Outllok 2007 password problem

[Peter Afonin]

Hello,

I'm running Outlook 2007.

After I've changed my .pst file (actually, it's the same file, I just moved
it to a different location), I cannot save the password to this file
anymore. I've tried everything - checking "Save password in password list",
changing password, even removing it completely - didn't work. Every time I
start Outlook I have to enter the original password again (even if I changed
it or removed - Outlook still wants the original one!).

I have two partitions - Windows XP and Vista Ultimate. Tried on both - same
result.

I would appreciate your help.

Thank you,

 

[Brian Tillman]

After I've changed my .pst file (actually, it's the same file, I just
moved it to a different location), I cannot save the password to this
file anymore. I've tried everything - checking "Save password in
password list", changing password, even removing it completely -
didn't work. Every time I start Outlook I have to enter the original
password again (even if I changed it or removed - Outlook still wants
the original one!).

Save it when? Which pasword?

 

[Peter Afonin]

Password to outlook.pst file, every time I start Outlook.

Thanks,

Peter

 

[Brian Tillman]

Password to outlook.pst file, every time I start Outlook.

A PST's password is saved in the PST, not in the PWL. I don't see how you
can change it and have it revert. Describe the steps you take to change it.

 

[Peter]

Thanks, Brian,

There several ways to access pst data files and checge password - for
instance, I do just as described here: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HP012308881033.aspx.

On the File menu, click Data File Management.
On the Data Files tab, click the Personal Folders file (.pst) for
which you want to change the password, and then click Settings.
Click Change Password, and then type both your old and new passwords.
In the Verify password text box, type your new password again, and
then click OK.

But I don't care about changing password, the big problem for me is
that I cannot save it. Every time I start Outlook it asks me for
password, and offers me to save it in the password list. This doesn't
work! Every time I check this box, and every time I start Outlook it
asks me for password again.

Peter

 

[Brian Tillman]

But I don't care about changing password, the big problem for me is
that I cannot save it. Every time I start Outlook it asks me for
password, and offers me to save it in the password list. This doesn't
work! Every time I check this box, and every time I start Outlook it
asks me for password again.

Ah. I thought you were saying that you changed the PST's password and then
it reverted.

What would be the point of putting a password on the PST if the PWL
remembers your password? That's no more secure than simply having no
password.

 

[Peter]

Brian, I don't care, I just don't want to type it. I tried to remove
it completely - didn't work. As I mentioned in my first message, I
cannot change password or get rid of it - I'm stuck with the original
password and have to enter it any time I start Outlook.

It's a big problem for me. Outlook 2007 is so slow that I scheduled my
PC to start automatically and run Outlook about an hour before I start
working, otherwise I just cannot use my PC until Outlook gets all
mail. Now I cannot do it anymore.

Thank you,

Peter

 

[Peter]

Just want to add something. The problem is that I'm not getting any
errors when I try to change or save or remove password. Outlook
accepts everything I do without any objections. Yet next time I start
it it asks me for my original password. And this happens on both my
partitions.

Thanks,

Peter

 

[Brian Tillman]

Brian, I don't care, I just don't want to type it. I tried to remove
it completely - didn't work. As I mentioned in my first message, I
cannot change password or get rid of it - I'm stuck with the original
password and have to enter it any time I start Outlook.

So, right-clicking the root of the PST, choosing Properties, selecting
Advanced and clicking Change Password doesn't work in Outlook 2007?

 

[Peter Afonin]

Brian, you mean - right-click on the file outook.pst (or whatever the file
name is) itself? There is no option to change password there under Advanced.

Peter

 

[Brian Tillman]

Brian, you mean - right-click on the file outook.pst (or whatever the
file name is) itself? There is no option to change password there
under Advanced.

I mean inside of Outlook. In the Folder List, right-click on "Personal
Folders", "Outlook Today", or whatever you've set for the PST's display
name.

 

[Peter Afonin]

Brian, no, it doesn't.

It's a total mess. When I change the original password, for instance,
aaaaaaa to the new, bbbbbb, then when I want to change it again, the system
wants me to type bbbbbb as an old password. However, when I open Outlook, it
doesn't recognize bbbbbb, only aaaaaaa, no matter how many times I change it
or remove completely.

Thanks,

Peter

 

[Peter Afonin]

I've fixed the problem! This is really bizarre. Although I removed an old
..pst file from Outlook, for some reason Outlook was connecting to both
files! All I had to do was to delete the old file from the disk (or perhaps
move it to another location), now I don't have this problem.

Thanks for your help,

Peter