That's one thing that's come up in my research, but it doesn't apply - a previous manager set up no password expiration in the domain, so their passwords haven't expired in well over a year.
We're going to be changing that... Kurt On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 11:38 AM, Daniel Chenault <[email protected]> wrote: > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2762344 > >> Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2014 11:03:31 -0700 > >> Subject: Re: [Exchange] Outlook and roaming profiles >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] > >> >> They are getting frequent requests for authentication, and have to >> enter their credentials frequently throughout the day - as frequently >> as every 10-15 minutes. >> >> looked, and yes, you are correct - the OST files are on the local >> machine, not in the profile. >> >> So, that still leaves me wondering why these two, and only these two, >> out of forty staff members, are having this problem. >> >> Any thoughts on that? >> >> Kurt >> >> On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 9:43 AM, Aakash Shah <[email protected]> wrote: >> > The default location for the OST file is >> > %localappdata%\Microsoft\Outlook, which is not included in the roaming >> > profile. So unless the default location was somehow changed to be in >> > %appdata%, the OST files are not being shared, and are unique on each >> > computer (it would be best to confirm though by checking Outlook). >> > >> > I would also check to see if any PST files exist on the network since >> > this may be causing problems too. >> > >> > What do the pop up messages state? >> > >> > One area where roaming profiles do have problems is with multiple >> > versions of Outlook - if you attempt to open Outlook on a computer with an >> > older version of Outlook, it will likely fail/cause problems - Outlook >> > problems are not backwards compatible from what I've seen. >> > >> > -Aakash Shah >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: [email protected] >> > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kurt Buff >> > Sent: Friday, August 1, 2014 9:34 AM >> > To: [email protected] >> > Subject: Re: [Exchange] Outlook and roaming profiles >> > >> > Excellent. Thanks for the feedback. >> > >> > I agree on roaming profiles - we tried them in this office years ago, >> > and it caused nothing but problems. That office seems to love them, >> > however. We're working on trying to wean them off of them, but it's a >> > definite layer 8 problem. >> > >> > Kurt >> > >> > On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 9:24 AM, Daniel Chenault <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> The OST/PST file (essentially the same thing used in different ways) >> >> was never intended for multiple, simultaneous access. I was part of thT >> >> discussion back in the day when the decision was made and I know the >> >> architecture has not changed. >> >> >> >> Short version: you're correct in your surmise. Also, roaming profile = >> >> bad IMHO. >> >> >> >>> On Aug 1, 2014, at 8:54, "Kurt Buff" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> All, >> >>> >> >>> I have an interesting problem with two staff members. We're using >> >>> Outlook 2010, Exchange 2010 SP3... >> >>> >> >>> I've got a couple of staff in our Australia who are experiencing auth >> >>> popups frequently for Outlook when it is open. >> >>> >> >>> It turns out that this office has roaming profiles - but most of the >> >>> staff over there don't have this problem (and nobody here in the US >> >>> does, and we don't use roaming profiles.) >> >>> >> >>> However, I found out yesterday that one of the two (don't know about >> >>> the other yet) seems to be logged into two different machines >> >>> simultaneously. >> >>> >> >>> I suspect that using multiple instances of Outlook pointing to the >> >>> same OST file might be causing this - can anyone (dis)confirm that >> >>> this might be the root of the problem? I don't have a good way to test >> >>> it here, so am hoping someone has run into this and figured it out. >> >>> >> >>> Thanks, >> >>> >> >>> Kurt >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >>
