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Compacting PST is taking forever!
Name: Caip Date: August 31, 2005 at 02:15:31 Pacific OS: Windows 2000 CPU/Ram: AMD Athlon 2000+, 785mb R
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Hi, I've set my Outlook compacting about 15mins ago, the PST file is 1.5gb, any ideas how much longer it might take please, thanks in advance!
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