Problem importing contacts

Been using the WM that came with Vista for a few weeks, basically without
any major issues. Just downloaded WLM beta and tried to import my contacts
from the old WM contacts folder. Seems to go OK, but out of a total of 85
contacts it imports 49 and stops, announcing cheerfully that it imported
them OK. Tried several times with the same result. Also, how do I add an
image to a contact record? The place for it is there, but I can't see how to
add it. Thanks.

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Peter in New Zealand. (Pull the plug out to reply.)
Collector of old cameras, tropical fish fancier, good coffee nutter, and
compulsive computer fiddler.

Not sure why your contacts didn't import - but contacts set their own image,
not you... :-)

"Peter in New Zealand" <peterbalplug@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
news:OLBI8f9qHHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Been using the WM that came with Vista for a few weeks, basically without
> any major issues. Just downloaded WLM beta and tried to import my contacts
> from the old WM contacts folder. Seems to go OK, but out of a total of 85
> contacts it imports 49 and stops, announcing cheerfully that it imported
> them OK. Tried several times with the same result. Also, how do I add an
> image to a contact record? The place for it is there, but I can't see how
> to add it. Thanks.
>
> --
> Peter in New Zealand. (Pull the plug out to reply.)
> Collector of old cameras, tropical fish fancier, good coffee nutter, and
> compulsive computer fiddler.

Ah ha! Now I'm starting to see how WLM is really intended to ease people
into on line web based services. Well, not this fella. Thanks for
helping to clarify that for me. In a rural area with a sometimes flakey
connection I just can't afford to stuff around with email that requires
me to be able to connect every time.

Peter

Mac wrote:
> Not sure why your contacts didn't import - but contacts set their own
> image, not you... :-)
>
> "Peter in New Zealand" <peterbalplug@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
> news:OLBI8f9qHHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Been using the WM that came with Vista for a few weeks, basically
>> without any major issues. Just downloaded WLM beta and tried to import
>> my contacts from the old WM contacts folder. Seems to go OK, but out
>> of a total of 85 contacts it imports 49 and stops, announcing
>> cheerfully that it imported them OK. Tried several times with the same
>> result. Also, how do I add an image to a contact record? The place for
>> it is there, but I can't see how to add it. Thanks.
>>
>> --
>> Peter in New Zealand. (Pull the plug out to reply.)
>> Collector of old cameras, tropical fish fancier, good coffee nutter,
>> and compulsive computer fiddler.
>


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Peter in New Zealand. (Pull the plug out to reply.)
Collector of old cameras, tropical fish fancier, good coffee nutter, and
compulsive computer fiddler.

You only need to connect when you want to send or recieve. WLM beta is a
desktop product that syncs with online mail services like Live Hotmail

"Peter in New Zealand" <peterbalplug@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
news:eBKkGmGrHHA.4300@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Ah ha! Now I'm starting to see how WLM is really intended to ease people
> into on line web based services. Well, not this fella. Thanks for helping
> to clarify that for me. In a rural area with a sometimes flakey connection
> I just can't afford to stuff around with email that requires me to be able
> to connect every time.
>
> Peter
>
> Mac wrote:
>> Not sure why your contacts didn't import - but contacts set their own
>> image, not you... :-)
>>
>> "Peter in New Zealand" <peterbalplug@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
>> news:OLBI8f9qHHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Been using the WM that came with Vista for a few weeks, basically
>>> without any major issues. Just downloaded WLM beta and tried to import
>>> my contacts from the old WM contacts folder. Seems to go OK, but out of
>>> a total of 85 contacts it imports 49 and stops, announcing cheerfully
>>> that it imported them OK. Tried several times with the same result.
>>> Also, how do I add an image to a contact record? The place for it is
>>> there, but I can't see how to add it. Thanks.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Peter in New Zealand. (Pull the plug out to reply.)
>>> Collector of old cameras, tropical fish fancier, good coffee nutter, and
>>> compulsive computer fiddler.
>>
>
>
> --
> Peter in New Zealand. (Pull the plug out to reply.)
> Collector of old cameras, tropical fish fancier, good coffee nutter, and
> compulsive computer fiddler.

Mac wrote:
> You only need to connect when you want to send or recieve. WLM beta is a
> desktop product that syncs with online mail services like Live Hotmail
>
>
Yes, I understand that, but to be honest I'm loosing confidence in the
Windows (Live) Mail clients. Until it all settles down and one seems to
come out on top and becomes the defacto standard I'll go with
Thunderbird. Thank you for your comments - they have been of value to me
and assisted me to reach a decision.
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Peter in New Zealand. (Pull the plug out to reply.)
Collector of old cameras, tropical fish fancier, good coffee nutter, and
compulsive computer fiddler.