Copy Outlook address book to a second computer on network?

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I have 2 computers on my home network. I want to transfer my Outlook account
(along with address book and personal files) from computer 1 to computer 2.
Then I will only use Outlook on computer 2. Anyone know how to do this? (I
already have the Outlook application installed on computer 2, and I have
copied over my .pst files.)
 
technomidget said:
I have 2 computers on my home network. I want to transfer my Outlook
account (along with address book and personal files) from computer 1
to computer 2. Then I will only use Outlook on computer 2. Anyone
know how to do this? (I already have the Outlook application
installed on computer 2, and I have copied over my .pst files.)
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Outlook doesn't have an "address book". The Contacts folder is where all
your contacts reside. The "address book" interface is just a view of your
Contacts folder. If you don't see your contact addresses in the address
book, it's because you either transferred the PST incorrectly or improperly
connected it to your mail profile. One of the more common mistakes is
thinking you should use export and import. See this for starters:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/287563/en-us
 
technomidget said:
I have 2 computers on my home network. I want to transfer my Outlook
account (along with address book and personal files) from computer 1
to computer 2. Then I will only use Outlook on computer 2. Anyone
know how to do this? (I already have the Outlook application
installed on computer 2, and I have copied over my .pst files.)
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In general, it's better to recreate the accounts manually on the second
machine. If you use Outlook 2003, Office comes with a Save My Settings
Wizard, which can do the job, but no other version has that wizard.
 
Brian Tillman said:
Outlook doesn't have an "address book". The Contacts folder is where all
your contacts reside. The "address book" interface is just a view of your
Contacts folder. If you don't see your contact addresses in the address
book, it's because you either transferred the PST incorrectly or improperly
connected it to your mail profile. One of the more common mistakes is
thinking you should use export and import. See this for starters:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/287563/en-us
Click to expand...
 
Brian Tillman said:
In general, it's better to recreate the accounts manually on the second
machine. If you use Outlook 2003, Office comes with a Save My Settings
Wizard, which can do the job, but no other version has that wizard.
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What about using the backup and restore function? Keeping my laptop and
desktop contacts synched is one of my life's largest pains.

Thx, pjl
 
Paul Lady said:
What about using the backup and restore function? Keeping my laptop
and desktop contacts synched is one of my life's largest pains.
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The mail profile is kept in the registry. File system backup/restore
applications don't touch the registry.
 
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