I know, I know, www.slipstick.com. But I guess what I really want
to get across is just how frustrating it is to have to, in this day and
age, where more and more folks are using home networks, that we Outlook
users have to go to third-party programs to accomplish the sharing that
should be built in to Outlook. This feature really hinders the
potential productivity that Outlook offers. So many of us are over the
learning curve of the sickly sweet GUI of AOL and the narrow reach of
MS Works, and are ready to ride the technological wave of the now, and
of the future. I want to have the ability to share email, scheduling,
contacts, etc., over my home network without becoming an IT
professional in my home (using Exchange ) and without having to find
some other PIM; I really love Outlook!

So my question for you MVPs is, can I do this with Outlook? Will I
ever be able to? Is the MS Live going to be this kind of an option?
Did I vent in the proper forum? I have done my research in the
groups here, and I would like some more insight on why MS has not
developed this possibility more. Thanks!!!

Michelle
(SeaShel)

wrote:

So my question for you MVPs is, can I do this with Outlook? Will I
ever be able to? Is the MS Live going to be this kind of an option?
Did I vent in the proper forum? I have done my research in the
groups here, and I would like some more insight on why MS has not
developed this possibility more. Thanks!!!

You can do it right now, if you don't mind running Outlook on only one PC at
a time. The method has been posted in this newsgroup quite a few times.
Google Groups is your friend. Here's one of the times it has been posted:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.outlook.general/msg/b125a143faef3ad5
--
Brian Tillman

Brian Tillman wrote:
wrote:

So my question for you MVPs is, can I do this with Outlook? Will I
ever be able to? Is the MS Live going to be this kind of an option?
Did I vent in the proper forum? I have done my research in the
groups here, and I would like some more insight on why MS has not
developed this possibility more. Thanks!!!

You can do it right now, if you don't mind running Outlook on only one PC at
a time. The method has been posted in this newsgroup quite a few times.
Google Groups is your friend. Here's one of the times it has been posted:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.outlook.general/msg/b125a143faef3ad5
--
Brian Tillman

I've seen that post, and I do mind. I need to be able to use Outlook
freely on all our home computers without restriction. That's why I
wrote about being frustrated at all of the options I've seen; none of
them enable home users to use Outlook over a network seamlessly without
resorting to Exchange.

BTW, Google & I are great friends.

Thanks anyway,
Michelle

Outlook is meant for Exchange servers. Being available for home users is a
plus, but the extra features available using Exchange are not included,
including being able to natively share. Third party solution providers
count on Microsoft to not cater to this need. Once they do, just wait for
the hue and cry from them.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, asked:

| Brian Tillman wrote:
|| wrote:
||
||| So my question for you MVPs is, can I do this with Outlook? Will I
||| ever be able to? Is the MS Live going to be this kind of an option?
||| Did I vent in the proper forum? I have done my research in the
||| groups here, and I would like some more insight on why MS has not
||| developed this possibility more. Thanks!!!
||
|| You can do it right now, if you don't mind running Outlook on only
|| one PC at a time. The method has been posted in this newsgroup
|| quite a few times. Google Groups is your friend. Here's one of the
|| times it has been posted:
||
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.outlook.general/msg/b125a143faef3ad5
|| --
|| Brian Tillman
|
| I've seen that post, and I do mind. I need to be able to use Outlook
| freely on all our home computers without restriction. That's why I
| wrote about being frustrated at all of the options I've seen; none of
| them enable home users to use Outlook over a network seamlessly
| without resorting to Exchange.
|
| BTW, Google & I are great friends.
|
| Thanks anyway,
| Michelle

Thank you for the insight, I appreciate it!

Michelle


Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] wrote:
Outlook is meant for Exchange servers. Being available for home users is a
plus, but the extra features available using Exchange are not included,
including being able to natively share. Third party solution providers
count on Microsoft to not cater to this need. Once they do, just wait for
the hue and cry from them.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, asked:

| Brian Tillman wrote:
|| wrote:
||
||| So my question for you MVPs is, can I do this with Outlook? Will I
||| ever be able to? Is the MS Live going to be this kind of an option?
||| Did I vent in the proper forum? I have done my research in the
||| groups here, and I would like some more insight on why MS has not
||| developed this possibility more. Thanks!!!
||
|| You can do it right now, if you don't mind running Outlook on only
|| one PC at a time. The method has been posted in this newsgroup
|| quite a few times. Google Groups is your friend. Here's one of the
|| times it has been posted:
||
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.outlook.general/msg/b125a143faef3ad5
|| --
|| Brian Tillman
|
| I've seen that post, and I do mind. I need to be able to use Outlook
| freely on all our home computers without restriction. That's why I
| wrote about being frustrated at all of the options I've seen; none of
| them enable home users to use Outlook over a network seamlessly
| without resorting to Exchange.
|
| BTW, Google & I are great friends.
|
| Thanks anyway,
| Michelle

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I need to be able to use Outlook freely on all our home computers without
restriction. That's why I
wrote about being frustrated at all of the options I've seen; none of
them enable home users to use Outlook over a network seamlessly without
resorting to Exchange.



If you don't need to share calendars or use public folders, then there are
several free mail servers you could use. here's one of them:
http://email.about.com/cs/winserverr.../mercury32.htm

I'm sure you will find others if you google for them.

HTH

wrote:

I've seen that post, and I do mind. I need to be able to use Outlook
freely on all our home computers without restriction. That's why I
wrote about being frustrated at all of the options I've seen; none of
them enable home users to use Outlook over a network seamlessly
without resorting to Exchange.

Well, I use that method seamlessly all the time. I find it no inconvenience
at all to be logged into only one instance of Outlook.

