How can ONE Outlook address book (or contacts) be shared?

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I am running Windows XP Home Edition, and have two separate users set up --
one for me and one for my wife. I have set up Outlook for both users, and
can successfully send/receive e-mails from Hotmail.

However, I am having difficulty in getting the CONTACTS to be shared between
the two users. We both want to have the SAME contacts in Outlook.

Thanks!
 
You need to post your Outlook version, not your operating system.
Are you sure you're talking about Outlook?
 
I am running MS Office 2003 (for Small Business), which includes MS Outlook
2003 v11.5608.5606. Here's the jist:

There are two users of my computer, which runs Windows XP Home Edition v2002
SP2. We have separate logins to the computer, so that user separate
settings/preferences can be maintained. The computer is non-networked, and
we use a dial-up connection to connect to the internet.

Say I log into the computer under my user ID. I launch Outlook, which
contains my e-mail, my calendar, my contacts, etc. I have had no problem
setting up Outlook for my use.

If my wife logs into the computer with her user ID, she can launch Outlook
as well, which has ONLY her e-mail, her calendar, and her contacts. I have
had no problem setting up here Outlook account either. Note there is NOTHING
similar between our two Outlook accounts.

My question is -- we use separate e-mail accounts, but want to share the
SAME Contacts (i.e., Address Book). How can I set the Contacts folders on
our Outlook accounts to be shared between us?





Russ Valentine said:
You need to post your Outlook version, not your operating system.
Are you sure you're talking about Outlook?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Jeremy said:
I am running Windows XP Home Edition, and have two separate users set up --
one for me and one for my wife. I have set up Outlook for both users, and
can successfully send/receive e-mails from Hotmail.

However, I am having difficulty in getting the CONTACTS to be shared
between
the two users. We both want to have the SAME contacts in Outlook.

Thanks!
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But you said your mail account type was hotmail. That changes everything.
If it is hotmail, do you both have MSN premium accounts? Have you both
installed the Outlook Connector?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Jeremy said:
I am running MS Office 2003 (for Small Business), which includes MS Outlook
2003 v11.5608.5606. Here's the jist:

There are two users of my computer, which runs Windows XP Home Edition
v2002
SP2. We have separate logins to the computer, so that user separate
settings/preferences can be maintained. The computer is non-networked,
and
we use a dial-up connection to connect to the internet.

Say I log into the computer under my user ID. I launch Outlook, which
contains my e-mail, my calendar, my contacts, etc. I have had no problem
setting up Outlook for my use.

If my wife logs into the computer with her user ID, she can launch Outlook
as well, which has ONLY her e-mail, her calendar, and her contacts. I
have
had no problem setting up here Outlook account either. Note there is
NOTHING
similar between our two Outlook accounts.

My question is -- we use separate e-mail accounts, but want to share the
SAME Contacts (i.e., Address Book). How can I set the Contacts folders on
our Outlook accounts to be shared between us?





Russ Valentine said:
You need to post your Outlook version, not your operating system.
Are you sure you're talking about Outlook?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Jeremy said:
I am running Windows XP Home Edition, and have two separate users set
up --
one for me and one for my wife. I have set up Outlook for both users,
and
can successfully send/receive e-mails from Hotmail.

However, I am having difficulty in getting the CONTACTS to be shared
between
the two users. We both want to have the SAME contacts in Outlook.

Thanks!
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Yes, we both use FREE Hotmail e-mail accounts, since we don't need the
felxibility of sync'ing all of our Outlook information. We only use the
Hotmail service to send/receive e-mail.

What I'm looking for is a way to share the Contacts folder (a local file on
the computer) between two Outlook users WITHOUT having to sync with some sort
of on-line service.




Russ Valentine said:
But you said your mail account type was hotmail. That changes everything.
If it is hotmail, do you both have MSN premium accounts? Have you both
installed the Outlook Connector?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Jeremy said:
I am running MS Office 2003 (for Small Business), which includes MS Outlook
2003 v11.5608.5606. Here's the jist:

There are two users of my computer, which runs Windows XP Home Edition
v2002
SP2. We have separate logins to the computer, so that user separate
settings/preferences can be maintained. The computer is non-networked,
and
we use a dial-up connection to connect to the internet.

Say I log into the computer under my user ID. I launch Outlook, which
contains my e-mail, my calendar, my contacts, etc. I have had no problem
setting up Outlook for my use.

If my wife logs into the computer with her user ID, she can launch Outlook
as well, which has ONLY her e-mail, her calendar, and her contacts. I
have
had no problem setting up here Outlook account either. Note there is
NOTHING
similar between our two Outlook accounts.

