Outlook address book not recognized when creating new email

[Guest]

After copying my pst file on my desktop and pasting it into outlook on my
laptop, I am unable to access my contctact information through the "select
names" screen when clicking on the To: line of a new email. All of the
historical email from my desktop are available on my laptap, as are the
correct calendar and my contacts. I also note that the signatures available
on my desktop do not appear on the lap top.

I am running Outlook 2003 on both machinesw running XP Professional, SP2.

Any suggestions

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Small wonder. If you've read any of the posts here you would already know
that you should never transfer Outlook data that way. Even Outlook's Help
files spell that out very clearly. Always read Help files instead of trying
to guess what to do:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx

 

[Guest]

Russ

I had followed the instruction contained in this link prior to posting my
question. I have re read after your comment but don't see where I varied
from the discussion.

Any suggestions
--
Gary D

Small wonder. If you've read any of the posts here you would already know
that you should never transfer Outlook data that way. Even Outlook's Help
files spell that out very clearly. Always read Help files instead of trying
to guess what to do:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

After copying my pst file on my desktop and pasting it into outlook on my
laptop, I am unable to access my contctact information through the "select
names" screen when clicking on the To: line of a new email. All of the
historical email from my desktop are available on my laptap, as are the
correct calendar and my contacts. I also note that the signatures
available
on my desktop do not appear on the lap top.

I am running Outlook 2003 on both machinesw running XP Professional, SP2.

Any suggestions

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Yes. As the article explains, the only correct way to use a previous PST
file in an Outlook profile is to open it in Outlook using the File > Open >
Outlook data file command. At that point you can either set this second file
to be your new default, or copy the data from it into the current default.
Simply pasting a previous file into the default location is not recommended
because you will likely overwrite another file and corrupt either the file,
the profile, or both.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ

I had followed the instruction contained in this link prior to posting my
question. I have re read after your comment but don't see where I varied
from the discussion.

Any suggestions
--
Gary D

Small wonder. If you've read any of the posts here you would already know
that you should never transfer Outlook data that way. Even Outlook's Help
files spell that out very clearly. Always read Help files instead of
trying
to guess what to do:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

After copying my pst file on my desktop and pasting it into outlook on
my
laptop, I am unable to access my contctact information through the
"select
names" screen when clicking on the To: line of a new email. All of the
historical email from my desktop are available on my laptap, as are the
correct calendar and my contacts. I also note that the signatures
available
on my desktop do not appear on the lap top.

I am running Outlook 2003 on both machinesw running XP Professional,
SP2.

Any suggestions

 

[Guest]

Russ

Your last comment did not have any suggestions as to how I might now try to
get outlook to recognize my address book and signature information. I ahve
gone through this step by step again and still have no resolution

Thanks
--
Gary D

Yes. As the article explains, the only correct way to use a previous PST
file in an Outlook profile is to open it in Outlook using the File > Open >
Outlook data file command. At that point you can either set this second file
to be your new default, or copy the data from it into the current default.
Simply pasting a previous file into the default location is not recommended
because you will likely overwrite another file and corrupt either the file,
the profile, or both.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ

I had followed the instruction contained in this link prior to posting my
question. I have re read after your comment but don't see where I varied
from the discussion.

Any suggestions
--
Gary D

Small wonder. If you've read any of the posts here you would already know
that you should never transfer Outlook data that way. Even Outlook's Help
files spell that out very clearly. Always read Help files instead of
trying
to guess what to do:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
After copying my pst file on my desktop and pasting it into outlook on
my
laptop, I am unable to access my contctact information through the
"select
names" screen when clicking on the To: line of a new email. All of the
historical email from my desktop are available on my laptap, as are the
correct calendar and my contacts. I also note that the signatures
available
on my desktop do not appear on the lap top.

I am running Outlook 2003 on both machinesw running XP Professional,
SP2.

