@jaredbusch Thanks mate. Client called me in a panic because he was "cleaning up," saw the warning regarding removing an IMAP account, thought "what could possibly go wrong?" and removed it anyway.
Am headed there now and will follow dbeato's advice regarding Stellar.
Yes, that is what we are thinking. Anyone have a recommended OST Viewer/Converter?
Many of them look scammy.
The email account associated with the .ost file has been deleted from Outlook.
To follow up, has anyone used the below software?
A client recently ended his email service with his ISP and removed the account from Outlook. He then realized he could no longer access his saved folders and emails in this IMAP account in Outlook.
Is there a way for him to view the emails and folders contained in the orphaned .ost file remaining on his machine? Can they be imported into an existing IMAP (gmail) account within Outlook?
The email account was deactivated in July, 2017. He had been receiving emails until he deleted the account from Outlook today. The .ost files remains, along with the gmail.ost which is still in use.
Thank you.
@jaredbusch Whoa man no need to get all worked up.
I am here asking if there are specific issues that prevent one from donating machines from the US to Guatemala, I'm not looking for a fight.
I am looking to help people in the proper way and am asking people who obviously know more than I do.
The following has been offered in this thread and I'm just looking for clarification:
"Reinstallation or imaging of the computers can easily put you out of compliance."
"Windows is the complication here, a LOT of it. It makes everything harder, both technical and licensing."
Thanks again for all the help.
Client still wants me to "clean up" Windows machines.
Can anyone point to a relevant MS document that prohibits this regarding Windows and/or Office?
I want to help, but in the right way.
Thank you all for the suggestions.
This is for students in Guatemala. I don't know that it is all one school, as there are kids and extended family of various ages.
I am now leaning toward installing Fedora on these machines. I just switched to Spanish; Castilian, Guatemala to test here in my office and it looks easy.
So, Fedora 27, LibreOffice, VLC, and GIMP and we should be good.
I have suggested to my local contact to drop off a laptop and I will install everything and show it to her.
Any other words of wisdom?
I have been asked in the US to prepare donated laptops for use by school children in Central America.
An acquaintance is gathering laptops for a group of her family members who frequently visit a Central American country to help school children. She has asked if I could "clean up" these machines prior to giving to children.
What Microsoft licensing issues should I be aware of with regards to this? I looked at Microsoft licensing and I don't know what applies to my situation. As far as I know, these machines are not to be used in any revenue generating capacity, including my efforts. The only issue I see is taking machines from US to Central America.
My questions are: Will Microsoft have some issue with this? I would naturally prefer to wipe and reinstall Windows, and perhaps Office if it is already on the machine; is this an issue? Installing Linux and LibreOffice is probably the easiest way to go as far as licensing goes, but I do not want to create other issues for the end users. Explaining why I am putting Linux on these machines will completely confuse my acquaintance as well.
Any ideas or suggestions?
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