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Bugged by issue of oversized OST file? Convert OST to PST

MS Outlook 2002 and the previous versions had a threshold size of Offline Storage Table (OST) file of 2GB. When the OST file size reached or exceeded this limit, the user encounters the following issues:

Inability to access or load OST file

Unable to make changes in OST file (for eg: adding data)

Does not synchronize the OST file with Exchange Server

Come across error messages during synchronization

This problem is termed as oversized OST file issue. In a case of oversized OST file, you are unable to access the emails, contacts and other data saved in OST file. The OST files start acting lethargic in Outlook 2002 and previous versions, as soon as it reaches the size of about 1.82 GB. In this case again you can take necessary precautions such as compacting the ost file as MS Outlook and Exchange Server do not come with any built-in utility or feature that can help you resolve the issue of oversized OST file.

 

But as soon as the OST file size reaches the 2GB limit, the file becomes unresponsive. Also, you might come across any of the error message given below, while trying to access these files:

 

"Errors have been detected in the file . Quit all mail-enabled applications, and then use the Inbox Repair Tool."

Or "Can't copy the item"

Or "Task 'Microsoft Exchange Server' reported error (0x00040820):'Errors in background synchronization. In most cases, further information is available in a synchronization log in the Deleted Items folder.'"

In order to resolve the issue of oversized OST file, Microsoft has released a number of service packs but again, these are of no use. Even after installing these service packs and reaching 2GB limitation, OST file starts displaying error messages and halts any operation including synchronization. However, this issue has been resolved in the latest versions of MS Outlook as the new OST file now has a limit of 20GB and is created in Unicode format.

The oversized OST scenario becomes quite inconvenient in a work place as you have to stick to a particular schedule. To reduce the size of OST, execute the following steps:

1.Click Start > Search.

2.Type Scanost.exe in the search bar and click the search button.

3.The scanost.exe will appear in the right panel of the search window.

4.Double-click scanost.exe to launch it.

5.Click the Browse button to locate the oversized OST file

6.Click the OK button

After you click the OK button, the scanost.exe file will reduce the size of OST file by removing the extra space in the OST file created due to permanently deleted data. However, if in case there is no extra space of deleted items, then scanost.exe utility will not be able to help you access OST file data. In this case, the ideal way to get access to your OST data is to convert OST to PST. When you convert OST to PST, the data saved in OST files become accessible with MS Outlook. The OST to PST conversion software is a sure shot way to ensure you gain access to OST data in the minimum amount of time.

About the Author

The author of this article is a network administrator and research scholar doing research on Exchange Server OST files. He is recently conducting research on OST to PST conversion.

microsoft office 2003 conversion to 2007?

i have microsoft office 2003 but i have some 2007 office files on my usb drive but when i try to open it with office 2003, it does work. what am i supposed to do? is there like a converter because i downloaded the service pack and stuff like dat but still nothing happened

Download the compatibility pack from microsoft (it's free)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=941B3470-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466&displaylang=en

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Part1. What is an WMV file and How to play WMV files on mac

WMV, Windows Media Video is a compressed video file format developed by Microsoft. If you are Mac users, you will have a common problem that how to play WMV on mac. As we all know, QuickTime is the default media player on mac and WMV file is not supported by QuickTime player. So mac users will come up to a problem that how to play WMV files on mac. Don't distress, there are three free and easy methods to this problem:

1. Windows Media Player for Mac OS X: This player is offered by Microsoft for Mac users. With this player, mac users can playback Windows Media content: WMV and WMA files. The Windows Media Player for Mac is available as a free download form Microsoft, however, Microsoft no longer offers future updates and product support until Windows Media Player for mac version9.

2. VLC player for mac: This player is a cross-platform open-source multimedia player which can read most audio and video formats, let alone WMV and WMA files. It doesn't need any external codec, program or codec pack to work, even can convert media files, transcode and act as a streaming server over unicast or multicast and IPv4 or IPv6.

3. Flip4Mac: This is the easiest way to play Windows Media files(WMV and WMA) directly in QuickTime Player and view Windows Media content on the Internet using a Web browse, such as Firefox, safari. And This component also enables mac users to edit WMV files on Mac with QuickTime based editing software like iMovie and Final Cut Pro.

Part2. How to edit WMV movie clips on mac

If on the Windows, you can edit WMV movie clips with Windows movie maker, but how about on Mac OS? There are several popular video editor on mac, like iMovie(Free), FCP(Final Cut Pro), FCE(Final Cut Express). When you edit WMV files with these video editor for mac, you will find all of them can't support WMV video format. Then there are two methods to help you: one is using Flip4Mac plug-in, the other is to convert WMV to a suitable formats with video converter for mac.

Part3. How to embed WMV video clips on your website

There are many video converter to convert WMV to FLV and WMV to SWF, such as Free Video to Flash converter, Riva FLV Encoder, ABC Video to Flash Converter. But all of them is for windows, not for mac. I recommend you a mac version------Doremisoft video to flash converter for mac that is able to easily convert WMV to FLV, convert WMV to SWF and generate HTML page embedded with flash. Therefore, this WMV to Flash converter mac is the right solution to insert WMV files into website and blog and share WMV files with your friends on communities, such as YouTube, Myspace, Facebook, Dailymotion.

Step1. Add WMV files into the converter
Click the "Add Video" and browse the opened directory, then choose all WMV videos you want to add. Finally hit "Open".

Step2. Cropping WMV video clips
Click the "Edit" button and in the edit panel, hit the "Crop" tab, then you can crop the video clips to get rid of unwilling area by dragging the dotted lines on the left video player by moving the mouse cursor.

Step3. Applying effect
Press the "Effect" tab and add effect to video files, like changing the video Brightness, Contrast, Saturation.

Step4. Start WMV to FLV/SWF conversion
The final step is click "Start" button to get WMV to Flash conversion started. After conversion is finished, press "Find Targets" to open the output video folder and you will find there are three kind of output video formats: FLV, SWF, HTML.

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