Re: password protected .pst files...

I work for a small company. The owner of the company wants to make sure we
know each others passwords. Other senior management members can also access
my password (I am not management). I am not allowed to change my password
without notifying them. If I do, and I am not there and for whatever reason
they want to log on as me, I would have to give them my password over the
phone if I was available etc... This has actually happened in the past.
This is just the way it is and there is no arguing with him. This is why I
am asking this question. I will just close outlook.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<lanwench@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In news:ejV0$oz1GHA.4108@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Brad Pears <donotreply@xxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
It's just a matter of security. The other admin has access to my
machine (as do "higher-ups) but there is stuff in these archives I do
not want anyone getting at - for personal and business reasons. I am
away from my PC a fair amount of time throughout the day so would be
easy for soemone to snoop if they wanted to. Entering the password
right up front would allow them access to the PST files right away if
they happen to have to get on my machine for some reason - which does
happen frequently.
You might say well then just close Outlook when you leave your desk
but you know how things go in IT - lots of times someone will come in
with an issue and you have to leave your desk right away to help them
- and you forget to close it. We are afterall human and yes
forgetful.. You may not get back to your desk for some time after
that... We know each other's passwords etc.. as we may need to get
onto each others machines, but I do not want anyone accessign these
PST files.

You don't need to know someone else's password to get on their machine. I
don't know your network setup, but nobody should ever know other people's
passwords, and people shouldn't be running with admin rights for their
daily use. If you want to continue the setup you have now, you'll have to
deal with the inconvenience of closing and reopening Outlook.

I recommend locking your workstation when you're not at it, and I can see
no reason why someone should suddenly have to get on someone else's
computer. Especially fellow IT people.


There are times when I want to access the archive files but then
would like to "lock" them again when I am finished. Unless you exit
Outlook and come back in, you can't do this. Not a big deal, just
thought someone may know of a quick way to do this... I guess that
really should have been the question - more of a how to lock them again
after you have already
supplied the password.

Thanks.

"Gordon" <gordon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Brad Pears" <donotreply@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have two .pst archive files that I password protected. When I open
Outlook
and click on one of the archives, it asks for the password. If I
just click
cancel at that point amd later want to open it, I have to close
Outlook and
re-open it so as to be asked for the password again. SImply
clicking on teh
PST file does not allow me to enter the password, it just tells me
that I am
unable to access the file.

Also, I have archiving configured to happen each day - to these .pst
files.
Is there any place where I can specifiy the password so that the
archive can
happen? Now, if I do not specifiy the password when I open Outlook,
the archive procedure fails...

Any help would be most appreciated!

Thanks,

Brad





So why not answer the reply to your FIRST post about this as to why
you would click "cancel" anyway? If you want to open the file supply
the password, if you don't want to open it then don't click on it!
Simple?





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