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Richard Johansson, Parnasso
I have a trouble with an Exchange-connected client that has Outlook 2007 on
all of his client computers. The same person needs to access his data/mail
from many different locations so the Exchange solution is ideal. The one and
only problem is that the server is connected to the Internet with a
DSL-connection allowing for only 0,8 mbit/s upstream data rate.
The PST and OST files of this user has the problem that by now it is around
3,5 gb as the user receives large attachments. When the PST file reached the
2,0 gb limit, Outlook started to complain about the PST file being too large.
The solution to the problem was to set up archiving routines, hence forcing
the OST-file to shrink. The archive file has been stored on the server in
order to be accessible on all computers from which the user is about to
access his data.
Every time that the user opens Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 and is
connected to the server, the Exchange OST file updates just fine, but the
archived data turns out to be somewhat more complicated to handle. When
started, Outlook sends a message that "A data file was not properly closed
the last time that it was used. An integrity check will be performed and this
may affect network performance".
As the integrity control proceeds there are two gear wheels showing in the
bottom right corner of the Outlook window. Previously these gear wheels
disappeared after a while but now they seem to have got stuck. I have run the
scanpst.exe tool on the PST archive file but there are no errors in the file,
which confuses me even more.
Does anyone have any good answers to this question? Is the best solution
perhaps to simply change the registry setting on all the computers that are
to handle the OST file from Exchange, inactivate automatic archiving and put
all the archived data back into the OST file?
Thank you for a great newsgroup!
all of his client computers. The same person needs to access his data/mail
from many different locations so the Exchange solution is ideal. The one and
only problem is that the server is connected to the Internet with a
DSL-connection allowing for only 0,8 mbit/s upstream data rate.
The PST and OST files of this user has the problem that by now it is around
3,5 gb as the user receives large attachments. When the PST file reached the
2,0 gb limit, Outlook started to complain about the PST file being too large.
The solution to the problem was to set up archiving routines, hence forcing
the OST-file to shrink. The archive file has been stored on the server in
order to be accessible on all computers from which the user is about to
access his data.
Every time that the user opens Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 and is
connected to the server, the Exchange OST file updates just fine, but the
archived data turns out to be somewhat more complicated to handle. When
started, Outlook sends a message that "A data file was not properly closed
the last time that it was used. An integrity check will be performed and this
may affect network performance".
As the integrity control proceeds there are two gear wheels showing in the
bottom right corner of the Outlook window. Previously these gear wheels
disappeared after a while but now they seem to have got stuck. I have run the
scanpst.exe tool on the PST archive file but there are no errors in the file,
which confuses me even more.
Does anyone have any good answers to this question? Is the best solution
perhaps to simply change the registry setting on all the computers that are
to handle the OST file from Exchange, inactivate automatic archiving and put
all the archived data back into the OST file?
Thank you for a great newsgroup!