Understanding Vista

[Guest]

I have had Office 2007 installed and running for several months and am a huge
fan. My roomate beta-tested Vista so I had some experience with it before
upgrading to Ultimate it last week. Now I am really trying to get my arms
all the way around it. I love its functionality - especially the tablet
feature. I can connect wirelessly much more smoothly (used to use Network
Magic - now I don't need it.) But many things do not make sense to me. For
instance, why is there a Windows Calendar and a calendar in Outlook? Why
dont they sync? Why can't I sync my Webmail Outlook email and calendar with
my desktop? I want to put my information in the computer once and then show
up wherever I need it to.

 

[Michael Solomon]

I have had Office 2007 installed and running for several months and am a
huge
fan. My roomate beta-tested Vista so I had some experience with it before
upgrading to Ultimate it last week. Now I am really trying to get my arms
all the way around it. I love its functionality - especially the tablet
feature. I can connect wirelessly much more smoothly (used to use Network
Magic - now I don't need it.) But many things do not make sense to me.
For
instance, why is there a Windows Calendar and a calendar in Outlook?

If you didn't have Office 2007, would Calendar then be useful to you?
That's why there's a separate calendar, Office is not a part of Vista or any
other Windows OS and for those people who don't have Office or Outlook,
there's a separate calendar function.

Why

dont they sync?

Because they weren't designed to do so. Windows Calendar is a stand alone
application designed to be used primarily by users who don't have some other
PIM.

Why can't I sync my Webmail Outlook email and calendar with

my desktop? I want to put my information in the computer once and then
show
up wherever I need it to.

I don't mean to be sarcastic but you have a PC, not a MAC. No Windows PC
could do that unless you had an application designed specifically to hook
into all those various applications. What would have made sense would have
been for the Office Calendar to replace the Windows Calendar so users could
have it on the desktop not have to open Outlook for access to that
information.
I'm not using Office 2007 so I don't know if it can access webmail but if
you can set it up to do so, that would be the way to go. Outlook 2003 which
I'm using has the ability to setup POP3, IMAP and HTTP accounts and as such,
bypassed the need for separate e-mail apps for each. Frankly, I prefer to
keep my webmail separate and out of Outlook since they serve different
purposes for me but many as yourself prefer to have it all integrated.

Windows Mail is being replaced by Windows Live Mail which is still in beta
but I doubt seriously Outlook will ever integrate with it in the fashion you
want. At best, assuming it no longer has a webmail function, it may acquire
that function again in the future. Or, if Outlook currently has that
function as it did in the past, you might simply opt to use Outlook for your
e-mail needs.

 

[Chad Harris]

Mit Elf--

Two things may help you get some of what you want:

1) Download Microsoft Office Outlook Connector

Brief Description
With Outlook Connector, you can use Microsoft Outlook 2002, Microsoft Office
Outlook 2003, or Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 to access and manage your
Microsoft Windows Live Mail or Microsoft Office Live Mail accounts,
including e-mail messages, calendar, tasks, notes, and contacts.


http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...b0-e1a4-4990-a2be-dde78fed0709&displaylang=en

2) You can configure Outlook to open to the calendar and then right click it
on your All Programs Menu>Send to desktop:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA010347711033.aspx

Good luck,

CH