RE: [PcTech] Microsoft Outlook .PST file gone...

["John Taylor" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Booth:

There are many, many IT administrators in the world who are able to
manage user profile accounts in Windows 2000 without suffering the
problems that Chuck currently finds himself in. The basic issue is not
that W2K doesn't provide a method for changing object ownership (use GUI
or subinacl.exe), but that Chuck (apparently) isn't familiar with the
methods for managing profiles.  A system administrator needs to
understand the platform(s) which he's responsible for. Chuck is learning
as he goes, at the School of Hard Knocks. 


Regards,

John Taylor


> -----Original Message-----
> From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Booth Martin
> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 9:45 AM
> To: pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [PcTech] Microsoft Outlook .PST file gone...
> 
> 
> 1) A common ordinary experience (an employee leaving and a 
> new employee coming in) has someone working in the registry 
> because there is no easy way to changeover the ownership of 
> the objects. Apparently one can not easily just add another 
> user to the PC and have the PC work properly?
> 2) Was the file deleted? Apparently not. Apparently it just 
> sort of disappeared?
> 3) Would a backup have in any way solved this problem?
> 4) Why would anyone defend a design choice that causes 
> unexpected user errors to regularly and predictably bring the 
> system to its knees? No one but Microsoft is allowed to get 
> away with that. I am not allowed to put out work like that 
> and get paid, and I don't even work in the operating system.
>  
>