1 computer, 2 users, 1 Outlook???

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My wife and I have just bought our first home computer. HP Pavillion with Windows XP and MS Office Basic. We both use MS Outlook at work and have for the last 5 + years. Because we both have VERY different likes and dislikes as to how our desktop looks, mouse operates, programs appear, etc. I have set up two users on the system. Is it possible for Outlook to synchronize all of it's information between the two users? For example, currently whoever is the logged on user receives the email in their version of Outlook and then when a new user logs on that information is not available. We still need the same information available to us, emails, contacts, calendar, etc. we just prefer VERY different ways of viewing and managing it. Any chance at doing that? Thanks
 
I have 4 users setup in XP and each account is treated different by Outlook.

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Matt Davis said:
My wife and I have just bought our first home computer. HP Pavillion with
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Windows XP and MS Office Basic. We both use MS Outlook at work and have for
the last 5 + years. Because we both have VERY different likes and dislikes
as to how our desktop looks, mouse operates, programs appear, etc. I have
set up two users on the system. Is it possible for Outlook to synchronize
all of it's information between the two users? For example, currently
whoever is the logged on user receives the email in their version of Outlook
and then when a new user logs on that information is not available. We
still need the same information available to us, emails, contacts, calendar,
etc. we just prefer VERY different ways of viewing and managing it. Any
chance at doing that? Thanks
 
Cut and paste the .pst file to the Shared Items folder in XP. Then open
Outlook under each profile and point it to the shared folder. One thing you
will have to be careful of however, is to not leave mail on the server as
each person who logs onto Outlook and does a send/receive will receive
whatever mail is on the server, irrespective of the prior download by the
other person's profile.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Matt Davis asked:

| My wife and I have just bought our first home computer. HP Pavillion
| with Windows XP and MS Office Basic. We both use MS Outlook at work
| and have for the last 5 + years. Because we both have VERY different
| likes and dislikes as to how our desktop looks, mouse operates,
| programs appear, etc. I have set up two users on the system. Is it
| possible for Outlook to synchronize all of it's information between
| the two users? For example, currently whoever is the logged on user
| receives the email in their version of Outlook and then when a new
| user logs on that information is not available. We still need the
| same information available to us, emails, contacts, calendar, etc. we
| just prefer VERY different ways of viewing and managing it. Any
| chance at doing that? Thanks
 
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