Sunday, February 13, 2011

PST Password Recovery after Archive PST file corruption in Outlook 2003

Microsoft Outlook is considered to be one of the most important e-mail application programs in use both in homes and offices now-a-days. MS Outlook uses PST (Personal Storage Table) files for the storage of all e-mails, contacts, calender entries, attachments, appointments, tasks, and journals. Thus PST files can be considered as a godown for the storage of all data in MS Outlook. In Outlook 2003 & earlier versions, there is a PST file size limit of 2GB, above which it gets corrupt and makes Outlook to behave abnormally. An oversized PST file is difficult to handle & makes an Outlook application unusable. Therefore in order to prevent PST file corruption, Outlook users can archive the PST file. However even after archiving PST file in Outlook 2003, it can get corrupt due to many reasons like virus attack, unexpected system shutdown, outlook crash etc. Now after Outlook recovery when you type your old password for the Outlook, it doesn't open because the existing PST Password is lost and damaged after crash. In such situations Outlook 2003 users has no option other than using a third party Outlook Password Recovery software which can Recover PST Password and allow permission to the access of important data inside it.

Consider a situation when you are using Outlook 2003 and your “archive.pst” file get damaged due to Outlook crash. Damaged archived PST file will make all the information inside it inaccessible. In such cases to have access to the inaccessible data, you have to first repair the corrupt PST using PST Repair software. Now after Outlook recovery when you type your password, Outlook gives an error that password is wrong.

Cause:

The main reason behind the occurrence of this error is PST Password is lost and damaged due to Outlook Crash.

Solution:
In order to resolve the above issue, you can adopt following 2 methods:-

Method 1: Use “pst19upg.exe” to remove your existing password for the Outlook PST file. This tool will completely wipe out the PST Password set for the PST file and enable direct access to all the items without a need of a password.

Method 2: If “pst19upg.exe” is not able to completely remove the password, then Outlook users must go for a suitable PST Password Recovery software. These tools are specifically designed and developed to Recover Outlook Password in all lost or forgotten password situations. Many softwares are available in the market which serve the purpose of efficient recovery of Lost PST Password. Search over the internet and read the user reviews of all the softwares and then you will find Stellar Phoenix Outlook Password Recovery v1.1 is the best amongst all of them.

Stellar Phoenix Outlook Password Recovery v1.1 is an advanced Outlook Password Recovery utility which recovers lost or forgotten PST file passwords and enable the easy access to all Outlook e-mail items like mails, contacts, calenders, journals etc. The software retrieves PST Password irrespective of its length & complexity. It generates a series of 6 passwords, any of which can be used to open your Outlook mail account. The software supports MS Outlook 2010, 2007, 2003, 2002 and 2000 and is compatible with Windows7, Vista, XP, 2000, 2003, and NT4(SP6).