Accessing / Using Outlook with two PCs.

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John

I was hoping someone could help me out here.

I have two PCs (laptop and desktop) connected through a home network.
One PC has Outlook 2003 installed. It's not an Exchange server or
anything like that. It was installed as part of Office 2003. The
other PC does not.

My question basically: Is there a way that I can access that first PC
and the Outlook program to send / receive mail, view the calender,
etc.. from the second PC?

Thanks in advance for any help.
 
I believe only with the use of an app that allows you to access a second sys
and execute apps on the other sys - all a bit convoluted
I'm assuming Office2003 is not a retail, or other version, that is licensed
to install on desktop and laptop, for a single user.
 
John said:
I have two PCs (laptop and desktop) connected through a home network.
One PC has Outlook 2003 installed. It's not an Exchange server or
anything like that. It was installed as part of Office 2003. The
other PC does not.

My question basically: Is there a way that I can access that first PC
and the Outlook program to send / receive mail, view the calender,
etc.. from the second PC?
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There is a way, but it's unsupported and MAY (not WILL) lead to a corrupt
PST. If you keep backups of your PST(s), there shouldn't be a lot of worry.
At least I wouldn't.

On one machine (the desktop, say), create a network share. Move the desktop
PST to that share and start Outlook. When Outlook complains that it can't
find its folders, point it at the PST you just moved and it should be find.

On the laptop, use File>Open>Outlook Data File and browse to the
network-shared PST. Select it, click OK, and you should be able to see its
contents on the laptop as well. Note, however, that you can't have Outlook
open on both machines at the same time.
 
The problem being, if I read the post correctly, only one PC has OL
installed, the other doesnt.
 
DL said:
The problem being, if I read the post correctly, only one PC has OL
installed, the other doesnt.
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But if he has a retail license for Office, that's not a problem because he's
allowed to install it on both.
 
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