Sync Center Issue in Windows 8.1

I purchased a Sony Vaio Laptop Model SVT11125CNS with Windows 8 64 Bit Single User Pre-installed. Subsequently, I upgraded to Windows 8.1 with Freee Upgrade. Te con figuration of my Laptop is: Processor-Intel(R) Core (TM) i5-3317U CPU @ 1.7 GHz; RAM-4 GB
(3.88 GB Usable), System Type-64-bit operating system x64-based processor.
I have an office Network System and the file server OS is Server 2003. My Network s WORKGROUP Based. I log on to my Office Network through Wireless.
Earlier, I had been using another lap top with Windows 7 OS in th same networking environment. I was able to use the Sync Centre to create Sync partnership with the files and folders in the server for offline
working.
Now, even though I am able to see the Sync Center, I am unable to create any Sync partnership with my Server with Server 2003 OS and I am unable to make the files and folders in the server available for Offline
working.
Please provide me a solution.

Hi Krishnakumar R Sennar,
We wonder which version of Windows 8.1 you are running.
To the best of my knowledge, Sync Center does require Windows Client to be at the Professional level edition or higher in Windows 7 and Vista.
Unfortunately we have no standard edition license for test due to limitation of our test environment. However, your issue is exactly same with Windows 7 Home Premium so I am supposing it would be root cause if you are running Windows 8.1 standard edition.
If you are running Windows 8.1 standard, we suggest you do some simple test to check if it works with share folder on another computer before you purchasing the Windows 8.1 Pro Pack.
If it works on on other share folder or you are running Windows 8.1 PRO, please let me know and we will provide further support.
Regards
D. Wu
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