In setting up a new system, I have copied the address book from my old
machine to the new default location on the new computer but the addresses
don't show up in OE. I have the TOM.WAB located in C:\Documents and
Settings\Tom\Application Data\Microsoft\Address folder but when I open OE
and check the Address book, it only shows addresses that been replied to
since I set up the new computer. These turn out to be address that are
listed in the Main Identity Contacts and I see no mention of Tom's Contacts
with almost 1000 names and groups. If I use the Explorer to find the
TOM.WAB file and open it manually, I see both the Main Identity Contacts
(few) and Tom's Contacts (many). I need to be able to access Tom's Contacts
in OE,.

I bought this laptop from Best Buy and it was a floor/demo model. They
supposedly removed all their demo softsware and set up my logon as Tom.
But, when it boots up, it comes up in a user (named Kiosk) that I can't
delete because they didn't provide me with the password. I always have to
log off that identity and log onto Tom. I think this is what is causing the
problem in Address Book. Unfortunately, I am in Asia and can't get back to
that store for a few more weeks.

Any help will be appreciated,

Tom

Try going to File | Import | Address Book and then point to the wab file.
Make sure its not read only.

steve

"Tom Brown" wrote in message
...
In setting up a new system, I have copied the address book from my old
machine to the new default location on the new computer but the addresses
don't show up in OE. I have the TOM.WAB located in C:\Documents and
Settings\Tom\Application Data\Microsoft\Address folder but when I open OE
and check the Address book, it only shows addresses that been replied to
since I set up the new computer. These turn out to be address that are
listed in the Main Identity Contacts and I see no mention of Tom's
Contacts with almost 1000 names and groups. If I use the Explorer to find
the TOM.WAB file and open it manually, I see both the Main Identity
Contacts (few) and Tom's Contacts (many). I need to be able to access
Tom's Contacts in OE,.

I bought this laptop from Best Buy and it was a floor/demo model. They
supposedly removed all their demo softsware and set up my logon as Tom.
But, when it boots up, it comes up in a user (named Kiosk) that I can't
delete because they didn't provide me with the password. I always have to
log off that identity and log onto Tom. I think this is what is causing
the problem in Address Book. Unfortunately, I am in Asia and can't get
back to that store for a few more weeks.

Any help will be appreciated,

Tom

Thanks Steve. That did it! It's strange to import addresses from the same
file I was trying to import them into but it worked.

Now if you can guide me to a way to have it boot directly to MY identity
instead of one that I don't have a password for, I"ll be all fixed up.

Thanks again,

Tom

"Steve Cochran" wrote in message
...
Try going to File | Import | Address Book and then point to the wab file.
Make sure its not read only.

steve

"Tom Brown" wrote in message
...
In setting up a new system, I have copied the address book from my old
machine to the new default location on the new computer but the addresses
don't show up in OE. I have the TOM.WAB located in C:\Documents and
Settings\Tom\Application Data\Microsoft\Address folder but when I open OE
and check the Address book, it only shows addresses that been replied to
since I set up the new computer. These turn out to be address that are
listed in the Main Identity Contacts and I see no mention of Tom's
Contacts with almost 1000 names and groups. If I use the Explorer to
find the TOM.WAB file and open it manually, I see both the Main Identity
Contacts (few) and Tom's Contacts (many). I need to be able to access
Tom's Contacts in OE,.

I bought this laptop from Best Buy and it was a floor/demo model. They
supposedly removed all their demo softsware and set up my logon as Tom.
But, when it boots up, it comes up in a user (named Kiosk) that I can't
delete because they didn't provide me with the password. I always have
to log off that identity and log onto Tom. I think this is what is
causing the problem in Address Book. Unfortunately, I am in Asia and
can't get back to that store for a few more weeks.

Any help will be appreciated,

Tom

If you can find out what the long Identity number is for that Identity, then
you can delete it in the registry under this key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities

but you might want to leave well enough alone.

steve



"Tom Brown" wrote in message
...
Thanks Steve. That did it! It's strange to import addresses from the
same file I was trying to import them into but it worked.

Now if you can guide me to a way to have it boot directly to MY identity
instead of one that I don't have a password for, I"ll be all fixed up.

Thanks again,

Tom

"Steve Cochran" wrote in message
...
Try going to File | Import | Address Book and then point to the wab file.
Make sure its not read only.

steve

"Tom Brown" wrote in message
...
In setting up a new system, I have copied the address book from my old
machine to the new default location on the new computer but the
addresses don't show up in OE. I have the TOM.WAB located in
C:\Documents and Settings\Tom\Application Data\Microsoft\Address folder
but when I open OE and check the Address book, it only shows addresses
that been replied to since I set up the new computer. These turn out to
be address that are listed in the Main Identity Contacts and I see no
mention of Tom's Contacts with almost 1000 names and groups. If I use
the Explorer to find the TOM.WAB file and open it manually, I see both
the Main Identity Contacts (few) and Tom's Contacts (many). I need to
be able to access Tom's Contacts in OE,.

I bought this laptop from Best Buy and it was a floor/demo model. They
supposedly removed all their demo softsware and set up my logon as Tom.
But, when it boots up, it comes up in a user (named Kiosk) that I can't
delete because they didn't provide me with the password. I always have
to log off that identity and log onto Tom. I think this is what is
causing the problem in Address Book. Unfortunately, I am in Asia and
can't get back to that store for a few more weeks.

Any help will be appreciated,

Tom

Steve,
Tom is talking about a passworded XP user.

