How can my wife and I each use Outlook with separate address book

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I've got XP Media Center edition, Office 2003. I have not been able to
search my weay to answering this. Exactly how do I set up to allow each of
us to have our own Outlook Address books - we have separate email addresses.
 
OK, I'm confused!! Is the Contact list an Address Book? If not, what are all
the references to Address Book in the help tools for Outlook 2003.

What I'm trying to do is this: my wife and I have different email addresses.
(I actually have serveral) and we have different contacts...people and
organizations with email addresses, phone numbers, snail mail addresses etc.
We want to both use this computer but not co-mingle our emails and contacts.
So far we accom-lish this by using our really lousy ISP's webmail services.
I KNOW we can do this with Outlook but I have been unable to figure it out
from online, onCD, on the phone respources.

Help!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Russ Valentine said:
Outlook does not use address books.
If by separate email addresses you actually mean separate email accounts,
then set up separate Outlook profiles.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;829918&Product=out2003
Each profile will have a separate data file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
dozer said:
I've got XP Media Center edition, Office 2003. I have not been able to
search my weay to answering this. Exactly how do I set up to allow each
of
us to have our own Outlook Address books - we have separate email
addresses.
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The easiest way is to set up separate Windows User Accounts for you and your
wife. That way, you will each have totally separate instances of Outlook (as
well as other applications) when you log on.
 
G'Day DOZER,

You are new!!
Terribly confusing!!
But - Be patient!!

1. On your (windows) computer, you should create/have 3 users:
'Administrator' - use when installing....... whatever........
'His' (You) (use appropriate name of YOUR choice)
'Hers' (Your wife) (use appropriate name of HER choice)

2. Log in to each account in turn.

3. When you set up Outlook for 'His', use your own e-mail address(es).
When you set up Outlook for 'Hers', use her address(es).

4. When you wish to use the computer, log in to 'His'...you will receive
your own e-mail, have your own 'My Documents', etc etc......

5. When she wishes to use the computer, she logs in to 'Hers'..and
receives her own e-mail, has her own 'My Documents', etc etc.....

OK?
 
Not separate profiles?

homeLAN said:
The easiest way is to set up separate Windows User Accounts for you and your
wife. That way, you will each have totally separate instances of Outlook (as
well as other applications) when you log on.
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I already answered your question.
Create separate Outlook profiles. It is not necessary to create separate
Windows User logon.
Each Profile will maintain a separate data file so none of your data will be
"mingled." All Contacts data is stored in Contacts folders within one
Outlook data file (PST file). There is no separate address book. The Outlook
Address Book is just another view of the Contacts Folder. Just make sure
each profile uses its own data file, which it will be default.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
dozer said:
OK, I'm confused!! Is the Contact list an Address Book? If not, what are
all
the references to Address Book in the help tools for Outlook 2003.

What I'm trying to do is this: my wife and I have different email
addresses.
(I actually have serveral) and we have different contacts...people and
organizations with email addresses, phone numbers, snail mail addresses
etc.
We want to both use this computer but not co-mingle our emails and
contacts.
So far we accom-lish this by using our really lousy ISP's webmail
services.
I KNOW we can do this with Outlook but I have been unable to figure it out
from online, onCD, on the phone respources.

Help!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Russ Valentine said:
Outlook does not use address books.
If by separate email addresses you actually mean separate email accounts,
then set up separate Outlook profiles.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;829918&Product=out2003
Each profile will have a separate data file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
dozer said:
I've got XP Media Center edition, Office 2003. I have not been able to
search my weay to answering this. Exactly how do I set up to allow
each
of
us to have our own Outlook Address books - we have separate email
addresses.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
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Russ, who knows what he is talking about, suggests a single Windows
login but separate Outlook profiles - and that WILL work.

homeLAN suggests (as do I in a separate response) a separate
Windows login for each of you. A by-product of this will be separate
Outlook profiles (as Russ suggests). That will work TOO.

These are therefore differing strategies having the same (Outlook)
outcome.

You are now required to wake up, and decide for yourself.
 
Precisely.
It's dealer's choice.
Since they seemed to be cohabitating a single Window user's logon
successfully otherwise, I hated to force them into separate bedrooms just so
they could use Outlook separately.
 
Thanks guys...

We'll use the separate profiles. My wife only uses the computer to get to
the internet and for email - no other applications (well, maybe solitare!!)
A profile of her own will do the trick nicely!!

Russ Valentine said:
Precisely.
It's dealer's choice.
Since they seemed to be cohabitating a single Window user's logon
successfully otherwise, I hated to force them into separate bedrooms just so
they could use Outlook separately.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Pat Garard said:
Russ, who knows what he is talking about, suggests a single Windows
login but separate Outlook profiles - and that WILL work.

homeLAN suggests (as do I in a separate response) a separate
Windows login for each of you. A by-product of this will be separate
Outlook profiles (as Russ suggests). That will work TOO.

These are therefore differing strategies having the same (Outlook)
outcome.

You are now required to wake up, and decide for yourself.
--
Regards,
Pat Garard
Melbourne, Australia
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