Hi,
I am having a real issue with Outlook 2010 (32 bit) and accessing archive pst files that are stored on a network share on our SBS server.
Like many we operate almost soley using email and this creates ever larger mailboxes, so most items are archived after six-months, but still need to be accessed occassionaly.
Each user has a series of archive pst files that are stored on our server in a common location for ease, but since switching some users to Office 2010 we now have a major issue that if a user opens one of the archive pst files from its network location they can view everything in all folders of the archive, but after accessing a couple of messages Outlook "stops responding" and totally locks.
It seems that Outlook is trying to access the message in the archive pst, but cannot complete this and even restarting Outlook doesn't solve this as on restart the splash screen sticks at loading profile and never restarts! Worse yet this lock-up in Outlook actually prevents Windows 7 from closing down, so when you try to restart the PC to resolve the problem Windows 7 just sits at "shutting down" and never closes (left for 20 mins), so a reset or hard reboot is then needed.
Has anyone seen similar issues with pst files created from Outlook 2007?
Is this issue due to network location of pst's?
Anyone got any ideas, as this issue drives me nuts when it happens, which thankfully is rare as we dont access archives often and can do so fine if needed from a PC running Outlook 2007.
Thanks
Ridesy
