Using one personal folder from two PC's

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I have just installed a second PC, and I've installed Outlook 2003 on both
machines which I have 'networked' witht eh XP operating system. I would like
to have one personal folder that is shared between the two PC's for handling
all my Outlook work- Email, Tasks, Contacts, etc.

I have successfully mapped the Personal Folder from the first machine to the
second, but I can't get the second machine to default to it. Basically, I
want both machines to behave identically without having to double enter
everything.


Is this possible, and how do I get accokplish it?

Thanks.
Jeff
 
jtandrews said:
I have successfully mapped the Personal Folder from the first machine
to the second, but I can't get the second machine to default to it.
Basically, I want both machines to behave identically without having
to double enter everything.
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What version of Outlook?
 
jtandrews said:
I have successfully mapped the Personal Folder from the first machine
to the second, but I can't get the second machine to default to it.
Basically, I want both machines to behave identically without having
to double enter everything.
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If the PST is on a network share, you can access that share from the second
machine, and you have added that PST to the second Outlook, click
Tools>E-mail Accounts>Next and specify the shared PST in the "Deliver new
e-mail to the following location" drop-down.

You can't run both Outlooks at the same time, though.
 
Thanks for the input. I am running Outlook 2003 on two PC's that are
networked in my house. I am not worried about security issues as it is only
myself and my wife that are using the PC's.

What I am hoping to accomplish is the ability to look at the same (not
duplicate) information from either machine. Neither of us will use more than
one machine at a time.

Will your solution make the one pst file the default file for all aspects of
Outlook (Contacts, Appointments, Tasks, etc)?

Thanks.
Jeff
 
LOL. I've had days when I was using as many as three machines, two of them running VMs, for a total of five concurrent sessions.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
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