Thanks anyway, Michael.

I found a pst that was archived when his account was removed.  But the 
pst is 70 megs.  This OST is 800 megs.  We'll see if they want to spend 
a little money to peak inside it and see what the difference is...

Bill

 Michael B. Smith wrote:
> Hrm. I'm doing this with Outlook 2010 plus the February 2011 rollup. It seems 
> to work fine. I don't know what else to suggest. :-(
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael B. Smith
> Consultant and Exchange MVP
> http://TheEssentialExchange.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Humphries [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 12:54 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: ost to pst
>
> Says it is not an outlook data file...
>
>
> Michael B. Smith wrote:
>   
>> What happens?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Michael B. Smith
>> Consultant and Exchange MVP
>> http://TheEssentialExchange.com
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bill Humphries [mailto:[email protected]] 
>> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 12:41 PM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: Re: ost to pst
>>
>> Weird, I tried and failed.
>>
>>
>> Michael B. Smith wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> My bad.
>>>
>>> Account settings -> Data Files -> Add
>>>
>>> Change the selection box to "all files".
>>>
>>> Find your OST and select it to add it.
>>>
>>> I tested it. It works.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Michael B. Smith
>>> Consultant and Exchange MVP
>>> http://TheEssentialExchange.com
>>>
>>> ________________________________________
>>> From: Bill Humphries [[email protected]]
>>> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 12:20 PM
>>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>>> Subject: Re: ost to pst
>>>
>>> I tried open outlook file before I emailed the group...
>>>
>>> Only wants PSTs, not OST.
>>>
>>>
>>> Michael B. Smith wrote:
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> Yes....and then "Open Outlook File..."
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Michael B. Smith
>>>> Consultant and Exchange MVP
>>>> http://TheEssentialExchange.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Bill Humphries [mailto:[email protected]]
>>>> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 12:10 PM
>>>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>>>> Subject: Re: ost to pst
>>>>
>>>> Tried it just in case.  As expected, the local machine creates a new
>>>> profile for the newly created user.
>>>>
>>>> Bill Humphries wrote:
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>>> There's no SID checking to keep that from happening?
>>>>> Jeff Brown wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>>>> recreate the account, log in as that user, open outlook, export to .pst.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Bill Humphries
>>>>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     Hi guys,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     I'm assisting a client with email discovery.  One of the users is
>>>>>>     no longer with the company and their account has been removed form
>>>>>>     AD and Exchange.  Fortunately or unfortunately, I found a 800 meg
>>>>>>     OST file under that users profile on an old machine.  Anything
>>>>>>     free or really inexpensive that you know of that would convert it
>>>>>>     to PST?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     It is a exchange/outlook 2003 OST.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     Thanks in advance.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     Bill
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