One machine, multiple uses

[Larry]

I have a new laptop, which came with Vista Business and I applied sp1; it's a
Lenovo X301 with 4 gigs ram. I bought SynchPST to synch Outlook with my
workstation, an HP xw6800, also with 4 gigs ram, XP Pro sp3. It works fine.
The workstation is on a network with a domain, not a workgroup and the domain
is lmr.com.

I use the laptop in many places: at home, in the NH Legislature, and in many
hotels, all of which have wi-fi hotspots. Unfortunately, at home requires a
separate login because of the domain. (or maybe not, is there a way to
modify the domain identity to work with hotspots?). Outlook seems to put the
data files in a subdirectory off Documents and Settings which means a
separate directory for at least two identities on the same machine. Since I
can't (at least not yet) get into subdirectories for separate identities, I
don't know how to synchronize stuff, although I can synch between the
workstation and the laptop when both are logged into the domain with the
laptop.

Is there a way to have the data for Outlook on the laptop in one place
common to all of those identities so that a synch with the workstation is
good for everything? I own the laptop and am the administrator, but for some
reason, I still cannot get into subdirectories of a different identity or I'd
just synch everything separately (not a terribly good solution, but it would
work).

Thanks,

 

[neo [mvp outlook]]

FWIW, you should be able to logon to a Windows workstation that is joined to
a domain regardless if the domain controller is available or not. When the
domain controller is not available, you are logged on with cached
credentials.

In any event, if you want to continue down that path you are in, why not
relocate the .PST file to a folder that both profiles have access to and
then sync said directory? (e.g. Relocate all personal folders to a
directory called C:\UserData. Then just sync the C:\UserData folder.)

 

[Larry]

FWIW, you should be able to logon to a Windows workstation that is joined to
a domain regardless if the domain controller is available or not. When the
domain controller is not available, you are logged on with cached
credentials.

Fine, except Vista takes me to another login. Even if I get Vista to log me
into the domain, I can't use the hotspots. I'll bet there is a way to do
that, but I don't know how yet.

In any event, if you want to continue down that path you are in, why not
relocate the .PST file to a folder that both profiles have access to and
then sync said directory? (e.g. Relocate all personal folders to a

Perfect! That's what I want to do. How do you relocate all of your
personal folders?

Thanks,

 

[Larry]

Never mind, I figured out how to do this and apparently it works. Thanks
anyway.

Larry