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  #1  
Old July 31st 08, 01:55 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.installation
plegge1104
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Default Transferring from XP to Vista

I purchased a new laptop with Vista, and for several months have been using
the new one and my old one, which has XP. I had never used Outlook 2003 on
the "old" laptop, just Outlook Express. I use the Vista version of OE on my
"new" laptop to store my gmail messages, and I have set up Outlook 2003 on
the "new" laptop specifically for a business venture I wish to begin.

Well, after using easy transfer from the old to the new, my Outlook account
seems to have been transferred to the Mail (old OE) account, and I don't know
what's happening with Outlook, I'm too upset to try to figure it out.

I think I have everything, EXCEPT the Outlook account that existed before
the transfer. Is all that information living somewhere and can I find it and
get it back?

Thank you.


  #2  
Old July 31st 08, 03:07 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.installation
DL
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Default Transferring from XP to Vista

Has your old OE mail & addresses been transfered to Vista Mail successfully?
Outlook is not an account its an applictaion.
What happens if you start Outlook (with Mail closed)?

"plegge1104" wrote in message
...
I purchased a new laptop with Vista, and for several months have been using
the new one and my old one, which has XP. I had never used Outlook 2003
on
the "old" laptop, just Outlook Express. I use the Vista version of OE on
my
"new" laptop to store my gmail messages, and I have set up Outlook 2003 on
the "new" laptop specifically for a business venture I wish to begin.

Well, after using easy transfer from the old to the new, my Outlook
account
seems to have been transferred to the Mail (old OE) account, and I don't
know
what's happening with Outlook, I'm too upset to try to figure it out.

I think I have everything, EXCEPT the Outlook account that existed before
the transfer. Is all that information living somewhere and can I find it
and
get it back?

Thank you.




  #3  
Old July 31st 08, 04:35 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.installation
plegge1104
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Default Transferring from XP to Vista

I already had Outlook configured on my "new" laptop. When I open it now, it
shows the leftovers of when I tried to use Outlook on my "old" laptop.
Messages are from 2005.

"DL" wrote:

Has your old OE mail & addresses been transfered to Vista Mail successfully?
Outlook is not an account its an applictaion.
What happens if you start Outlook (with Mail closed)?

"plegge1104" wrote in message
...
I purchased a new laptop with Vista, and for several months have been using
the new one and my old one, which has XP. I had never used Outlook 2003
on
the "old" laptop, just Outlook Express. I use the Vista version of OE on
my
"new" laptop to store my gmail messages, and I have set up Outlook 2003 on
the "new" laptop specifically for a business venture I wish to begin.

Well, after using easy transfer from the old to the new, my Outlook
account
seems to have been transferred to the Mail (old OE) account, and I don't
know
what's happening with Outlook, I'm too upset to try to figure it out.

I think I have everything, EXCEPT the Outlook account that existed before
the transfer. Is all that information living somewhere and can I find it
and
get it back?

Thank you.





  #4  
Old July 31st 08, 03:11 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.installation
Roady [MVP]
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Default Transferring from XP to Vista

If you've never used Outlook on the old computer then of course nothing is
transferred or configured automagically.
Outlook Express, Windows Mail and Microsoft Office Outlook are all separate
mail clients and only Outlook Express and Windows Mail are in the same line
of family so your OE data gets transferred to Windows Mail.

If you want to move away from Windows Mail and start using Outlook 2003 then
you'll need to configure your mail account in Outlook first. After that use
the Export feature from within Windows Mail to export your items to Outlook
2003.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

http://www.msoutlook.info/
Real World Questions, Real World Answers

-----

"plegge1104" wrote in message
...
I purchased a new laptop with Vista, and for several months have been
using
the new one and my old one, which has XP. I had never used Outlook 2003
on
the "old" laptop, just Outlook Express. I use the Vista version of OE on
my
"new" laptop to store my gmail messages, and I have set up Outlook 2003 on
the "new" laptop specifically for a business venture I wish to begin.

Well, after using easy transfer from the old to the new, my Outlook
account
seems to have been transferred to the Mail (old OE) account, and I don't
know
what's happening with Outlook, I'm too upset to try to figure it out.

I think I have everything, EXCEPT the Outlook account that existed before
the transfer. Is all that information living somewhere and can I find it
and
get it back?

Thank you.


  #5  
Old July 31st 08, 04:38 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.installation
plegge1104
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Default Transferring from XP to Vista

I was already using Outlook on my "new" laptop, and now it's replaced by
messages from 2005 on my "old" laptop.

Should I use system restore to get things back where they were right after
the transfer?? The account I had in Outlook on the "new" machine looked like
it had moved to Mail as a new account there.

"Roady [MVP]" wrote:

If you've never used Outlook on the old computer then of course nothing is
transferred or configured automagically.
Outlook Express, Windows Mail and Microsoft Office Outlook are all separate
mail clients and only Outlook Express and Windows Mail are in the same line
of family so your OE data gets transferred to Windows Mail.

If you want to move away from Windows Mail and start using Outlook 2003 then
you'll need to configure your mail account in Outlook first. After that use
the Export feature from within Windows Mail to export your items to Outlook
2003.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

http://www.msoutlook.info/
Real World Questions, Real World Answers

-----

"plegge1104" wrote in message
...
I purchased a new laptop with Vista, and for several months have been
using
the new one and my old one, which has XP. I had never used Outlook 2003
on
the "old" laptop, just Outlook Express. I use the Vista version of OE on
my
"new" laptop to store my gmail messages, and I have set up Outlook 2003 on
the "new" laptop specifically for a business venture I wish to begin.

