transferring from outlook 2003 to 2007

[imneeners62]

I recently bought a laptop and it has Vista with Office 2007. My desktop has
XP with 2003. I am fresh meat at this and am having a heck of a time finding
how to transfer my outlook info (ie: contacts, inbox folders, and calendar)
from the old computer to my laptop. I am stuck!
Can someone please help me with this in layman's terms? I would deeply
appreciate it.
Tried exporting to no avail...
Thanks, Neeners

 

[BC]

I am having the exact same problem....except I am trying to move to Office
2007 in XP. I took the online Outlook course and tried exporting my 3rd
personal folder to 2007 Outlook just to see if it worked. Eureka, it worked
with the Export Import wizard. I then renamed the file Activities. I
figured this would be a snap (WRONG!)

I then proceeded to export my business files (another personal folder).
When I try to import the file it gives an error message that a personal
folder already exists. I truly can't figure out how to get around this
problem. It has resulted in my working with 2 computers with Outlook. There
has to be a way to solve this. I am exactly in your situation. At least we
are not alone!

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Never export or import Outlook data.
This information is posted here every day.
The file you need is your Personal Folders file (*.pst) It's where all the
mail, calendar, contacts etc are stored.

Take a look at these pages for info on Outlook data backup or transfer:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
http://www.howto-outlook.com/Howto/backupandrestore.htm
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx

 

[Gordon]

I am having the exact same problem....except I am trying to move to Office
2007 in XP. I took the online Outlook course and tried exporting my 3rd
personal folder

And what "online" course was that? And WHERE did it tell you to use the
export function to transfer data from one Outlook to another?