I work in a large organisation that has need to move from .ost files from an
older device being replaced to the new device. We are using XP,
Office/Outlook 2003/ and Exchange 2007. We have recently enabled Cached
Mode, as a part of our upgrade procedure we back up the .ost file from the
old machine to a network share. That .ost file is then copied to the new
machine and the Outlook profile configured to use the copied .ost file. Our
initial testing seem prove this was a workable scenriao. Now, I am seeing
the following error:

"Outlook is using an old copy of your Offline Folder file (.ost). Exit
Outlook, delete the .ost file, and restart Outlook. A new file will be
automatically created the next time you initiate a send/recieve. "

There is a MS article 872930 that describes how the deploy the .oab file for
Cached Mode. I simply want to use a file that is already out there and
contains 98% of the data that the end user needs.

Has anyone tried this before and gotten it to work?

The error message just means that computer you took a copy of the OST from
has started Outlook again and sync'd with Exchange. This destroys the seed
OST that you wanted to use.

"The_professor" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:F777AB4E-0DF7-410F-B550-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I work in a large organisation that has need to move from .ost files from
>an
> older device being replaced to the new device. We are using XP,
> Office/Outlook 2003/ and Exchange 2007. We have recently enabled Cached
> Mode, as a part of our upgrade procedure we back up the .ost file from the
> old machine to a network share. That .ost file is then copied to the new
> machine and the Outlook profile configured to use the copied .ost file.
> Our
> initial testing seem prove this was a workable scenriao. Now, I am seeing
> the following error:
>
> "Outlook is using an old copy of your Offline Folder file (.ost). Exit
> Outlook, delete the .ost file, and restart Outlook. A new file will be
> automatically created the next time you initiate a send/recieve. "
>
> There is a MS article 872930 that describes how the deploy the .oab file
> for
> Cached Mode. I simply want to use a file that is already out there and
> contains 98% of the data that the end user needs.
>
> Has anyone tried this before and gotten it to work?

Neo,

Let me see if I understand this correctly;

I backup a user's ost file at 09:00 from computer XP1. Customer reopens
Outlook and continues working. I build computer XP2 and place the .ost file
in the appropriate directory. However, I will receive the error I described
because the customer continued working on the original .ost on computer XP1.
Correct?


"neo [mvp outlook]" wrote:

> The error message just means that computer you took a copy of the OST from
> has started Outlook again and sync'd with Exchange. This destroys the seed
> OST that you wanted to use.
>

Correct.

"The_professor" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:8CAA4F25-1B55-45BC-8A46-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Neo,
>
> Let me see if I understand this correctly;
>
> I backup a user's ost file at 09:00 from computer XP1. Customer reopens
> Outlook and continues working. I build computer XP2 and place the .ost
> file
> in the appropriate directory. However, I will receive the error I
> described
> because the customer continued working on the original .ost on computer
> XP1.
> Correct?
>
>
> "neo [mvp outlook]" wrote:
>
>> The error message just means that computer you took a copy of the OST
>> from
>> has started Outlook again and sync'd with Exchange. This destroys the
>> seed
>> OST that you wanted to use.
>>

Thanks for the help, Neo. I am testing and will post the results.

"neo [mvp outlook]" wrote:

> Correct.
>
> "The_professor" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:8CAA4F25-1B55-45BC-8A46-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Neo,
> >
> > Let me see if I understand this correctly;
> >
> > I backup a user's ost file at 09:00 from computer XP1. Customer reopens
> > Outlook and continues working. I build computer XP2 and place the .ost
> > file
> > in the appropriate directory. However, I will receive the error I
> > described
> > because the customer continued working on the original .ost on computer
> > XP1.
> > Correct?
> >
> >
> > "neo [mvp outlook]" wrote:
> >
> >> The error message just means that computer you took a copy of the OST
> >> from
> >> has started Outlook again and sync'd with Exchange. This destroys the
> >> seed
> >> OST that you wanted to use.
> >>
>
>

Neo - You are a genius!! Your answer is 100% accurate! After a hours of
running n circles on this issue, this was the answer I was looking for.
Thanks for your help!

"The_professor" wrote:

> Thanks for the help, Neo. I am testing and will post the results.
>
> "neo [mvp outlook]" wrote:
>
> > Correct.
> >
> > "The_professor" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:8CAA4F25-1B55-45BC-8A46-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Neo,
> > >
> > > Let me see if I understand this correctly;
> > >
> > > I backup a user's ost file at 09:00 from computer XP1. Customer reopens
> > > Outlook and continues working. I build computer XP2 and place the .ost
> > > file
> > > in the appropriate directory. However, I will receive the error I
> > > described
> > > because the customer continued working on the original .ost on computer
> > > XP1.
> > > Correct?
> > >
> > >
> > > "neo [mvp outlook]" wrote:
> > >
> > >> The error message just means that computer you took a copy of the OST
> > >> from
> > >> has started Outlook again and sync'd with Exchange. This destroys the
> > >> seed
> > >> OST that you wanted to use.
> > >>
> >
> >

On Monday, March 9, 2009 12:14:02 PM UTC-7, The_professor wrote:
> Neo - You are a genius!! Your answer is 100% accurate! After a hours of
> running n circles on this issue, this was the answer I was looking for.
> Thanks for your help!
>
> "The_professor" wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the help, Neo. I am testing and will post the results.
> >
> > "neo [mvp outlook]" wrote:
> >
> > > Correct.
> > >
> > > "The_professor" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > > news:8CAA4F25-1B55-45BC-8A46-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > > Neo,
> > > >
> > > > Let me see if I understand this correctly;
> > > >
> > > > I backup a user's ost file at 09:00 from computer XP1. Customer reopens
> > > > Outlook and continues working. I build computer XP2 and place the .ost
> > > > file
> > > > in the appropriate directory. However, I will receive the error I
> > > > described
> > > > because the customer continued working on the original .ost on computer
> > > > XP1.
> > > > Correct?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "neo [mvp outlook]" wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> The error message just means that computer you took a copy of the OST
> > > >> from
> > > >> has started Outlook again and sync'd with Exchange. This destroys the
> > > >> seed
> > > >> OST that you wanted to use.
> > > >>
> > >
> > >

Did you have to resave the old ost?