What version of outlook is on the new machine? If 2003, do you have all the
latest patches and updates installed? I believe there was a hotfix for
profiles with more than 50 pst's in them (but I can't find the KB at the
moment).
You really need to get her to reduce the number of psts - its not a very
productive way to work. If you have an exchange server she should not be
using any psts.
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"Robbzilla" wrote in message
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I have a user who's been migrated to a new machine. Her old one was a
Dell GX270 with about 256MB RAM and XP SP2 and Outlook 2003. The new HP
has the same software, but has 2GB RAM and is a new dual-core job.
The user has 563 PSTs. I wish I were exagerrating. She literally has
some of these with 1 email in them. She has all of them "opened" in
outlook (By that I mean she has them loaded, but not all are expanded).
And... surprise, surprise, she's getting a lot of corruption in the
PSTs, giving her problems opening emails and personal folders
constantly.
Here's the kicker: The original machine runs them just fine. It's old
and slow, but it chugs along and doesn't seem plagued with this issue.
She has all of the files open in the same manner, and works.
Intensely frustrating, let me tell you. She refuses to believe that
having 563 PSTs open is a bad thing because they work on the old
machine.
So, has anyone ever seen anything of this caliber? Any suggestions? The
obvious one of "Close them" isn't an option at this time, and merging
them down isn't either. This user claims not to have time, and keeps
referring back to the old machine where her setup has worked for 3
years.
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Robbzilla