Both Outlook 2003 and 2007 are fully supported on Vista and obviate this
problem.
In theory, an upgrade installation of Office should work and leave your data
intact. Microsoft even claims it does. In reality, it does not work well for
Outlook, and for that reason I never recommend it.
I recommend backing up all your Outlook data carefully, installing a new
Office version clean, then migrating your Outlook data to your new
installation.
Take a look at these pages for info on Outlook data backup or transfer:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
http://www.howto-outlook.com/Howto/backupandrestore.htm
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...771141033.aspx

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Gene" wrote in message
...
Russ,

I have the same challenge with password retention. What I am hoping I can
do is install Office 2007 and upgrade my Outlook 2002 at the same time.
Is
that possible without losing my emails, tasks, calendar, etc.?

I have a new Windows Vista computer but I am unsure which version of
Office
I need to purchase in order to achieve this objective.

Thanks,

Gene

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

I don't understand why you would upgrade an entire operating system
without
checking to see if an application that has been years out of mainstream
support would still work. Ultimately, the end user is the one who must
take
responsibility for making wise purchase decisions. As a general rule one
should never upgrade an OS if any of the software they need to use is
more
than 2 years old.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"l-srothstein" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the info. Again Microsoft doesn't seem to want to support
its
users.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You can't.
http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/vista.htm

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"l-srothstein" wrote in
message
...
I installed Office XP on my new Vista Home Premium machine. Outlook
works
fine, but the system won't keep the e-mail account password. I am
using
POP
and SMTP. Any ideas how to correct this?