different accounts on same XP machine- same outlook profiles?

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I have two accounts set up on my xp pro computer
one has all my normal startup programs, one is VERY limited for when
I'm doing processor intensive tasks, and want nothing in the background

I have two user profiles/identities on outlook under my main profile.

what I'd like, is that when I launch outlook from my no tasks/other user
account
(which is an administrator account) to be able to access the same profiles
as my main

possible? method?
thank you!
 
MDBJ said:
I have two accounts set up on my xp pro computer
one has all my normal startup programs, one is VERY limited for when
I'm doing processor intensive tasks, and want nothing in the
background
I have two user profiles/identities on outlook under my main profile.

what I'd like, is that when I launch outlook from my no tasks/other
user account
(which is an administrator account) to be able to access the same
profiles as my main
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The profiles for a particular WIndows user are kept in the user-specific
portion of the Registry. When a user logs on, that information is copied
from the user-specific area to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER area. So, profiles
can't be shared across users.

There's nothing that prevents you from creating an identical profile for
each user, though, and as long as your PSTs are located in a folder to which
both users have permission (like a subfolder of Shared Documents), then you
can see exactly the same Outlook data for each user, which is, I presume,
you real goal.
 
thank you.

Brian Tillman said:
The profiles for a particular WIndows user are kept in the user-specific
portion of the Registry. When a user logs on, that information is copied
from the user-specific area to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER area. So, profiles
can't be shared across users.

There's nothing that prevents you from creating an identical profile for
each user, though, and as long as your PSTs are located in a folder to
which both users have permission (like a subfolder of Shared Documents),
then you can see exactly the same Outlook data for each user, which is, I
presume, you real goal.
Click to expand...
 
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