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!

Said many many times before here already;
Never EVER connect to a pst-file on a network share.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

http://www.msoutlook.info/
Real World Questions, Real World Answers

-----

"Richard Johansson, Parnasso"
m wrote in message
...
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!

Okay, thank you. Point taken. Do you think the OST-solution is the best
storing way to give the user access to all his data? Do I have to adjust
anything in order for the user to have an inbox in this SBS2003 Exchange
solution that exceeds 2 gb or the size of the OST totally related to the
user's computer's registry settings?



"Roady [MVP]" wrote:

Said many many times before here already;
Never EVER connect to a pst-file on a network share.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

http://www.msoutlook.info/
Real World Questions, Real World Answers

-----

"Richard Johansson, Parnasso"
m wrote in message
...
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!

The ost-file is only an offline copy of the online Exchange mailbox. So lets
not talk about ost-files but Exchange mailboxes when it comes to the storage
location itself.

However, ost-files are created by enabling Cached Exchange Mode. By default
a new ost-file is in UNICODE mode which can grow larger than 2GB. There is
nothing that you need to adjust; default settings will do.

The pst-file issue is because you are using an old ANSI formatted pst-file.
Create a new UNICODE one and you should be fine.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

http://www.msoutlook.info/
Real World Questions, Real World Answers

-----

"Richard Johansson, Parnasso"
m wrote in message
...
Okay, thank you. Point taken. Do you think the OST-solution is the best
storing way to give the user access to all his data? Do I have to adjust
anything in order for the user to have an inbox in this SBS2003 Exchange
solution that exceeds 2 gb or the size of the OST totally related to the
user's computer's registry settings?



"Roady [MVP]" wrote:

Said many many times before here already;
Never EVER connect to a pst-file on a network share.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

http://www.msoutlook.info/
Real World Questions, Real World Answers

-----

"Richard Johansson, Parnasso"
m wrote in message
...
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!

What is the easiest way to create such a file?

"Roady [MVP]" wrote:

The ost-file is only an offline copy of the online Exchange mailbox. So lets
not talk about ost-files but Exchange mailboxes when it comes to the storage
location itself.

However, ost-files are created by enabling Cached Exchange Mode. By default
a new ost-file is in UNICODE mode which can grow larger than 2GB. There is
nothing that you need to adjust; default settings will do.

The pst-file issue is because you are using an old ANSI formatted pst-file.
Create a new UNICODE one and you should be fine.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

http://www.msoutlook.info/
Real World Questions, Real World Answers

-----

"Richard Johansson, Parnasso"
m wrote in message
...
Okay, thank you. Point taken. Do you think the OST-solution is the best
storing way to give the user access to all his data? Do I have to adjust
anything in order for the user to have an inbox in this SBS2003 Exchange
solution that exceeds 2 gb or the size of the OST totally related to the
user's computer's registry settings?



"Roady [MVP]" wrote:

Said many many times before here already;
Never EVER connect to a pst-file on a network share.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

http://www.msoutlook.info/
Real World Questions, Real World Answers

-----

"Richard Johansson, Parnasso"
m wrote in message
...
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!

A UNICODE pst-file?
File- New- Outlook Data File...

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

http://www.msoutlook.info/
Real World Questions, Real World Answers

-----

"Richard Johansson, Parnasso"
m wrote in message
...
What is the easiest way to create such a file?

"Roady [MVP]" wrote:

The ost-file is only an offline copy of the online Exchange mailbox. So
lets
not talk about ost-files but Exchange mailboxes when it comes to the
storage
location itself.

However, ost-files are created by enabling Cached Exchange Mode. By
default
a new ost-file is in UNICODE mode which can grow larger than 2GB. There
is
nothing that you need to adjust; default settings will do.

The pst-file issue is because you are using an old ANSI formatted
pst-file.
Create a new UNICODE one and you should be fine.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

http://www.msoutlook.info/
Real World Questions, Real World Answers

-----

"Richard Johansson, Parnasso"
m wrote in message
...
Okay, thank you. Point taken. Do you think the OST-solution is the best
storing way to give the user access to all his data? Do I have to
adjust
anything in order for the user to have an inbox in this SBS2003
Exchange
solution that exceeds 2 gb or the size of the OST totally related to
the
user's computer's registry settings?



"Roady [MVP]" wrote:

Said many many times before here already;
Never EVER connect to a pst-file on a network share.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

http://www.msoutlook.info/
Real World Questions, Real World Answers

-----

"Richard Johansson, Parnasso"
m wrote in message
...
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!