Only a single instance of OL can access a pst file ie only the one OL can be
open.
The use of the pst over a network is not supported by OL, as it can lead to
corruption

"Neil" wrote in message
. net...
I have Outlook 2003 on my desktop computer and my laptop computer, which
are
connected with a router, and are both running Windows XP. I would like the
laptop computer to be able to use the Outlook data from the desktop
computer
when it's on the network. I went to File | Date File Management, and added
the desktop computer's PST file to the Outlook.pst file that was already
there. However, the desktop computer's data didn't appear in the laptop's
copy of Outlook. Is there something else I need to do, or do I need to
have
Exchange running on my home network to get this to work?

Thanks!

Neil