I need to transfer Outlook data from 4 XP Pro machines running in a
Peer to Peer LAN [not a server based domain and Exchange] to new
machines running Vistas Business , after reading several articles
online and testing with unreliable results I am really confused with
it all.
It's a cinch to export/import emails and address book data with
Outlook Express but Outlook is of course a different animal, so I
would appreciate a helping hand from someone knowledgeable.
Is there a way as simple as the Outlook Express method ?.

rgds
Roberto

"Roberto le Cornielle" wrote in message
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I need to transfer Outlook data from 4 XP Pro machines running in
a Peer to Peer LAN [not a server based domain and Exchange] to new
machines running Vistas Business , after reading several articles
online and testing with unreliable results I am really confused with
it all.
It's a cinch to export/import emails and address book data with
Outlook Express but Outlook is of course a different animal, so I
would appreciate a helping hand from someone knowledgeable.
Is there a way as simple as the Outlook Express method ?.


Yes, except you do NOT use import/export.

take a look he
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ou...771141033.aspx

more info he

http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
http://www.howto-outlook.com/Howto/backupandrestore.htm

HTH

http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm should get you going

"Roberto le Cornielle" wrote in message
...
I need to transfer Outlook data from 4 XP Pro machines running in
a Peer to Peer LAN [not a server based domain and Exchange] to new
machines running Vistas Business , after reading several articles
online and testing with unreliable results I am really confused with
it all.
It's a cinch to export/import emails and address book data with
Outlook Express but Outlook is of course a different animal, so I
would appreciate a helping hand from someone knowledgeable.
Is there a way as simple as the Outlook Express method ?.

rgds
Roberto

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

rgds
Roberto

"DL" address@invalid wrote in message
...
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm should get you
going

"Roberto le Cornielle" wrote in message
...
I need to transfer Outlook data from 4 XP Pro machines running in
a Peer to Peer LAN [not a server based domain and Exchange] to new
machines running Vistas Business , after reading several articles
online and testing with unreliable results I am really confused with
it all.
It's a cinch to export/import emails and address book data with
Outlook Express but Outlook is of course a different animal, so I
would appreciate a helping hand from someone knowledgeable.
Is there a way as simple as the Outlook Express method ?.

rgds
Roberto

"Roberto le Cornielle" wrote in message
...
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....

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
...
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....

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
...
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
...
"Roberto le Cornielle" wrote in message
...
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....

That would probably corrupt the outlook Profile
I dont believe you mentioned the version of Outlook on your old & new PC's,
which may have a baring.

"Roberto le Cornielle" wrote in message
...
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

rgds
Roberto

"DL" address@invalid wrote in message
...
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm should get you
going

"Roberto le Cornielle" wrote in message
...
I need to transfer Outlook data from 4 XP Pro machines running in
a Peer to Peer LAN [not a server based domain and Exchange] to new
machines running Vistas Business , after reading several articles
online and testing with unreliable results I am really confused with
it all.
It's a cinch to export/import emails and address book data with
Outlook Express but Outlook is of course a different animal, so I
would appreciate a helping hand from someone knowledgeable.
Is there a way as simple as the Outlook Express method ?.

rgds
Roberto