PST Password Lost after the Employee Left the Organization

Microsoft Outlook supports password protection for its data files -PSTs. If you use HTTP or POP3 e-mail account, all your e-mails are delivered to a default PST, which is stored locally on your computer. The file gives full access to its e-mails unless you enforce password protection. Your e-mails remain at the stake of accidental intrusion and privacy loss if you don't protect your PST with a password. But the problem can become more critical and can cause severe data loss situations if this password is lost or forgotten. There can be several instances (one described further) when the user may lose this password and hence, the access to stored data. However, there are several PST Password Recovery utilities that can do the course of recovering these lost passwords.

Consider a situation, when your organizations' computer users use MS Outlook as their e-mail client. One of the employees protects its PST with a password. The employee leaves the organization and thus, the system stored PST remains inaccessible because of the unavailability of password. The file contains several important data, which needs to be accessed. You cannot open the password-protected PST until you provide the matching password.

Solution

You can solve the above problem by removing or recovering the PST password. To do so, consider these steps:

(1) Microsoft provides a PST upgrade utility called pst19upg.exe that can aid in removing the PST password. The tool is actually meant for upgrading the PST. After the upgrade is done, the tool generates a PST, which is free (though upgraded) from password protection. You can download this tool and run from command-line. You need to first convert the file to a .psx file. The software can cause irrecoverable changes to the file. Thus, it is recommended to first backup your PST.

(2) The above mentioned tool works in limited number of cases. Thus, alternatively, you can use Password Recovery solutions. These are graphically rich tools, built specifically to recover lost or forgotten (not actual) passwords. The PST Password Recovery software generally provide a series of PST-usable passwords. The software are easy to install and use.

Stellar Phoenix Outlook Password Recovery is a true solution to recover lost or forgotten PST passwords. This advanced utility uses safe techniques to generate multiple passwords for recovering back Lost PST Password. The tool is compatible with MS Outlook 2007, 2003, 2002, and 2000. It can also recover complex and special characters passwords.

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