced window). I can change the "compress" settings manually for each file and the file name colour changes from blue to black and the file is instantly keyword/content searchable. It will stay this way on on my desktop until I access the file once again on my laptop. There are hundreds of files that I need to search content for on a daily basis from both computers, so manually changing the settings on all these files on my desktop before every search is extremely ineffective. The files are stored in sub folders of sub folders (SkyDrive/Documents/Year/Month/Week), and although I choose the option of including all folders and sub folders in the attributes change, the actual files do not get changed. I have to go down to the actual file level to make this change.

This problem affects all the file types I have stored on SkyDrive.

I am using Windows 7 Home Premium and Office 2007 on both computers.

This problem is relatively new. It became apparent a couple of months after I was forced to switch from Live Mesh to Sky Drive.

I would appreciate anyone's help with this problem.

Thank you.