Multiple profiles

[Bob Surbiton]

I want to sent up two profiles in Outlook, mainly to allow my wife and I to
share a Calendar. There are so many postings on this topic that it makes me
nervous, and I want some reassurance before trying!

The MS Help site says:
"You cannot switch between profiles while Outlook is running. To change
profiles, you must exit Outlook, and then select the appropriate profile when
you restart Outlook"

Does that mean that if my wife is logged on under her ID and me under mine,
we can't be simply running in parallel under different profiles, but have to
close Outlook down and restart each time we switch users, if we install
separate profiles?

We share one internet email account (Blueyonder/Virgin) with separate email
addresses. At present we use just one profile - "Outlook".

What other barriers are out there to potentially trip us up installing and
using separate profiles? When I see how easy it is in Google Calendar to see
each other's diary entries, that is what I yearn for, by I want it in
Outlook, part of my integrated MS Office Suite and readily downloadable to my
cell phone on synchronize.

All help, tips, warnings, alternatives gratefully received.

 

[DL]

A seperate profile usually uses a seperate data file and the Calendar is
contained in this data file, therefore it wouldnt be shared
Only a single instance of Outlook can access a data file, so you cannot both
share the same data file and use it at the same time.
There are third party utilities that can help with syncronising between two
different data files

 

[Brian Tillman]

I want to sent up two profiles in Outlook, mainly to allow my wife
and I to share a Calendar. There are so many postings on this topic
that it makes me nervous, and I want some reassurance before trying!

The MS Help site says:
"You cannot switch between profiles while Outlook is running. To
change profiles, you must exit Outlook, and then select the
appropriate profile when you restart Outlook"

Does that mean that if my wife is logged on under her ID and me under
mine, we can't be simply running in parallel under different
profiles, but have to close Outlook down and restart each time we
switch users, if we install separate profiles?

If you are using separate Windows logins and Windows' Fast User Switching,
then you should both be able to use a single PST.

We share one internet email account (Blueyonder/Virgin) with separate
email addresses. At present we use just one profile - "Outlook".

Are these mail addresses actually aliases of each other (i.e., when you
access the mailbox online, to you each use the same username/password on the
Blueyonder server) or do you have separate credentials?

What other barriers are out there to potentially trip us up
installing and using separate profiles? When I see how easy it is in
Google Calendar to see each other's diary entries, that is what I
yearn for, by I want it in Outlook, part of my integrated MS Office
Suite and readily downloadable to my cell phone on synchronize.

Keep in mind that if you both use the same data file, ALL your Outlook items
will be shared - the mail, the calendar, the contacts, everything. There
are ways to address that, but some may interfere with the phone synching you
want.