This neat software makes it possible to convert an OST file into a fully functional PST file. You can even export single items inside the OST file if you would like to. But what’s an OST file? An OST file gets created by Outlook whenever you create a new Outlook profile. It is the current locally synchronized copy of your mailbox. With this format you cannot do much. A PST file, on the other hand, is a functional archive of an outlook profile. So why is there a need for an OST converter like Stellar Converter for OST?

When your OST file becomes inaccessible or gets corrupt, you are not able to access your mailbox items. The OST file gets corrupted due to several reasons, & you will come across with below-mentioned errors:

• “Your offline folder file could not be configured \\ComputerName\FolderName\Outlook.ost”
• “The operation failed due to a registry or installation problem. Restart Outlook and try again. If the problem persists, please reinstall.”

So in this case, you need to convert the OST file to PST to get access to all your mailbox items.

Steps to convert OST to PST using Stellar Converter for OST

This is what the program looks like once you opened the OST File of your Outlook profile:

You can either save single items:

Or convert the whole file into a PST:

The functional PST is now ready and can be kept somewhere safe:

Other features of Stellar Converter for OST:

• Converts OST and saves files in PST, MSG, EML, RTF, HTML, and PDF formats.
• Provides detailed preview of converted mail items & user can save 20 items for free
• Provides different filter options to only save selected emails as per user need.
• Converts encrypted OST files.
• Supports preview and conversion of deleted items.
• Provides an option to save & reload scanned information.
• Supports MS Office 365, 2021, 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010, and 2007.
• Supports Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, and Windows 7.

You can learn more about Stellar Converter for OST and its conversion speed compared to other OST converter software in the market in this benchmark report. It’s an easy-to-use and efficient solution to convert or extract mail items from inaccessible, orphaned, or encrypted OST files of any Outlook version to PST or other supported formats. The software also helps you resolve common Outlook errors, restore lost or deleted emails, and import emails or mail items from an OST file directly to an existing Outlook profile, or live Exchange and Office 365 mailbox.

Check out the software:

https://www.stellarinfo.com/convert-ost-to-pst.php

Microsoft SQL Server administration is a big topic, but this short installation and configuration guide might help you get started with that.

First of all, download Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Express. You might get other versions (like MS SQL Standard) from your organization’s Licensing Portal (VLSC). The installation and configuration steps are the same. SQL Express can only have a maximum database size of 10GB and some other limitations.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=101064

Run the setup and download media:

Run the downloaded installer and export it somewhere. The setup will launch. We need a new SQL Server instance:

We are performing a brand new installation (I already had installed an instance on this server)

We need the database engine services:

Give the instance a name. You might name the instance after your application.

Leave all this to default

The User Database and log directory should be changed. Normally you have one disk for the database and another disk for the log database, like this:

In some cases, you might limit the amount of RAM the instance can use:

Hit next and let the installation finalize.

Open SQL Server Configuration Manager. Here you should activate the TCP/IP protocol, so that your instance is reachable from a server in the network.

The service has to be restarted:

By default, the instance will have a high port assigned. This can be changed to a lower port like 1433,1434, etc.

Do not forget to restart the instance service after the changes.

Next, configure Windows Firewall. You will need these ports: UDP 1434 for SQL Server Browser and the instance port (the high port TCP 64891 or the manually configured port TCP 1434).

To verify the connection, install Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio on another server in the same domain.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssms/download-sql-server-management-studio-ssms?redirectedfrom=MSDN&view=sql-server-ver16

Verify login:

On the left side, you should see something if the login was successful:

In some cases you might need to enable mixed mode authentication, which allows you to authenticate with SQL users (for example the SA user) while also maintaining Windows Authentication.

After this change, the instance service has to be restarted.

Windows Server 2022 is new and has to be the best Windows Server there is right? Not at all. Microsoft has added a recovery partition (like in Windows Client versions) that prohibits you from expanding the boot disk like you usually would in older Windows Server versions.

Anyway, here are a few diskpart commands that will help you delete the recovery partition and allow you to expand the boot disk:

diskpart

list disk

select disk 0

Make sure partition 4 is the 523MB Recovery partition

select partition 4

delete partition override

References:

https://www.diskpart.com/diskpart/delete-partition-4125.html

When trying to install the Teams system-wide on an RDS, you might get this error stating that no VDI environment was detected:

msiexec /i “Teams_windows_x64.msi” ALLUSER=1

This is because the installer checks if these registry entries are present on the system (Citrix or VMware):

HKLM\Software\Citrix\PortICA DWORD ALLUSER 1

So the solution is easy: just manually add the Citrix key you are good to go. Teams should work just fine on a RDS that is not provisioned by Citrix or VMware Horizon (why shouldn’t it?).

References:

https://www.masterpackager.com/blog/mst-to-install-microsoft-teams-msi-vdi-to-regular-windows-10

Have you ever gotten this annoying error when trying to open old control panel settings from the new settings app? This usually occurs in a domain environment.

You can fix this by creating a Domain policy or locally through secpol.msc > Local Policies > Security Options > User Account Control: Admin Approval Mode for the Built-in Administrator account:

References:

https://martinsblog.dk/windows-server-2016-systemsettingsadminflows-exe-error/