share calendar between two diffrent desktops on a single computer

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Am running XP Pro, single desktop comp. .users on two diffrent desktops want
to share a "public calendar". Is it doable? all help says you need MS
exchange, a single computer does not have it. Seems there should be a way of
sharing an outlook calendar with users with diffrent screen names on the same
computer.

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http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...1319f&dg=microsoft.public.outlook.calendaring
 
Assume you have OL2003. From the menu file/new/outlookdatafile in a folder
that is shared to all users of that PC. Create a .pst file called shared
calendar - you could encrpyt it with password if you wanted to.

You should then have an additional folder on your outlook folder list for
shared calendar - open this up and create a new folder type calendar into
which you put whatever shared items you want to make use of.

This of course will only work with users of the same computer.
 
Take a look here, it may help:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/share.htm


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After furious head scratching, valtal asked:

| Am running XP Pro, single desktop comp. .users on two diffrent
| desktops want to share a "public calendar". Is it doable? all help
| says you need MS exchange, a single computer does not have it. Seems
| there should be a way of sharing an outlook calendar with users with
| diffrent screen names on the same computer.
|
| ----------------
| This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
| suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click
| the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the
| button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft
| Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane.
|
|
http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...1319f&dg=microsoft.public.outlook.calendaring
 
Excellent! I've been looking for days to find this information as clear and
concise as you have done here. Thanks.

It appears however that you can't run the calendars at the same time?: EX
user x is logged on and has the shared calendar open then w/ out closing
outlook, logs off and opens user y profile then trys to access the shared
calendar but receives error message - in use can't access (due to the .pst
file i assume). Solutions? Missed something?
 
panama jack said:
It appears however that you can't run the calendars at the same
time?:
Click to expand...

Correct. A PST can be open by only one instance of Outlook at any one time.
 
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