Need advice on using Outlook on two computers

[Bob Griendling]

I frequently travel for a week or two at a time. At the office, I use a
desktop computer (XP w/Office 2007). When traveling I use a laptop (XP
w/Office 2003). I can easily upgrade the laptop to 2007, but I don't think
that solves my problem.

I want to be able to use all my Outlook files and Contacts from my desktop
on my laptop while traveling, updating my contacts as I travel, and then
update all that info on my desktop when I return.

What's the best way to do that?

What' I've been doing is copying the outlook.pst from my desktop on to a
thumb drive. The I copy that .pst file to the appropriate location on my
laptop, as working from the thumb drive is too slow. When returning to the
office, I reverse the process. Is that the best way of accomplishing my
objective, or is there something easier?

Thanks in advance,
Bob

 

[Bob Griendling]

Thank you, Brian. I don't use Exchange.

I frequently travel for a week or two at a time. At the office, I use
a
desktop computer (XP w/Office 2007). When traveling I use a laptop
(XP
w/Office 2003). I can easily upgrade the laptop to 2007, but I don't
think
that solves my problem.

I want to be able to use all my Outlook files and Contacts from my
desktop
on my laptop while traveling, updating my contacts as I travel, and
then
update all that info on my desktop when I return.

What's the best way to do that?

What' I've been doing is copying the outlook.pst from my desktop on to
a
thumb drive. The I copy that .pst file to the appropriate location on
my
laptop, as working from the thumb drive is too slow. When returning to
the
office, I reverse the process. Is that the best way of accomplishing
my
objective, or is there something easier?

What type of account do you use on the desktop? If it's Exchange, you
cna just connect to that same Exchange account with the laptop. If it's
not Exchange, what you're doing is one of the easiest ways without using
a third-party application. See this for more ideas:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/sync.asp

There is no "appropriate location" when transferring a PST and putting
a transferred PST into the location in which Outlook creates PSTs by
default does not connect that PST to the mail profile. Moreover, if
yoiu overwrite a PST of the same name, you risk corrupting your mail
profile. If I were you, I'd use a different folder and always reconnect
the PST to the mail profile manually.


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