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3 Ways to Run PST Recovery (and a Better Alternative)
Why do organizations need to run a PST recovery? Is it because users love to save so much email that their PST files exceed all reasonable storage limits and then blow up – putting hundreds or thousands of business critical emails at risk? Or is it because they try to store these enormous PSTs on
Continue reading: 3 Ways to Run PST Recovery (and a Better Alternative)Repair a damaged Personal Folders PST file
Microsoft provides the Inbox Repair Tool for correcting most problems with damaged Personal Folders .pst files. If you do not see the Inbox Repair Tool on the Start menu, under Programs | Accessories | System Tools, use Start | Find or Start | Search (depending on your operating system) to search your system for Scanpst.exe.
Continue reading: Repair a damaged Personal Folders PST fileRepair a 2GB Personal Folders or Offline Folders file
Microsoft Outlook limits the size of older Personal Folders .pst files and offline folders .ost files to 2GB. If a new or changed item increases the size over than limit, you will not be able to use the .pst or .ost file. Even if you delete items from the server mailbox, the .ost file will
Continue reading: Repair a 2GB Personal Folders or Offline Folders fileRemove a Password From a *.PST File
Many years ago, Microsoft released a utility called pst19upg.exe to upgrade old versions of *.pst (Personal Folders) files so they would work with a later version. One side effect of this was that it removed the password from the pst file. So if you passworded your pst and forgot the password, you can use this
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Convert an Offline File (.ost) to a Personal File (.pst)
Oftentimes, Microsoft Outlook users who are leaving their current employer want to take their mail, calendar, or contacts with them and do one of two things – delete the Microsoft Exchange account from their profile without realizing the Contacts are stored in the Exchange account or they take the OST file with them, not realizing
Continue reading: Convert an Offline File (.ost) to a Personal File (.pst)
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