Microsoft Outlook enables you to protect your Outlook PST (Personal Storage Table) file with a password. It helps you to keep your confidential and significant information protected from unauthorized access. It is very easy to set a PST password and you can save the password if you do not wish to enter it again and again. However, in some situations, you cannot log into your Outlook account as it says the password is incorrect. This behavior may occur if you forgot the password or the system has some problems. In such cases, you must Recover PST Password to log into your Outlook account and gain access of your valuable data.
In a practical scenario, Microsoft Outlook may refuse to log into your account when you try to connect to your Outlook account for retrieving information. Outlook cannot retain your password, even if you select to save your password.
This behavior of Microsoft Outlook renders all your emails, notes, contacts, tasks, contacts, and other information in PST file inaccessible. To gain access of your PST file and its objects, it is required to identify the cause of this behavior and then perform PST Password Recovery by fixing it.
Grounds of the problem
You may come across this problem, if any of the below conditions are true:
(1) The profile of your Microsoft Outlook account is damaged.
(2) There are some conflicts with the Outlook add-ins or with the anti virus software.
(3) The Windows registry has incorrect information for Protected Storage System Provider subkey for user account in Microsoft Windows operating system and Microsoft Outlook.
Resolution
(1) Create a new Microsoft Outlook profile.
(2) Start Microsoft Outlook application in Safe Mode. You can do it by Start-> Run-> Open-> outlook.exe /safe-> OK.
(3) Backup Windows registry and remove user account information from Protected Storage System Provider subkey. After than, renter your password options.
(4) Use third-party applications to Recover PST Password.
The software enable you to retrieve Lost PST Password in a quick and absolute way. They use advanced algorithms to extract lost or forgotten password of your PST file, nevertheless of length of password and the word combination used. With simple user interface and read-only conduct, the applications are simple and safe to use.
Stellar Phoenix Outlook Password Recovery software recovers lost PST password from the Outlook PST file without re-indexing and modifying the file. It works well with Microsoft Outlook 2007, 2003, 2002, and 2000. It is compatible to Microsoft Windows 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and NT4 (SP6).