password no longer required for .pst file

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BRW

When the user opened Outlook 2002 it gave them the opportunity to select a
profile, then prompted for the .pst file password.

Recently it just started opening without prompting for the password. I went
to "change" the password and first left "old password" blank, thinking it no
longer had a password. It told me "bad password"

I tried changing it again, this time using the password that I know used to
be required, entered a new password twice, Closed Outlook, opened the
Outlook profile and it went straight in. No password required.

Anybody got any ideas?

Thanks,
Bobby
 
BRW said:
When the user opened Outlook 2002 it gave them the opportunity to
select a profile, then prompted for the .pst file password.

Recently it just started opening without prompting for the password.
I went to "change" the password and first left "old password" blank,
thinking it no longer had a password. It told me "bad password"

I tried changing it again, this time using the password that I know
used to be required, entered a new password twice, Closed Outlook,
opened the Outlook profile and it went straight in. No password
required.
Click to expand...

In the absence of any other data, I'd guess that Outlook is remaining open
even though it appears it has closed, thus obviating the need to reenter the
password. Use Task Manager to see if a process OUTLOOK.EXE remains running.
 
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