pk wrote:

New computer = vista with Office 2007
Old computer = XP
Moved contacts from old outlook to excel (.xls) to new machine and
directed outlook to import to contacts. It seems to be ready but the
transfer goes on without ever showing any progress on the bar that
should gradually go to green.

Why are you doing that? Just copy the original PST from the old PC to the
new PC on a memory stick or by putting the old PC's hard drive in the new
PC. Open that old PST in the new Outlook. You'll then have access to all
its data in one go. Make it the delivery location and you're back exactly
as your were on the old machine.
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]