OL97: How to Password Protect a Personal Folder (.PST)

• Microsoft Outlook 97

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Outlook, it is possible to prevent others from accessing your mail, contacts, and calendars, by assigning a password to your personal folders.

MORE INFORMATION

To add a password to your personal folders, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, point to Settings, and click Control Panel.



2. In the Control Panel, double-click the Mail and Fax icon.



3. On the Services tab, click to select Personal Folders and click Properties.



4. In the Personal Folders dialog box, click Change Password.



5. Type your new password and verify it by typing it a second time.



6. Make sure that the "Save this password in your password list" check box is cleared (not checked). The prevents the password from being cached. You will need to type it each time you run Outlook.



7. After you have entered the password successfully, click OK three times.

REFERENCES

For more information about user profiles, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q162203 OL97: User Profiles and Information Services

Additional query words:

Keywords : Gnlsec
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto