Got a quick question. I am using Dropbox to synchronize files between my computer and got a really good idea to use with it. I want to get my PST, Calender, and Appointment list to point to this location (My Documents\My Dropbox) from their default location. That way I can use my Outlook at home or my work desktop and it will always be sync'ed correctly. But can anybody tell me how to set Outlook 2003 to access appointments/contacts/PST from a different location? I can make it open, but it still wants to reference its original location. kkthxu

3/21/2009 11:00:53 AM

or you could http://lifehacker.com/5154698/sync-files-and-folders-outside-your-my-dropbox-folder

3/21/2009 11:13:13 AM

I really don't feel like creating a whole new thread for this, so I'll piggyback for another Outlook question.

Is there a way to throttle the memory usage? Outlook regularly uses 100+ MB of memory on a VM that only has 512MB. Adjusting the VM's memory will probably trigger Windows' reactivation garbage and potentially burn a license, so simply increasing the VM memory isn't an option. I'd like to simply reduce the memory footprint.

There are no enormous amounts of e-mail in play here. An inbox of about 150 e-mails. Everything else is archived away. I just think it's ridiculous for Outlook to be using over 20% memory. It also refuses to release the memory when other programs need it. It's quite annoying. I wish I could just use something else.

4/21/2009 11:36:31 AM

why are you running outlook on a different VM anyway?


if you need to access multiple mailboxes, you can do that in outlook without ever having to install outlook on the VM to begin with


I mean, I don't know the specifics of what you're trying to do, but it seems like there is already an easier way to do it

4/21/2009 11:50:49 AM

I'm not trying to do anything. I have a VM with all the standard 'work' applications installed and configured to the domain on a VM. That's the way it is at work. I guess it makes for mobility in the event you need to travel with all your apps or if you need to do a lot of swapping of host machines.

4/21/2009 12:08:19 PM

Quote :

"Adjusting the VM's memory will probably trigger Windows' reactivation garbage and potentially burn a license, so simply increasing the VM memory isn't an option."

make it an option.

licenses aren't like incense - they don't "burn" out...

4/21/2009 12:21:02 PM

^I've got a MSDN subscription that grants me 10 licenses for the OS in question. If the VM changes are significant enough it will trigger the reactivation process which absolutely will take one of those 10 licenses away from me. Burning it, if you will.

I wish there were a way to check how many licenses were already acrivated out of those 10. I'm probably down to just a few left.

[Edited on April 21, 2009 at 12:28 PM. Reason : -]

4/21/2009 12:26:32 PM

I've got 20 or so Windows Server VM's using MSDN licenses. I've increased RAM, Disks, Processors, you name it and never (that I know of) had to reactivate the license.

4/21/2009 12:28:31 PM

There's one way to create a VM where it won't trigger reactivation with memory increases. There's another way to create a VM where it will. My VM was created in the "you're screwed" fashion. I didn't create it, I just have to deal.

Now, does anyone actually have something to say about Outlook?

4/21/2009 12:31:15 PM

I've changed locations in outlook 2007. Looks like 2003 is similar.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA011124801033.aspx

4/21/2009 1:28:26 PM