The changes that you made to a shared.xls file in an offline folder are not saved on a file server that is running Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP
KB Article: https://support.microsoft.com/kb/974070
Consider the following scenario:
- You share an .xls file and an .xlsx file in an offline folder on a file server that is running Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP.
- You open the folder in Windows Explorer from a computer that is running Windows Vista.
- You edit the .xls file, and then you save the .xls file to the offline folder.
- You open the file from another computer.
In this scenario, you find that the changes to the file were not saved.