My question is -- we use separate e-mail accounts, but want to share the
SAME Contacts (i.e., Address Book). How can I set the Contacts folders on
our Outlook accounts to be shared between us?





Russ Valentine said:
You need to post your Outlook version, not your operating system.
Are you sure you're talking about Outlook?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I am running Windows XP Home Edition, and have two separate users set
up --
one for me and one for my wife. I have set up Outlook for both users,
and
can successfully send/receive e-mails from Hotmail.

However, I am having difficulty in getting the CONTACTS to be shared
between
the two users. We both want to have the SAME contacts in Outlook.

Thanks!
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Then why don't you create and use the same Outlook Data File PST file in
each profile?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Jeremy said:
Yes, we both use FREE Hotmail e-mail accounts, since we don't need the
felxibility of sync'ing all of our Outlook information. We only use the
Hotmail service to send/receive e-mail.

What I'm looking for is a way to share the Contacts folder (a local file
on
the computer) between two Outlook users WITHOUT having to sync with some
sort
of on-line service.




Russ Valentine said:
But you said your mail account type was hotmail. That changes everything.
If it is hotmail, do you both have MSN premium accounts? Have you both
installed the Outlook Connector?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Jeremy said:
I am running MS Office 2003 (for Small Business), which includes MS
Outlook
2003 v11.5608.5606. Here's the jist:

There are two users of my computer, which runs Windows XP Home Edition
v2002
SP2. We have separate logins to the computer, so that user separate
settings/preferences can be maintained. The computer is non-networked,
and
we use a dial-up connection to connect to the internet.

Say I log into the computer under my user ID. I launch Outlook, which
contains my e-mail, my calendar, my contacts, etc. I have had no
problem
setting up Outlook for my use.

If my wife logs into the computer with her user ID, she can launch
Outlook
as well, which has ONLY her e-mail, her calendar, and her contacts. I
have
had no problem setting up here Outlook account either. Note there is
NOTHING
similar between our two Outlook accounts.

My question is -- we use separate e-mail accounts, but want to share
the
SAME Contacts (i.e., Address Book). How can I set the Contacts folders
on
our Outlook accounts to be shared between us?





:

You need to post your Outlook version, not your operating system.
Are you sure you're talking about Outlook?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I am running Windows XP Home Edition, and have two separate users set
up --
one for me and one for my wife. I have set up Outlook for both
users,
and
can successfully send/receive e-mails from Hotmail.

However, I am having difficulty in getting the CONTACTS to be shared
between
the two users. We both want to have the SAME contacts in Outlook.

Thanks!
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Perhaps you were unaware that access to free hotmail accounts from Outlook
ended quite a while ago.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Jeremy said:
Yes, we both use FREE Hotmail e-mail accounts, since we don't need the
felxibility of sync'ing all of our Outlook information. We only use the
Hotmail service to send/receive e-mail.

What I'm looking for is a way to share the Contacts folder (a local file
on
the computer) between two Outlook users WITHOUT having to sync with some
sort
of on-line service.




Russ Valentine said:
But you said your mail account type was hotmail. That changes everything.
If it is hotmail, do you both have MSN premium accounts? Have you both
installed the Outlook Connector?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Jeremy said:
I am running MS Office 2003 (for Small Business), which includes MS
Outlook
2003 v11.5608.5606. Here's the jist:

There are two users of my computer, which runs Windows XP Home Edition
v2002
SP2. We have separate logins to the computer, so that user separate
settings/preferences can be maintained. The computer is non-networked,
and
we use a dial-up connection to connect to the internet.

Say I log into the computer under my user ID. I launch Outlook, which
contains my e-mail, my calendar, my contacts, etc. I have had no
problem
setting up Outlook for my use.

If my wife logs into the computer with her user ID, she can launch
Outlook
as well, which has ONLY her e-mail, her calendar, and her contacts. I
have
had no problem setting up here Outlook account either. Note there is
NOTHING
similar between our two Outlook accounts.

My question is -- we use separate e-mail accounts, but want to share
the
SAME Contacts (i.e., Address Book). How can I set the Contacts folders
on
our Outlook accounts to be shared between us?





:

You need to post your Outlook version, not your operating system.
Are you sure you're talking about Outlook?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I am running Windows XP Home Edition, and have two separate users set
up --
one for me and one for my wife. I have set up Outlook for both
users,
and
can successfully send/receive e-mails from Hotmail.

However, I am having difficulty in getting the CONTACTS to be shared
between
the two users. We both want to have the SAME contacts in Outlook.

Thanks!
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