Any suggestions

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

It contains all the information anyone could provide you at this point. It
is rather hard to provide more specific instructions because your post
contains no actual information. We still have no idea how you actually
migrated your data and why you can't connect your Address Book Service to
your Contacts Folder, let alone what happens when you try.
Unless you provide more accurate information, we must assume you migrated
your data incorrectly and that in fact you did not follow the instructions
in the article I posted. Your first post certainly tells us you didn't. If
so, then the answer remains:
Create a new Outlook profile from scratch and this time migrate your data
correctly. Whether you can repair your existing profile we could only answer
if you actually posted the information I stated.
The KB also contains any information you would need on how to configure your
Outlook Address Book:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;287563&Product=ol2002
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ

Your last comment did not have any suggestions as to how I might now try
to
get outlook to recognize my address book and signature information. I
ahve
gone through this step by step again and still have no resolution

Thanks
--
Gary D

Yes. As the article explains, the only correct way to use a previous PST
file in an Outlook profile is to open it in Outlook using the File > OpenOutlook data file command. At that point you can either set this second
file
to be your new default, or copy the data from it into the current
default.
Simply pasting a previous file into the default location is not
recommended
because you will likely overwrite another file and corrupt either the
file,
the profile, or both.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ

I had followed the instruction contained in this link prior to posting
my
question. I have re read after your comment but don't see where I
varied
from the discussion.

Any suggestions
--
Gary D


:

Small wonder. If you've read any of the posts here you would already
know
that you should never transfer Outlook data that way. Even Outlook's
Help
files spell that out very clearly. Always read Help files instead of
trying
to guess what to do:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
After copying my pst file on my desktop and pasting it into outlook
on
my
laptop, I am unable to access my contctact information through the
"select
names" screen when clicking on the To: line of a new email. All of
the
historical email from my desktop are available on my laptap, as are
the
correct calendar and my contacts. I also note that the signatures
available
on my desktop do not appear on the lap top.

I am running Outlook 2003 on both machinesw running XP Professional,
SP2.

Any suggestions

 

[Guest]

Russ

I guess I must assume you are not interested in helping further. In my
previous postings I got much more specific as to how I "copied" the pst file.
I had done so in accordance with the document you had suggested I use. As I
said, I tried it again. How can you say that my posts contained no actual
information. I have told you twice now that I migrated the data according
to your instructions. Renamed the old file, opened the new file in the
prescribed manner, went into email settings and made sure that the "deliver
new mail to the following list" was correctly selected, etc..

If your done with this, tell me to buzz off and I'll try something else,
other wise, how about losing the attitude and trying to help here.
--
Gary D

It contains all the information anyone could provide you at this point. It
is rather hard to provide more specific instructions because your post
contains no actual information. We still have no idea how you actually
migrated your data and why you can't connect your Address Book Service to
your Contacts Folder, let alone what happens when you try.
Unless you provide more accurate information, we must assume you migrated
your data incorrectly and that in fact you did not follow the instructions
in the article I posted. Your first post certainly tells us you didn't. If
so, then the answer remains:
Create a new Outlook profile from scratch and this time migrate your data
correctly. Whether you can repair your existing profile we could only answer
if you actually posted the information I stated.
The KB also contains any information you would need on how to configure your
Outlook Address Book:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;287563&Product=ol2002
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ

Your last comment did not have any suggestions as to how I might now try
to
get outlook to recognize my address book and signature information. I
ahve
gone through this step by step again and still have no resolution

Thanks
--
Gary D

Yes. As the article explains, the only correct way to use a previous PST
file in an Outlook profile is to open it in Outlook using the File > Open

Outlook data file command. At that point you can either set this second
file
to be your new default, or copy the data from it into the current
default.
Simply pasting a previous file into the default location is not
recommended
because you will likely overwrite another file and corrupt either the
file,
the profile, or both.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Russ

I had followed the instruction contained in this link prior to posting
my
question. I have re read after your comment but don't see where I
varied
from the discussion.

