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ThomasAJ November 13th 06 04:12 AM

How to copy ALL Outlook's 'knowledge' to another PC.
 
I use the word' 'knowledge' to signify Outlook's email settings, signatures
etc.

I know I can import a PST file but that only imports Inbox, Sent, Deleted
etc folders and not say email accounts.

Am I missing something in the IMPORT wizard?

Thanks.
--
Regards
Tom

Brian Tillman November 13th 06 05:19 AM

How to copy ALL Outlook's 'knowledge' to another PC.
 
ThomasAJ wrote:

I use the word' 'knowledge' to signify Outlook's email settings,
signatures etc.

I know I can import a PST file but that only imports Inbox, Sent,
Deleted etc folders and not say email accounts.


Never export to or import from a PST you will lose data.

Whether or not you can move your account data depends on which version of
Outlook you use and you decided that information wasn't important.
--
Brian Tillman


JCat_3 November 13th 06 10:16 PM

How to copy ALL Outlook's 'knowledge' to another PC.
 
Why shouldn't you use Import/export PST? We used that all the time at the
last place I worked. We would export to a PST, delete and recreate their
account on their PC, and then import from the PST. Doing so always cleared
up any issues Outlook was having. This worked for 2002 and 2003 versions.
Thanks.

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

ThomasAJ wrote:

I use the word' 'knowledge' to signify Outlook's email settings,
signatures etc.

I know I can import a PST file but that only imports Inbox, Sent,
Deleted etc folders and not say email accounts.


Never export to or import from a PST you will lose data.

Whether or not you can move your account data depends on which version of
Outlook you use and you decided that information wasn't important.
--
Brian Tillman



Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] November 13th 06 10:59 PM

How to copy ALL Outlook's 'knowledge' to another PC.
 
It works just fine as long as you are willing to part with the following
information each time you do it:
1. Custom Forms
2. Custom Views
3. Connections between contacts and activities
4. Received dates on mail
5. Birthdays and anniversaries in calendar
6. Journal connections
7. Distribution Lists

Copying and reusing a PST file will preserve all of these. That is why we do
not advise people to import a native file into Outlook.
Also, if you are trying importing to create an entire default PST file, you
will corrupt your profile.
Your choice.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"JCat_3" wrote in message
...
Why shouldn't you use Import/export PST? We used that all the time at the
last place I worked. We would export to a PST, delete and recreate their
account on their PC, and then import from the PST. Doing so always
cleared
up any issues Outlook was having. This worked for 2002 and 2003 versions.
Thanks.

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

ThomasAJ wrote:

I use the word' 'knowledge' to signify Outlook's email settings,
signatures etc.

I know I can import a PST file but that only imports Inbox, Sent,
Deleted etc folders and not say email accounts.


Never export to or import from a PST you will lose data.

Whether or not you can move your account data depends on which version of
Outlook you use and you decided that information wasn't important.
--
Brian Tillman






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