The PSTDisconnectDelay registry setting does not affect how long the Auto-Compact utility runs for personal folder (.pst) files in Outlook 2002

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This article was previously published under Q324315

SYMPTOMS

The PSTDisconnectDelay registry setting does not affect how long the Auto-Compact utility runs for personal folder (.pst) files in Microsoft Outlook 2002.

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This problem is corrected in Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3.

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

307841 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307841/ ) How to obtain the latest Office XP Service Pack

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Hotfix Information

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, submit a request to Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix.

Note If additional issues occur or if any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Service and Support telephone numbers or to create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support (http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support)

Note The "Hotfix download available" form displays the languages for which the hotfix is available. If you do not see your language, it is because a hotfix is not available for that language.

The global version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

    Date         Time   Size       File name     
   ------------------------------------------------
   17-Sep-2002  09:06  2,121,536  Outlook.msp
   17-Sep-2002  09:46  4,065,280  Outlook_admin.msp

After the hotfix is installed, the global version of this fix will have the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table:

   Date         Time   Version         Size       File name     
   ---------------------------------------------------------------
   16-Aug-2002  20:05  10.0.4413.0       346,696  Exsec32.dll_0001
   09-Aug-2002  02:22  10.0.4406.0       137,800  Impmail.dll      
   09-Aug-2002  02:22  10.0.4406.0       539,208  Outlcm.dll       
   13-Sep-2002  02:52  10.0.4510.0     6,310,472  Outllib.dll      
   13-Sep-2002  02:52  10.0.4510.0        92,744  Outlmime.dll     
   09-Aug-2002  02:22  10.0.4406.0       121,416  Outlph.dll

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section of this article.
This problem was first corrected in Office XP Service Pack 3.

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