Outlook 2002 Contacts On XP To Outlook 2002 Contacts On Vista

[Rafael]

Hello,

I am using Outlook 2002 on a Windows XP machine and I have a great
many Outlook Contacts.

I have a new laptop running Windows Vista Home Premium on which I have
installed Outlook 2002.

I want to be able to move my Outlook Contacts from the older machine
to the other avoiding doing so manually.

I am only too well aware that there are compatibility issues between
Outlook 2002 and Windows Vista and I have to enter my POP3 email
account password when prompted to do so at the beginning of every
Outlook session but this I can live with for the time being.

Will I be able to move my Outlook Contacts across or are there issues
with that as well? How do I go about doing it please? Can you point me
to any good articles?

Many thanks in advance.

Rafael.

 

[Gordon]

Will I be able to move my Outlook Contacts across or are there issues
with that as well? How do I go about doing it please? Can you point me
to any good articles?

How to backup and restore Outlook

http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx

There is out-dated information on some of these pages, specifically with
regard to Outlook 2003 and 2007.

The main points to note:
1. Do NOT use the import/export function to move Outlook data from one
version to another - all you need to do is to copy the pst file, with
Outlook closed.

2. Do NOT paste the copied pst file into the default location - paste into
(for example) your Documents folder and then do File-Open-Outlook Data File
within Outlook.