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Sharing Outlook 2003

Author
7 May 2005 3:59 PM
R.Daneel Olivaw
My wife an I both have Outlook 2003 on our computers. We are on a home
network and have no central exchange server. Are there any free ways to
synchronise the two?

Author
7 May 2005 4:17 PM
Gordon
R.Daneel Olivaw wrote:
|| My wife an I both have Outlook 2003 on our computers. We are on a
|| home network and have no central exchange server. Are there any free
|| ways to synchronise the two?

WARNING: This is unsupported by Microsoft. You MUST take frequent backups of
your pst file.
On the one machine, move the pst file to a shared folder. Point Outlook on
that machine to that location.
On the second machine, either move or delete the pst file. On opening
Outlook it will complain that it can't find the pst file. Point it to the
shared folder on the first machine.
WARNING: You can only access the pst file with ONE instance of Outlook at
any one time - ie you cannot both have Outlook open at the same time.

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Gordon Burgess-Parker
Interim Systems and Management Accounting
www.gbpcomputing.co.uk
Author
7 May 2005 5:37 PM
R.Daneel Olivaw
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"Gordon" <gordon***@yahoo.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message
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> R.Daneel Olivaw wrote:
> || My wife an I both have Outlook 2003 on our computers. We are on a
> || home network and have no central exchange server. Are there any free
> || ways to synchronise the two?
>
> WARNING: This is unsupported by Microsoft. You MUST take frequent backups
> of your pst file.
> On the one machine, move the pst file to a shared folder. Point Outlook on
> that machine to that location.
> On the second machine, either move or delete the pst file. On opening
> Outlook it will complain that it can't find the pst file. Point it to the
> shared folder on the first machine.
> WARNING: You can only access the pst file with ONE instance of Outlook at
> any one time - ie you cannot both have Outlook open at the same time.
>
> --
> Gordon Burgess-Parker
> Interim Systems and Management Accounting
> www.gbpcomputing.co.uk
>

Thanx - we do tend to use Outlook both at the same time so this might
exclude this method.
Author
8 May 2005 8:11 PM
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
Take a look here, it may help:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/sync.htm


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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, R.Daneel Olivaw asked:

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| My wife an I both have Outlook 2003 on our computers. We are on a home
| network and have no central exchange server. Are there any free ways
| to synchronise the two?

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