Outlook was never designed to reference the same data store from multiple
instances without hosting that data store on a server. So, get yourself a
Hotmail Premium account (quite inexpensive) and make that server your
default location. Then you'll be able to use it seamlessly
--
Brian Tillman

"Brian Tillman" wrote in message
...
wrote:

I've seen that post, and I do mind. I need to be able to use Outlook
freely on all our home computers without restriction. That's why I
wrote about being frustrated at all of the options I've seen; none of
them enable home users to use Outlook over a network seamlessly
without resorting to Exchange.

Well, I use that method seamlessly all the time. I find it no
inconvenience at all to be logged into only one instance of Outlook.

Outlook was never designed to reference the same data store from multiple
instances without hosting that data store on a server. So, get yourself a
Hotmail Premium account (quite inexpensive) and make that server your
default location. Then you'll be able to use it seamlessly
--
Brian Tillman


Or the OP could set up one of the several free mail servers
available.........

There is a way you can cheat it.

On one of your workstations - or better, a server if you have one, install a
copy of MS virtual PC (now free). Set the virtual PC to start up
automatically (using your start up folder), then Install Outlook on the
Virtual PC and have Outlook start automatically on the Virtual PC.

You can then connect to the virtual PC (and the copy of Outlook running on
it) from anywhere on your network using a Remote Desktop Connection directly
to the virtual PC.

Of course this won't work unless the Virtual PC (and the host PC that its
running on) are running when you need to access Outlook from one of your
network workstations (you can get around this by leaving that workstation
running all the time). In addition, there are performance issues with
running Virtual PC (ie: it can be slow - more horsepower is better), and
drag and drop stuff won't work between your desktop and a remote desktop
session, but you can set up drive shares (or folder shares) to pass data
back and forth between all the PC's on your network (including the virtual
PC).

You could just skip the virtual PC part and install Outlook on a workstation
and access that workstation directly using a remote desktop session. That's
probably the best option if you have a spare PC that no one else uses.
Using the virtual PC allows the host workstation to be used by others while
a remote desktop session is active to the virtual PC.

Note that you'll still be limited somewhat; although you'll be able to get
to Outlook from any workstation, only one user at a time can have that
access.

Make sense?

--
Dab

Cut off: yourhead to respond

wrote in message
oups.com...
I know, I know, www.slipstick.com. But I guess what I really want
to get across is just how frustrating it is to have to, in this day and
age, where more and more folks are using home networks, that we Outlook
users have to go to third-party programs to accomplish the sharing that
should be built in to Outlook. This feature really hinders the
potential productivity that Outlook offers. So many of us are over the
learning curve of the sickly sweet GUI of AOL and the narrow reach of
MS Works, and are ready to ride the technological wave of the now, and
of the future. I want to have the ability to share email, scheduling,
contacts, etc., over my home network without becoming an IT
professional in my home (using Exchange ) and without having to find
some other PIM; I really love Outlook!

So my question for you MVPs is, can I do this with Outlook? Will I
ever be able to? Is the MS Live going to be this kind of an option?
Did I vent in the proper forum? I have done my research in the
groups here, and I would like some more insight on why MS has not
developed this possibility more. Thanks!!!

Michelle
(SeaShel)

That is interesting! I will take a look on the MS site for the Virtual
PC and see how it goes. Not a perfect solution, but it just might
work.
Dab wrote:
There is a way you can cheat it.

On one of your workstations - or better, a server if you have one, install a
copy of MS virtual PC (now free). Set the virtual PC to start up
automatically (using your start up folder), then Install Outlook on the
Virtual PC and have Outlook start automatically on the Virtual PC.

You can then connect to the virtual PC (and the copy of Outlook running on
it) from anywhere on your network using a Remote Desktop Connection directly
to the virtual PC.

Of course this won't work unless the Virtual PC (and the host PC that its
running on) are running when you need to access Outlook from one of your
network workstations (you can get around this by leaving that workstation
running all the time). In addition, there are performance issues with
running Virtual PC (ie: it can be slow - more horsepower is better), and
drag and drop stuff won't work between your desktop and a remote desktop
session, but you can set up drive shares (or folder shares) to pass data
back and forth between all the PC's on your network (including the virtual
PC).

You could just skip the virtual PC part and install Outlook on a workstation
and access that workstation directly using a remote desktop session. That's
probably the best option if you have a spare PC that no one else uses.
Using the virtual PC allows the host workstation to be used by others while
a remote desktop session is active to the virtual PC.

Note that you'll still be limited somewhat; although you'll be able to get
to Outlook from any workstation, only one user at a time can have that
access.

Make sense?

--
Dab

Cut off: yourhead to respond

wrote in message
oups.com...
I know, I know, www.slipstick.com. But I guess what I really want
to get across is just how frustrating it is to have to, in this day and
age, where more and more folks are using home networks, that we Outlook
users have to go to third-party programs to accomplish the sharing that
should be built in to Outlook. This feature really hinders the
potential productivity that Outlook offers. So many of us are over the
learning curve of the sickly sweet GUI of AOL and the narrow reach of
MS Works, and are ready to ride the technological wave of the now, and
of the future. I want to have the ability to share email, scheduling,
contacts, etc., over my home network without becoming an IT
professional in my home (using Exchange ) and without having to find
some other PIM; I really love Outlook!

So my question for you MVPs is, can I do this with Outlook? Will I
ever be able to? Is the MS Live going to be this kind of an option?
Did I vent in the proper forum? I have done my research in the
groups here, and I would like some more insight on why MS has not
developed this possibility more. Thanks!!!

Michelle
(SeaShel)