Tom,
You need to delete the passworded user.
"How to create and configure user accounts in Windows XP"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/279783
--
Ronald Sommer


"Steve Cochran" wrote in message
...
: If you can find out what the long Identity number is for that Identity,
then
: you can delete it in the registry under this key:
:
: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities
:
: but you might want to leave well enough alone.
:
: steve
:
:
:
: "Tom Brown" wrote in message
: ...
: Thanks Steve. That did it! It's strange to import addresses from the
: same file I was trying to import them into but it worked.
:
: Now if you can guide me to a way to have it boot directly to MY identity
: instead of one that I don't have a password for, I"ll be all fixed up.
:
: Thanks again,
:
: Tom
:
: "Steve Cochran" wrote in message
: ...
: Try going to File | Import | Address Book and then point to the wab
file.
: Make sure its not read only.
:
: steve
:
: "Tom Brown" wrote in message
: ...
: In setting up a new system, I have copied the address book from my old
: machine to the new default location on the new computer but the
: addresses don't show up in OE. I have the TOM.WAB located in
: C:\Documents and Settings\Tom\Application Data\Microsoft\Address
folder
: but when I open OE and check the Address book, it only shows addresses
: that been replied to since I set up the new computer. These turn out
to
: be address that are listed in the Main Identity Contacts and I see no
: mention of Tom's Contacts with almost 1000 names and groups. If I use
: the Explorer to find the TOM.WAB file and open it manually, I see both
: the Main Identity Contacts (few) and Tom's Contacts (many). I need to
: be able to access Tom's Contacts in OE,.
:
: I bought this laptop from Best Buy and it was a floor/demo model.
They
: supposedly removed all their demo softsware and set up my logon as
Tom.
: But, when it boots up, it comes up in a user (named Kiosk) that I
can't
: delete because they didn't provide me with the password. I always
have
: to log off that identity and log onto Tom. I think this is what is
: causing the problem in Address Book. Unfortunately, I am in Asia and
: can't get back to that store for a few more weeks.
:
: Any help will be appreciated,
:
: Tom
:
:
:
:
:
:

Ron,

Yes, I need to delete that account. But, it is password protected and I
can't delete it without logging off it which requires a password.

Tom


"Ron Sommer" wrote in message
...
Steve,
Tom is talking about a passworded XP user.

Tom,
You need to delete the passworded user.
"How to create and configure user accounts in Windows XP"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/279783
--
Ronald Sommer


"Steve Cochran" wrote in message
...
: If you can find out what the long Identity number is for that Identity,
then
: you can delete it in the registry under this key:
:
: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities
:
: but you might want to leave well enough alone.
:
: steve
:
:
:
: "Tom Brown" wrote in message
: ...
: Thanks Steve. That did it! It's strange to import addresses from the
: same file I was trying to import them into but it worked.
:
: Now if you can guide me to a way to have it boot directly to MY
identity
: instead of one that I don't have a password for, I"ll be all fixed
up.
:
: Thanks again,
:
: Tom
:
: "Steve Cochran" wrote in message
: ...
: Try going to File | Import | Address Book and then point to the wab
file.
: Make sure its not read only.
:
: steve
:
: "Tom Brown" wrote in message
: ...
: In setting up a new system, I have copied the address book from my
old
: machine to the new default location on the new computer but the
: addresses don't show up in OE. I have the TOM.WAB located in
: C:\Documents and Settings\Tom\Application Data\Microsoft\Address
folder
: but when I open OE and check the Address book, it only shows
addresses
: that been replied to since I set up the new computer. These turn
out
to
: be address that are listed in the Main Identity Contacts and I see
no
: mention of Tom's Contacts with almost 1000 names and groups. If I
use
: the Explorer to find the TOM.WAB file and open it manually, I see
both
: the Main Identity Contacts (few) and Tom's Contacts (many). I need
to
: be able to access Tom's Contacts in OE,.
:
: I bought this laptop from Best Buy and it was a floor/demo model.
They
: supposedly removed all their demo softsware and set up my logon as
Tom.
: But, when it boots up, it comes up in a user (named Kiosk) that I
can't
: delete because they didn't provide me with the password. I always
have
: to log off that identity and log onto Tom. I think this is what is
: causing the problem in Address Book. Unfortunately, I am in Asia
and
: can't get back to that store for a few more weeks.
:
: Any help will be appreciated,
:
: Tom
:
:
:
:
:
:

"Tom Brown" wrote in message
...
Ron,

Yes, I need to delete that account. But, it is password protected and I
can't delete it without logging off it which requires a password.


See http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#delnopass

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Answer in newsgroup. Don't expect an answer to email.

Frank,

Thanks for that tip but I seem to have gotten off the OE track.

I am not as worried about an OE Identity as I am about deleting a Windoes
USER that I don't have a password for. That may be a question for another
news group. As I said, it boots up as the other person without asking me
for a password. Then, I have to switch to my username. It's a PITA.

Thanks,

Tom


"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote in message
...
"Tom Brown" wrote in message
...
Ron,

Yes, I need to delete that account. But, it is password protected and I
can't delete it without logging off it which requires a password.


See http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#delnopass

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Answer in newsgroup. Don't expect an answer to email.

Boot into Safe mode as Administrator and remove the old user. See if it
will let you without having a password.

steve

"Tom Brown" wrote in message
...
Frank,

Thanks for that tip but I seem to have gotten off the OE track.

I am not as worried about an OE Identity as I am about deleting a Windoes
USER that I don't have a password for. That may be a question for another
news group. As I said, it boots up as the other person without asking me
for a password. Then, I have to switch to my username. It's a PITA.

Thanks,

Tom


"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote in message
...
"Tom Brown" wrote in message
...
Ron,

Yes, I need to delete that account. But, it is password protected and I
can't delete it without logging off it which requires a password.


See http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#delnopass

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Answer in newsgroup. Don't expect an answer to email.