Bought a new laptop with Office 2007 and Vista Ultimate. How do i bring my
Outlook 2003 SP3 files from my old computer, which was running XP to my new
laptop and make them work in the newer version of Outlook? They should
supply a dummies guide.

Question is answered daily here.
The file you need is your Personal Folders file (*.pst) It's where all the
mail, calendar, contacts etc are stored.

Take a look at these pages for info on Outlook data backup or transfer:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
http://www.howto-outlook.com/Howto/backupandrestore.htm
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...771141033.aspx

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
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Bought a new laptop with Office 2007 and Vista Ultimate. How do i bring
my
Outlook 2003 SP3 files from my old computer, which was running XP to my
new
laptop and make them work in the newer version of Outlook? They should
supply a dummies guide.

First of all you cannot use the Office 2003 SP3 on Office 2007. You will need to
download the Office 2007 SP2 for Office 2007 and install it.

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Peter

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"1440 minutes" 1440 wrote in message
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Bought a new laptop with Office 2007 and Vista Ultimate. How do i bring my
Outlook 2003 SP3 files from my old computer, which was running XP to my new
laptop and make them work in the newer version of Outlook? They should
supply a dummies guide.

The data files from Outlook 2003 SP3 can most certainly be used in Outlook
2007.
Doubt the user is attempting to apply the 2003 SP3 patch to Outlook 2007.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Peter Foldes" wrote in message
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First of all you cannot use the Office 2003 SP3 on Office 2007. You will
need to download the Office 2007 SP2 for Office 2007 and install it.

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"1440 minutes" 1440 wrote in message
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Bought a new laptop with Office 2007 and Vista Ultimate. How do i bring
my
Outlook 2003 SP3 files from my old computer, which was running XP to my
new
laptop and make them work in the newer version of Outlook? They should
supply a dummies guide.

Russ

That is how I understand the OP's original post. Hope he posts back

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"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
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The data files from Outlook 2003 SP3 can most certainly be used in Outlook 2007.
Doubt the user is attempting to apply the 2003 SP3 patch to Outlook 2007.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Peter Foldes" wrote in message
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First of all you cannot use the Office 2003 SP3 on Office 2007. You will need to
download the Office 2007 SP2 for Office 2007 and install it.

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Peter

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"1440 minutes" 1440 wrote in message
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Bought a new laptop with Office 2007 and Vista Ultimate. How do i bring my
Outlook 2003 SP3 files from my old computer, which was running XP to my new
laptop and make them work in the newer version of Outlook? They should
supply a dummies guide.

Really hard to imagine anyone would ever try to apply a patch from an older
version to a newer one. Seems far more likely they would want to migrate
their data from Outlook 2003 SP3 to Outlook 2007.
Sure would be nice if posts were made clearly.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Peter Foldes" wrote in message
...
Russ

That is how I understand the OP's original post. Hope he posts back

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Peter

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"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
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The data files from Outlook 2003 SP3 can most certainly be used in
Outlook 2007.
Doubt the user is attempting to apply the 2003 SP3 patch to Outlook 2007.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Peter Foldes" wrote in message
...
First of all you cannot use the Office 2003 SP3 on Office 2007. You
will need to download the Office 2007 SP2 for Office 2007 and install
it.

--
Peter

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"1440 minutes" 1440 wrote in message
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Bought a new laptop with Office 2007 and Vista Ultimate. How do i
bring my
Outlook 2003 SP3 files from my old computer, which was running XP to my
new
laptop and make them work in the newer version of Outlook? They should
supply a dummies guide.

I was only telling you what operating system and software I had before and
have now. I thought that information might be relevant.

You are correct. I'm just trying to migrate Outlook 2003 data from old
computer to Outlook 2007 on new computer.

I have opened the old *.pst file in my new Outlook program on my new
computer. Shows two groups of personal folders. I didn't quite understand
the instructiions to bring the two groups into one group. Do I have to
delete the Personal Folders that I created in Outlook 2007 when I installed
activated Outlook 2007? If so, will I lose the business contact manager,
whatever that is, that came with Outlook 2007?

By the way, I can't seem to search for email in the folders tha I brought
over. Even when I click on the folder and am looking right at the email, it
comes up empty in the search.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Really hard to imagine anyone would ever try to apply a patch from an older
version to a newer one. Seems far more likely they would want to migrate
their data from Outlook 2003 SP3 to Outlook 2007.
Sure would be nice if posts were made clearly.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Peter Foldes" wrote in message
...
Russ

That is how I understand the OP's original post. Hope he posts back

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Peter

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"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
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The data files from Outlook 2003 SP3 can most certainly be used in
Outlook 2007.
Doubt the user is attempting to apply the 2003 SP3 patch to Outlook 2007.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Peter Foldes" wrote in message
...
First of all you cannot use the Office 2003 SP3 on Office 2007. You
will need to download the Office 2007 SP2 for Office 2007 and install
it.

--
Peter

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"1440 minutes" 1440 wrote in message
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Bought a new laptop with Office 2007 and Vista Ultimate. How do i
bring my
Outlook 2003 SP3 files from my old computer, which was running XP to my
new
laptop and make them work in the newer version of Outlook? They should
supply a dummies guide.