Situation :When you change data or share a folder that exists in the program files or windows folders on vista, the logged in users get a different version of the file than the network users or other machine user.
What Happened :This is down to Program Compatibility Files in Windows Vista. Essentially changes made to "Program Files, "Windows" etc are locked if your not an admin and the changes made pushed into a virtual store, and updates to a file is stored in a temporary location whilst keeping the original intact so not to impact on other users, kinda crappy but a reality none the less, the magic location should you wish to find the actual file is :\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\VirtualStore or you can click the "Compatability Files" link on the folder if its visible.
Lesson Learned :This is blatantly the worst "Feature" I have ever seen with vista, I can see why they've done it but it really should be an option.
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