Any suggestions
--
Gary D


:

Small wonder. If you've read any of the posts here you would already
know
that you should never transfer Outlook data that way. Even Outlook's
Help
files spell that out very clearly. Always read Help files instead of
trying
to guess what to do:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
After copying my pst file on my desktop and pasting it into outlook
on
my
laptop, I am unable to access my contctact information through the
"select
names" screen when clicking on the To: line of a new email. All of
the
historical email from my desktop are available on my laptap, as are
the
correct calendar and my contacts. I also note that the signatures
available
on my desktop do not appear on the lap top.

I am running Outlook 2003 on both machinesw running XP Professional,
SP2.

Any suggestions

 

[Guest]

After copying my pst file on my desktop and pasting it into outlook on my
laptop, I am unable to access my contctact information through the "select
names" screen when clicking on the To: line of a new email. All of the
historical email from my desktop are available on my laptap, as are the
correct calendar and my contacts. I also note that the signatures available
on my desktop do not appear on the lap top.

I am running Outlook 2003 on both machinesw running XP Professional, SP2.

Any suggestions

 

[Guest]

I don't know how to start a new thread so I'll just reply to this one. On my
old Office 2000 machine running XP, I used both Outlook and Outlook Express
and they shared the same address book/contacts. I have imported my Outlook
into my new Vista machine, it works fine, but I can't get Microsoft Mail to
use the same Contacts as I imported into Outlook. Is there a way to do this?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

I am trying to help. Nowhere did you clarify how and whether you went back
and transferred your file correctly. From what you've now posted, it appears
you still did not do so. Nowhere does it tell you to rename a previous PST
file, nor should you. Nor does it seem that you created a new profile, which
is the only way to get out from under the one you corrupted.
Please reread my previous post and do everything there that I told you. Then
tell us accurately what you did and what happenened. We can't just guess at
what you're doing and what's happening if we're going to help from a
distance.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ

I guess I must assume you are not interested in helping further. In my
previous postings I got much more specific as to how I "copied" the pst
file.
I had done so in accordance with the document you had suggested I use. As
I
said, I tried it again. How can you say that my posts contained no actual
information. I have told you twice now that I migrated the data
according
to your instructions. Renamed the old file, opened the new file in the
prescribed manner, went into email settings and made sure that the
"deliver
new mail to the following list" was correctly selected, etc..

If your done with this, tell me to buzz off and I'll try something else,
other wise, how about losing the attitude and trying to help here.
--
Gary D

It contains all the information anyone could provide you at this point.
It
is rather hard to provide more specific instructions because your post
contains no actual information. We still have no idea how you actually
migrated your data and why you can't connect your Address Book Service to
your Contacts Folder, let alone what happens when you try.
Unless you provide more accurate information, we must assume you migrated
your data incorrectly and that in fact you did not follow the
instructions
in the article I posted. Your first post certainly tells us you didn't.
If
so, then the answer remains:
Create a new Outlook profile from scratch and this time migrate your data
correctly. Whether you can repair your existing profile we could only
answer
if you actually posted the information I stated.
The KB also contains any information you would need on how to configure
your
Outlook Address Book:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;287563&Product=ol2002
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ

Your last comment did not have any suggestions as to how I might now
try
to
get outlook to recognize my address book and signature information. I
ahve
gone through this step by step again and still have no resolution

Thanks
--
Gary D


:

Yes. As the article explains, the only correct way to use a previous
PST
file in an Outlook profile is to open it in Outlook using the File >
Open

Outlook data file command. At that point you can either set this
second
file
to be your new default, or copy the data from it into the current
default.
Simply pasting a previous file into the default location is not
recommended
because you will likely overwrite another file and corrupt either the
file,
the profile, or both.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Russ

I had followed the instruction contained in this link prior to
posting
my
question. I have re read after your comment but don't see where I
varied
from the discussion.

Any suggestions
--
Gary D


:

Small wonder. If you've read any of the posts here you would
already
know
that you should never transfer Outlook data that way. Even
Outlook's
Help
files spell that out very clearly. Always read Help files instead
of
trying
to guess what to do:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
After copying my pst file on my desktop and pasting it into
outlook
on
my
laptop, I am unable to access my contctact information through
the
"select
names" screen when clicking on the To: line of a new email. All
of
the
historical email from my desktop are available on my laptap, as
are
the
correct calendar and my contacts. I also note that the
signatures
available
on my desktop do not appear on the lap top.

