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Author
9 May 2007 9:21 AM
Bangali
Hi,
I am new to Outllok. I use Outlook 2007 in both my desktop and my
laptop. When I have to travel I copy the PST file to my laptop and
viceversa. However, the e-mail account settings are not synchronized
and some passwords lost , so I need to reconfigure all the accounts
every time (4). Is there any solution for this or am I am missing
something ?

Thank you

Bangali

Author
9 May 2007 11:55 AM
K. Orland
The rules & accounts are saved by the Office Save My Settings wizard.

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"Bangali" wrote:

> Hi,
> I am new to Outllok. I use Outlook 2007 in both my desktop and my
> laptop. When I have to travel I copy the PST file to my laptop and
> viceversa. However, the e-mail account settings are not synchronized
> and some passwords lost , so I need to reconfigure all the accounts
> every time (4). Is there any solution for this or am I am missing
> something ?
>
> Thank you
>
> Bangali
>
>
Author
9 May 2007 1:29 PM
Brian Tillman
K. Orland <KOrl***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> The rules & accounts are saved by the Office Save My Settings wizard.

However, Office 2007 doesn't have that wizard.
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Brian Tillman
Author
9 May 2007 3:29 PM
Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]
True but I think the new Vista migration wizard deals with that. Of course,
that doesn't deal with WinXP -> WinXP migrations. Very odd removal.

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> However, Office 2007 doesn't have that wizard.
Author
9 May 2007 4:07 PM
Brian Tillman
Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook] <vi***@omegageek.com> wrote:

> True but I think the new Vista migration wizard deals with that. Of
> course, that doesn't deal with WinXP -> WinXP migrations. Very odd
> removal.

I don't see in the original post any mention of Vista.
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Brian Tillman
Author
9 May 2007 11:58 AM
Brian Tillman
Bangali <bangali.doc***@gmail.com> wrote:

> I am new to Outllok. I use Outlook 2007 in both my desktop and my
> laptop. When I have to travel I copy the PST file to my laptop and
> viceversa. However, the e-mail account settings are not synchronized
> and some passwords lost , so I need to reconfigure all the accounts
> every time (4). Is there any solution for this or am I am missing
> something ?

You must be copying more than the PST, then, because account information is
kept in the registry.  You shouldn't have to reset your accounts each time.
Setting them up in your mail profile once should be all that's needed.
Then, after that, as long as you migrate your data correctly, your account
data will never change.  Describe the exact process you're using to transfer
the PST between systems.  Perhaps you're doing something incorrectly.  Also
review this: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/sync.htm
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Brian Tillman
Author
9 May 2007 5:13 PM
Bangali
Brian,
Thanks a lot for your answer. I have migrated form Eudora that was
much more easier to synch.

You must be copying more than the PST, then, because account
information is
> kept in the registry.  You shouldn't have to reset your accounts each time.
> Setting them up in your mail profile once should be all that's needed.
> Then, after that, as long as you migrate your data correctly, your account
> data will never change.  Describe the exact process you're using to transfer
> the PST between systems.  Perhaps you're doing something incorrectly.  Also
> review this:http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/sync.htm

I have my PST file in DiSK E and Outlook in the default directory in
C. This setting is the same in both computers so I can backup and move
without any problem other data files,. So what I do is to synchronize
DISK E. What this does is to rewrite mail.pst from Disk E >> DIsk E in
both computers. I use Windows XP, not Vista.

Should I change this scenario ?

Thanks
Author
9 May 2007 8:20 PM
Brian Tillman
Bangali <bangali.doc***@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have my PST file in DiSK E and Outlook in the default directory in
> C. This setting is the same in both computers so I can backup and move
> without any problem other data files,. So what I do is to synchronize
> DISK E. What this does is to rewrite mail.pst from Disk E >> DIsk E in
> both computers. I use Windows XP, not Vista.

Never overwrite one PST with another of the same name if that PST is part of
an active mail profile.  You could damage the profile.
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Brian Tillman
Author
10 May 2007 4:58 PM
Bangali
> Never overwrite one PST with another of the same name if that PST is part of
> an active mail profile.  You could damage the profile.

Brian,

I did not know that. Do you recommend any application for doing the
synch. I know you pointed to a link but there are too many to test...

Thanks
Author
10 May 2007 5:57 PM
Brian Tillman
Bangali <bangali.doc***@gmail.com> wrote:

> I did not know that. Do you recommend any application for doing the
> synch. I know you pointed to a link but there are too many to test...

Well, I use a PDA <wink>, so I don't have any first-hand knowledge of which
sync tools are better.
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Brian Tillman
Author
10 May 2007 7:47 PM
Bangali
> Well, I use a PDA <wink>, so I don't have any first-hand knowledge of which
> sync tools are better.
> --
> Brian Tillman

Thanks

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