Correct - doing an in-place upgrade to a newer version will NOT upgrade the PST file from binary to UNICODE. In fact, there are folks running Outlook 2007 (and 2010 beta) who are still using old binary PST files because they never moved to a UNICODE PST file.
Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer Roland Schorr & Tower www.rolandschorr.com / www.officeforlawyers.com Member: American Bar Association - 01473703 Author: The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007: http://tinyurl.com/ol4law-amazon Author: The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Word 2007: http://tinyurl.com/abaword2007 > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 11:13 > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Outlook strangeness > > On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 4:23 PM, Angus Scott-Fleming <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Outlook 2003 & 2007 no longer have the 2gb limit. Not sure about Outlook > > XP. > > XP only supports the older PST format, which is limited to 2 GB. > > Outlook 2003 introduced the so-called "Unicode PST" format, which is not > limited to 2 GB. As I recall, if you do an in-place upgrade from > <2003 to =>2003, existing PST files are not automatically upgraded, so be > careful > there. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