I am running Outlook 2003 on both machinesw running XP
Professional,
SP2.

Any suggestions

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Not any more.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I don't know how to start a new thread so I'll just reply to this one. On
my
old Office 2000 machine running XP, I used both Outlook and Outlook
Express
and they shared the same address book/contacts. I have imported my
Outlook
into my new Vista machine, it works fine, but I can't get Microsoft Mail
to
use the same Contacts as I imported into Outlook. Is there a way to do
this?

 

[Guest]

I was following the "Customizing the data file display name" instructions.
I'll go bqck and re read.
--
Gary D

Not any more.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I don't know how to start a new thread so I'll just reply to this one. On
my
old Office 2000 machine running XP, I used both Outlook and Outlook
Express
and they shared the same address book/contacts. I have imported my
Outlook
into my new Vista machine, it works fine, but I can't get Microsoft Mail
to
use the same Contacts as I imported into Outlook. Is there a way to do
this?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

I don't think that's your problem. From what little I've been able to
understand in your posts, isn't the problem that you can't get your Contacts
to appear in the Outlook Address Book?
That's usually the result of migrating your data improperly to a new
installation, and your description certainly indicates you did not migrate
your data correctly. If so, you must first migrate your data correctly (the
first set of instructions), then configure the Outlook Address Book
correctly (the second set of instructions).
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I was following the "Customizing the data file display name" instructions.
I'll go bqck and re read.
--
Gary D

Not any more.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I don't know how to start a new thread so I'll just reply to this one.
On
my
old Office 2000 machine running XP, I used both Outlook and Outlook
Express
and they shared the same address book/contacts. I have imported my
Outlook
into my new Vista machine, it works fine, but I can't get Microsoft
Mail
to
use the same Contacts as I imported into Outlook. Is there a way to do
this?



:

After copying my pst file on my desktop and pasting it into outlook on
my
laptop, I am unable to access my contctact information through the
"select
names" screen when clicking on the To: line of a new email. All of
the
historical email from my desktop are available on my laptap, as are
the
correct calendar and my contacts. I also note that the signatures
available
on my desktop do not appear on the lap top.

I am running Outlook 2003 on both machinesw running XP Professional,
SP2.

Any suggestions

 

[Guest]

Russ

Third time is the charm. I think I took exactly the same steps this time as
the last two times. But this time the linkage to my address book for email
is working. The email signatures still aren't showing up, but I guess I can
deal with that by manually reentering. Thanks for your assistance. I'll
keep my fingers crossed that this has solved most of it.
--
Gary D

I don't think that's your problem. From what little I've been able to
understand in your posts, isn't the problem that you can't get your Contacts
to appear in the Outlook Address Book?
That's usually the result of migrating your data improperly to a new
installation, and your description certainly indicates you did not migrate
your data correctly. If so, you must first migrate your data correctly (the
first set of instructions), then configure the Outlook Address Book
correctly (the second set of instructions).
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I was following the "Customizing the data file display name" instructions.
I'll go bqck and re read.
--
Gary D

Not any more.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I don't know how to start a new thread so I'll just reply to this one.
On
my
old Office 2000 machine running XP, I used both Outlook and Outlook
Express
and they shared the same address book/contacts. I have imported my
Outlook
into my new Vista machine, it works fine, but I can't get Microsoft
Mail
to
use the same Contacts as I imported into Outlook. Is there a way to do
this?



:

After copying my pst file on my desktop and pasting it into outlook on
my
laptop, I am unable to access my contctact information through the
"select
names" screen when clicking on the To: line of a new email. All of
the
historical email from my desktop are available on my laptap, as are
the
correct calendar and my contacts. I also note that the signatures
available
on my desktop do not appear on the lap top.

I am running Outlook 2003 on both machinesw running XP Professional,
SP2.