Well, after using easy transfer from the old to the new, my Outlook
account
seems to have been transferred to the Mail (old OE) account, and I don't
know
what's happening with Outlook, I'm too upset to try to figure it out.

I think I have everything, EXCEPT the Outlook account that existed before
the transfer. Is all that information living somewhere and can I find it
and
get it back?

Thank you.


  #6  
Old July 31st 08, 08:03 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.installation
Brian Tillman
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Default Transferring from XP to Vista

plegge1104 wrote:

I was already using Outlook on my "new" laptop, and now it's replaced
by messages from 2005 on my "old" laptop.


Perhaps a side-effect of Windows Easy Transfer, which more often than not
screws things up. Describe exactly the steps you performed in WET.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

  #7  
Old July 31st 08, 09:27 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.installation
DL
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Posts: 2,598
Default Transferring from XP to Vista

System restore does nothing with data files, only sys files

If you were using OL on the new system, and it contained current mail, then
you made the mistake of using easy transfer, and now when you open OL it
only contains old mail, then it may be that anothers set of personal folders
have been created.
Search your hard drive, to include hidden for *.pst, what is the result?

"plegge1104" wrote in message
...
I was already using Outlook on my "new" laptop, and now it's replaced by
messages from 2005 on my "old" laptop.

Should I use system restore to get things back where they were right after
the transfer?? The account I had in Outlook on the "new" machine looked
like
it had moved to Mail as a new account there.

"Roady [MVP]" wrote:

If you've never used Outlook on the old computer then of course nothing
is
transferred or configured automagically.
Outlook Express, Windows Mail and Microsoft Office Outlook are all
separate
mail clients and only Outlook Express and Windows Mail are in the same
line
of family so your OE data gets transferred to Windows Mail.

If you want to move away from Windows Mail and start using Outlook 2003
then
you'll need to configure your mail account in Outlook first. After that
use
the Export feature from within Windows Mail to export your items to
Outlook
2003.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

http://www.msoutlook.info/
Real World Questions, Real World Answers

-----

"plegge1104" wrote in message
...
I purchased a new laptop with Vista, and for several months have been
using
the new one and my old one, which has XP. I had never used Outlook
2003
on
the "old" laptop, just Outlook Express. I use the Vista version of OE
on
my
"new" laptop to store my gmail messages, and I have set up Outlook 2003
on
the "new" laptop specifically for a business venture I wish to begin.

Well, after using easy transfer from the old to the new, my Outlook
account
seems to have been transferred to the Mail (old OE) account, and I
don't
know
what's happening with Outlook, I'm too upset to try to figure it out.

I think I have everything, EXCEPT the Outlook account that existed
before
the transfer. Is all that information living somewhere and can I find
it
and
get it back?

Thank you.




  #8  
Old July 31st 08, 11:00 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.installation
Roady [MVP]
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Posts: 2,620
Default Transferring from XP to Vista

then it may be that anothers set of personal folders have been created.
Or overwritten as you overwrote your files and settings with WET.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

http://www.msoutlook.info/
Real World Questions, Real World Answers

-----

"DL" address@invalid wrote in message
...
System restore does nothing with data files, only sys files

If you were using OL on the new system, and it contained current mail,
then you made the mistake of using easy transfer, and now when you open OL
it only contains old mail, then it may be that anothers set of personal
folders have been created.
Search your hard drive, to include hidden for *.pst, what is the result?

"plegge1104" wrote in message
...
I was already using Outlook on my "new" laptop, and now it's replaced by
messages from 2005 on my "old" laptop.

Should I use system restore to get things back where they were right
after
the transfer?? The account I had in Outlook on the "new" machine looked
like
it had moved to Mail as a new account there.

"Roady [MVP]" wrote:

If you've never used Outlook on the old computer then of course nothing
is
transferred or configured automagically.
Outlook Express, Windows Mail and Microsoft Office Outlook are all
separate
mail clients and only Outlook Express and Windows Mail are in the same
line
of family so your OE data gets transferred to Windows Mail.

If you want to move away from Windows Mail and start using Outlook 2003
then
you'll need to configure your mail account in Outlook first. After that
use
the Export feature from within Windows Mail to export your items to
Outlook
2003.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

http://www.msoutlook.info/
Real World Questions, Real World Answers

-----

"plegge1104" wrote in message
...
I purchased a new laptop with Vista, and for several months have been
using
the new one and my old one, which has XP. I had never used Outlook
2003
on
the "old" laptop, just Outlook Express. I use the Vista version of OE
on
my
"new" laptop to store my gmail messages, and I have set up Outlook
2003 on
the "new" laptop specifically for a business venture I wish to begin.

Well, after using easy transfer from the old to the new, my Outlook
account
seems to have been transferred to the Mail (old OE) account, and I
don't
know
what's happening with Outlook, I'm too upset to try to figure it out.

I think I have everything, EXCEPT the Outlook account that existed
before
the transfer. Is all that information living somewhere and can I find
it
and
get it back?

Thank you.




 




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