How To Secure Outlook PST Files With Password

Sending emails is one of the easiest ways of communication today. Moreover, people have more than one email account to be used for different purposes. One for office use, one for business purposes, other for personal use and so on.
Microsoft Outlook is an email client application used by many for managing their emails. Microsoft has released many versions of Outlook till date and the email client includes many useful features like calendar, contacts manager, tasks, notes, etc that will help you manage your daily activities more effectively. Here, in this section, we will see how to secure your Outlook account with a password.
Having your Outlook account locked with a password will prevent your account from being accessed by other users who attempt to open your file. Once the password protection feature is enabled, the user will be prompted for the password when they attempt to view your personal storage folder file (.pst). Follow these Outlook tech support guidelines to enable password protection for your personal storage folder file.

Instructions

• Open Outlook 2007 on your computer and click on File on the top menu bar. From the File popup menu, select Data File Management. Select the personal folder file (.pst) where the password will be applied. Click on the Settings button and further click the Change Password button. This will bring up the Change Password dialog box.
• First, you need to enter your old password. Below that, you can see the New Password box. Enter the new password here. You need to confirm the new password by re-entering the new password in the Verify Password box. Then click the OK button. Make sure that you don’t select the check box for Save this password in your password list option. If this option is selected, it will enable access to your password. 
• Now close Outlook.
• Re-open the Outlook application. Now attempt to access your personal storage folder file by clicking on it in the Navigation Pane. Since the password protection is enabled, you will be prompted to enter a password. Once you enter the right password, you will gain access to the personal folder file. Suppose, if the user enters the wrong password, the personal folder file will not open. 
• Make sure that you remember your password to avoid future problems.

If something goes wrong, you can contact the Outlook tech support team and get your problem solved.

Steps To Create A Note Using Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Outlook, the email management tool also allows the user to manage calendar, contacts and other information. Besides this, Outlook also provides an easy way to create notes for important events and dates. Follow the steps outlined below to create a note using Microsoft Outlook.

Outlook Tech support instructions

• Launch Microsoft Outlook either by clicking the desktop shortcut link or by clicking the taskbar plug in on the quick access launch bar. You may also launch the same from the Start menu. To launch the application from the Start menu, click on the Windows orb placed on the bottom left corner of the Start screen. Instead, you may also launch the same using the desktop shortcut key labeled with the Windows icon. If you want, you may also use the keyboard shortcut key combo ctrl + Esc to launch the application menu.
• From the Start menu, select the label that reads All Programs. From the All Programs menu, select the label that reads Microsoft Outlook. You may also launch the application from the search space in the Start menu. To launch the application from the search space, first place the mouse pointer in the search space and type Microsoft Outlook.
• Open Outlook and click on the yellow square placed on the bottom left corner of the application window. Just move the cursor over the icon and you will see the label Notes being displayed. Click on the icon to make the Notes page appear.
• Click on the label File placed on top of the tool bar. From the Toolbar, select the label that reads New. This will make a yellow box to pop up. Enter the information into the yellow box text space.
• Click the X placed on the top right corner of the box after you finish entering the note. Now you will see your note on the right hand side of the screen. To review the details, double click the icon. You may modify the note by adding and removing data.
• To eliminate or delete the note, right click the note icon on the right pane. From the right click dropdown, select the label that reads Delete.

Follow the steps above to create a note using Microsoft Outlook. For more assistance and tips, feel free to reach our Outlook Tech support centre. You may also visit our Outlook support blogs and forums for help on the same.