Any suggestions

 

[Guest]

I have moved my data (.pst files) to Outlook 2000 on Vista (new laptop).
Everything seems to be intact - all e-mails, contacts, tasks, etc. However I
seem to be missing the information that is used for the Automatic Name
Checking????? A lot of that information WAS NOT in my contacts folder. My
question is - do I have to recapture this information or did I miss moving a
file over?????

Small wonder. If you've read any of the posts here you would already know
that you should never transfer Outlook data that way. Even Outlook's Help
files spell that out very clearly. Always read Help files instead of trying
to guess what to do:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

After copying my pst file on my desktop and pasting it into outlook on my
laptop, I am unable to access my contctact information through the "select
names" screen when clicking on the To: line of a new email. All of the
historical email from my desktop are available on my laptap, as are the
correct calendar and my contacts. I also note that the signatures
available
on my desktop do not appear on the lap top.

I am running Outlook 2003 on both machinesw running XP Professional, SP2.

Any suggestions

 

[Joe Grover]

By default this is located in the user profile under /Application
Data/Microsoft/Outlook. The file is called Outlook.NK2.

Joe

I have moved my data (.pst files) to Outlook 2000 on Vista (new laptop).
Everything seems to be intact - all e-mails, contacts, tasks, etc. However
I
seem to be missing the information that is used for the Automatic Name
Checking????? A lot of that information WAS NOT in my contacts folder. My
question is - do I have to recapture this information or did I miss moving
a
file over?????

Small wonder. If you've read any of the posts here you would already know
that you should never transfer Outlook data that way. Even Outlook's Help
files spell that out very clearly. Always read Help files instead of
trying
to guess what to do:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

After copying my pst file on my desktop and pasting it into outlook on
my
laptop, I am unable to access my contctact information through the
"select
names" screen when clicking on the To: line of a new email. All of the
historical email from my desktop are available on my laptap, as are the
correct calendar and my contacts. I also note that the signatures
available
on my desktop do not appear on the lap top.

I am running Outlook 2003 on both machinesw running XP Professional,
SP2.

Any suggestions

 

[Guest]

I don't think that's your problem. From what little I've been able to
understand in your posts, isn't the problem that you can't get your Contacts
to appear in the Outlook Address Book?
That's usually the result of migrating your data improperly to a new
installation, and your description certainly indicates you did not migrate
your data correctly. If so, you must first migrate your data correctly (the
first set of instructions), then configure the Outlook Address Book
correctly (the second set of instructions).
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I was following the "Customizing the data file display name" instructions.
I'll go bqck and re read.
--
Gary D

Not any more.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I don't know how to start a new thread so I'll just reply to this one.
On
my
old Office 2000 machine running XP, I used both Outlook and Outlook
Express
and they shared the same address book/contacts. I have imported my
Outlook
into my new Vista machine, it works fine, but I can't get Microsoft
Mail
to
use the same Contacts as I imported into Outlook. Is there a way to do
this?



:

After copying my pst file on my desktop and pasting it into outlook on
my
laptop, I am unable to access my contctact information through the
"select
names" screen when clicking on the To: line of a new email. All of
the
historical email from my desktop are available on my laptap, as are
the
correct calendar and my contacts. I also note that the signatures
available
on my desktop do not appear on the lap top.

I am running Outlook 2003 on both machinesw running XP Professional,
SP2.

Any suggestions

 

[Guest]

Hi This is my first time using this feature. I'm probably how to get back
here for a reply.
My problem is taht I had & was using Microsoft Outlook 2000 & it was working
just fine with XP. I just installed Vista home premium upgrade from HP. After
installing I'm not able to send any emails, my address book is missing or
something. I get My error is An error occured while attempting to open the
windowes address book. Unable to find the WAB DLL when clicking on the
contact list all my email addresses are there. Microsoft help emailed me
this group discussion link as possible helpful tool. Note all my folders are
good, I can receive emails,but this error appears and as a result i cannot
send emails. I'm totally lost. Thanks for any help. I need to take a break,
I'll check back later.

