Search his hard drives and network drives for *.pst and *.ost. If you find nothing, there is likely nothing to be found.
Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Allison M. Wittstock Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 9:26 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: Lost Emails after making new user Hi, I found an answer but I would still like to know something. Where does Windows XP store (by default) PSTs and/or OSTs? My user had almost nothing in C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\Local Settings\Programs\Microsoft\Outlook\* Somehow the user had been working in Exchange offline-mode, even though he had no Exchange account. When he was prompted with the Exchange login info, he was just hitting cancel. When I had given the proper login info (after creating the account), I was getting his empty mailbox folders. Since he had no PSTs or OSTs, where is the data? Before I created his account, the System Manager showed no Mailbox for him. After it was created, it showed 1 or 2 items. Does XP store this offline info as another file type? I have never noticed this on Win2k + Outlook 2k, only this Win XP + Outlook 2k machine. Thanks Allison On Thursday 13 February 2003 01:03 pm, you wrote: > Hi, > > This might be confusing, but here is my situation: > I made a new user and the user logged in and used the mailbox. Since > he travels around and did not have a VPN connection set up, he did not > want to be an Exchange user, but rather just receive his emails > through POP3. > > The user was deleted, and then I made him a "contact". > > He had been a "contact" for some weeks now, and now wants to be a real > Exchange user. I deleted the contact for him, and made him a real > user (same name and information as when I first made his user account > some weeks ago). > > I went into his Outlook, and under services, I noticed he still had > the Exchange service as well as the POP3 internet email service. > > I closed his Outlook, and re-logged him in. Now, his inbox is empty > and all of his old mails are gone. On the Exchange server > System-Manager, I see his mailbox has only a few items. > > > What mistakes did I make? I had no idea he still had the Exchange > service this whole time, because he was not a real user. His mailbox > never appeared in the System-manager, yet his mails were obviously > stored there. From what I could see on the server, he was a contact > with no Mailbox. I searched his harddrive for both a PST and OST and > found neither. > > How do I get his emails back? > > Exchange 2000 SP2 > Client: Windows XP & Outlook 2000 > > Regards, > Allison > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
