Read this on the Technet site, but it does not address
how to set this up. We use A LOT of PST's at my company
and I've never seen what's mentioned below actually work!
Does anyone know if there are certain steps that need to
be done to configure this?
===============================
Automatic Background Compaction
Automatic compaction takes place as an idle task in the
background. The following conditions must be true for
this background task to take place:
You must be running Outlook.
Your computer must not be engaged in other CPU-intensive
tasks such as copying or downloading files.

It already does this out of the box.

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www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Creating Signatures
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

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"MJR" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:139dd01c4442b$d6cedc20$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Read this on the Technet site, but it does not address
> how to set this up. We use A LOT of PST's at my company
> and I've never seen what's mentioned below actually work!
> Does anyone know if there are certain steps that need to
> be done to configure this?
> ===============================
> Automatic Background Compaction
> Automatic compaction takes place as an idle task in the
> background. The following conditions must be true for
> this background task to take place:
> You must be running Outlook.
> Your computer must not be engaged in other CPU-intensive
> tasks such as copying or downloading files.

Hmm. If it already does this out of the box then how come my pst file keeps growing whenever I do a Backup in Outlook?

"Roady [MVP]" wrote:

> It already does this out of the box.
>
> --
> Roady [MVP]
> www.howto-outlook.com
>
> Tips of the month:
> -Creating Signatures
> -Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3
>
> -----
> "MJR" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:139dd01c4442b$d6cedc20$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Read this on the Technet site, but it does not address
> > how to set this up. We use A LOT of PST's at my company
> > and I've never seen what's mentioned below actually work!
> > Does anyone know if there are certain steps that need to
> > be done to configure this?
> > ===============================
> > Automatic Background Compaction
> > Automatic compaction takes place as an idle task in the
> > background. The following conditions must be true for
> > this background task to take place:
> > You must be running Outlook.
> > Your computer must not be engaged in other CPU-intensive
> > tasks such as copying or downloading files.
>
>
>

Which pst is growing when you do a backup? Are you also archiving and
deleting mail? (backup doesn't delete mail - it copies a pst.)

Is the computer idle for 10 min or so when outlook is open? Turn off the
screensaver..

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"student" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:F0792351-2291-4E94-AC84-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hmm. If it already does this out of the box then how come my pst file
> keeps growing whenever I do a Backup in Outlook?
>
> "Roady [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> It already does this out of the box.
>>
>> --
>> Roady [MVP]
>> www.howto-outlook.com
>>
>> Tips of the month:
>> -Creating Signatures
>> -Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3
>>
>> -----
>> "MJR" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:139dd01c4442b$d6cedc20$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Read this on the Technet site, but it does not address
>> > how to set this up. We use A LOT of PST's at my company
>> > and I've never seen what's mentioned below actually work!
>> > Does anyone know if there are certain steps that need to
>> > be done to configure this?
>> > ===============================
>> > Automatic Background Compaction
>> > Automatic compaction takes place as an idle task in the
>> > background. The following conditions must be true for
>> > this background task to take place:
>> > You must be running Outlook.
>> > Your computer must not be engaged in other CPU-intensive
>> > tasks such as copying or downloading files.
>>
>>
>>