I don't think that's your problem. From what little I've been able to
understand in your posts, isn't the problem that you can't get your Contacts
to appear in the Outlook Address Book?
That's usually the result of migrating your data improperly to a new
installation, and your description certainly indicates you did not migrate
your data correctly. If so, you must first migrate your data correctly (the
first set of instructions), then configure the Outlook Address Book
correctly (the second set of instructions).
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I was following the "Customizing the data file display name" instructions.
I'll go bqck and re read.
--
Gary D

Not any more.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I don't know how to start a new thread so I'll just reply to this one.
On
my
old Office 2000 machine running XP, I used both Outlook and Outlook
Express
and they shared the same address book/contacts. I have imported my
Outlook
into my new Vista machine, it works fine, but I can't get Microsoft
Mail
to
use the same Contacts as I imported into Outlook. Is there a way to do
this?



:

After copying my pst file on my desktop and pasting it into outlook on
my
laptop, I am unable to access my contctact information through the
"select
names" screen when clicking on the To: line of a new email. All of
the
historical email from my desktop are available on my laptap, as are
the
correct calendar and my contacts. I also note that the signatures
available
on my desktop do not appear on the lap top.

I am running Outlook 2003 on both machinesw running XP Professional,
SP2.

Any suggestions

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

This is a new thread, and the news for you is not good.
The version of Outlook you are using is not and never will be compatible
with Vista. As a general rule, you should not upgrade an entire operating
system if any of the software you are running is more 2 years old and out of
support. Yours is way more than that.
http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/vista.htm

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Hi This is my first time using this feature. I'm probably how to get back
here for a reply.
My problem is taht I had & was using Microsoft Outlook 2000 & it was
working
just fine with XP. I just installed Vista home premium upgrade from HP.
After
installing I'm not able to send any emails, my address book is missing or
something. I get My error is An error occured while attempting to open
the
windowes address book. Unable to find the WAB DLL when clicking on the
contact list all my email addresses are there. Microsoft help emailed me
this group discussion link as possible helpful tool. Note all my folders
are
good, I can receive emails,but this error appears and as a result i cannot
send emails. I'm totally lost. Thanks for any help. I need to take a
break,
I'll check back later.

I don't think that's your problem. From what little I've been able to
understand in your posts, isn't the problem that you can't get your
Contacts
to appear in the Outlook Address Book?
That's usually the result of migrating your data improperly to a new
installation, and your description certainly indicates you did not
migrate
your data correctly. If so, you must first migrate your data correctly
(the
first set of instructions), then configure the Outlook Address Book
correctly (the second set of instructions).
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I was following the "Customizing the data file display name"
instructions.
I'll go bqck and re read.
--
Gary D


:

Not any more.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I don't know how to start a new thread so I'll just reply to this
one.
On
my
old Office 2000 machine running XP, I used both Outlook and Outlook
Express
and they shared the same address book/contacts. I have imported my
Outlook
into my new Vista machine, it works fine, but I can't get Microsoft
Mail
to
use the same Contacts as I imported into Outlook. Is there a way to
do
this?



:

After copying my pst file on my desktop and pasting it into outlook
on
my
laptop, I am unable to access my contctact information through the
"select
names" screen when clicking on the To: line of a new email. All of
the
historical email from my desktop are available on my laptap, as are
the
correct calendar and my contacts. I also note that the signatures
available
on my desktop do not appear on the lap top.

I am running Outlook 2003 on both machinesw running XP
Professional,
SP2.

Any suggestions

 

[Brian Tillman]

I have moved my data (.pst files) to Outlook 2000 on Vista (new
laptop). Everything seems to be intact - all e-mails, contacts,
tasks, etc. However I seem to be missing the information that is used
for the Automatic Name Checking????? A lot of that information WAS
NOT in my contacts folder. My question is - do I have to recapture
this information or did I miss moving a file over?????

Outlook 2000 does not have the autocompletion cache, which is what Joe
Grover's message refers to. Instead, it has the autoresolution feature and
that data is stored in the .NICK file in the same place that the later
Outlook's NK2 file is kept. However, Outlook 2000 is not compatible with
Vista unless you install it in Corporate/Workgroup mode and even then there
are compatibility problems.