Then if you have data allready in the pst created when you
started/configured Outlook on the new PC's, after opening the old pst in
outlook copy data from this to the default set of Personal folders.

However if the data file on the new installation is empty, with outlook
closed use the data management applet to remove the data file and open/point
to the old data file.
Whether you locate this data file in the default location is up to you, if
you wish to move it there delete the pst created when you initially set OL
up, before copying it there - ie do not ovewrite any pst -

"Roberto le Cornielle" wrote in message
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DL
Old machines are running Office 2007 Academic
New machines will be running Office 2007 Small Business
Yes I see there are subtle differences in the import instructions.

Roberto


"DL" address@invalid wrote in message
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Copy the pst to your Documents Folder, if you copy via cd ensure the read
only flag is off.
Open that pst within outlook (FileOpen)
What you do then depends on the version of Oultook used on the old and
what you use on the new PC

"Roberto le Cornielle" wrote in message
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OK thanks for the warning, lets say I copy the new pst file to the
desktop [just for convenience] do I still do the import pst file
using the import wizard and will this update the original pst
file in username\ application data\microsoft \outlook ? as this is
what we want - everything default .

again thanks for your assistance.

rgds
Roberto

"Gordon" wrote in message
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"Roberto le Cornielle" wrote in message
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Thank to you both for the links, have read through and now a
question, would it be OK to simply rename the pst file on the
new machine and then copy the old one [the one we want] into
the same location as the new file , then open Outlook and choose
file Open Data File


NO NO NO! Do NOT paste the file in the default location. Put it
somewhere else....