It's astounding. It really is. For 10 years, I've been trying to get these
people to understand the difference between "Save" and "Save As" in Excel.
They still don't get it. As a result, their work directories are filled with
descriptive file names like Sheet14.xls. Very helpful.


"Raoul" wrote in message
nk.net...
Oh can I relate to that!!!


"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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I like that idea, but it would require someone with a functioning brain at
the remote end, to get things working. That doesn't exist. :-(


"Raoul" wrote in message
ink.net...
A friend of mine is having a similar problem, but instead of having
Outlook installed on this machine, I've used the remote assistant feature
of XP.

Beats having more clutter on my machine!


"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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Well, not the .wab file, just the addresses in it. Fortunately, I do
backups daily. Here's what I *believe* is the reason for the vanishing
addresses - perhaps someone can confirm this: I use OE, *never*
Outlook. But, next week, I need to assist someone by phone with a
couple of setup processes in Outlook. So yesterday, I started Outlook
for the first time on this computer, figuring now I'll be able to see
the same menus they're looking at. I went along with its initial setup
questions, and figured "OK - I'm all set here".

For the rest of the day, I didn't access my address book at all, so I
didn't notice that it had been replaced by the Outlook installation.
Between now and next week, I may want to add an address or two (after I
restore the backed up file). Is Outlook going to wipe out that file
every time I start it up??? If yes, is there a way to avoid that?

Running XP Pro SP2, by the way.