Importing .pst files to Windows Mail

[Guest]

I am trying to upload my emails, contacts and calendar to Windows Mail in my
new Vista computer from Outlook in a Windows XP computer. I notice that P.
Allen had this problem on 4/3/2007 and Kerry Brown simply replied, "You need
to have Outlook installed". Does this mean one has to install Office 2003 to
sit alongside Office 2007 in the Vista computer?

Any clues would be helpful.

 

[Dave]

Do you have Outlook 2007 installed? You only need for one copy of Outlook
to be installed.

 

[Guest]

I have a sim problem: I have loaded XP outlook 2002 on to a new Vista
computer, then tried to import a saved .pst file from outlook in to the new
outlook on the vista computer. It would not take it. Then tried to import
it into windows mail and it would not go there either.

 

[Guest]

I was able to import all my .pst files into MS outlook in Vista but now
evert time I open outlook it wants my password even after saving I everytime
I log on?

 

[Dave]

That's a known problem with Outlook 2002. There's no fix that I know of.
Just keep Outlook open as long as possible
Outlook 2003 & newer work ok.

 

[Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]]

As Dave says, that's a known issue with Outlook 2002 on Windows Vista. The
other problem you have is that you imported your .PST files instead of
moving them and just opening them on the new machine. Importing a .PST file
does two unplanned for things:

1. You almost always corrupt your Outlook profile.
2. You lose the following information:

1. Custom Forms
2. Custom Views
3. Connections between contacts and activities
4. Received dates on mail
5. Birthdays and anniversaries in calendar
6. Journal connections
7. Distribution Lists

The way to do this correctly is to make copies of your old .PST files (with
Outlook on the old machine closed), place these copies in a folder on your
Vista machine where they WILL NOT OVERWRITE any existing .PST files, open
Outlook and go to 'File|Open|Outlook Data File', navigate to the folder
holding the copied .PST files and open them. I would suggest creating a new
Outlook profile also as it is very common for them to be corrupted by the
..PST import process:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/829918/en-us
How to create a new e-mail profile in Outlook 2007 and in Outlook 2003

Hal
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[Guest]

Thanks for the info. I have office 2002 and outlook 2003, but think I will
get Office 2007 for my new Vista system.
--
Captain Dale

As Dave says, that's a known issue with Outlook 2002 on Windows Vista. The
other problem you have is that you imported your .PST files instead of
moving them and just opening them on the new machine. Importing a .PST file
does two unplanned for things:

1. You almost always corrupt your Outlook profile.
2. You lose the following information:

1. Custom Forms
2. Custom Views
3. Connections between contacts and activities
4. Received dates on mail
5. Birthdays and anniversaries in calendar
6. Journal connections
7. Distribution Lists

The way to do this correctly is to make copies of your old .PST files (with
Outlook on the old machine closed), place these copies in a folder on your
Vista machine where they WILL NOT OVERWRITE any existing .PST files, open
Outlook and go to 'File|Open|Outlook Data File', navigate to the folder
holding the copied .PST files and open them. I would suggest creating a new
Outlook profile also as it is very common for them to be corrupted by the
..PST import process:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/829918/en-us
How to create a new e-mail profile in Outlook 2007 and in Outlook 2003

Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- (e-mail address removed)
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Live at Hot Licks - www.badnewsbluesband.com