"Shari" wrote in message
...
No. Didn't realize that I had to do that. So I create another account
identical to it? Do I have to keep them separate then and just use the
old
one for reference? Or is there a way to merge them one I create the new
one?

Thanks.


I think you are confused. Email accounts and Outlook data (emails, contacts
etc) are two entirely different things.
In Outlook do Tools-Account Settings and in the Email tab (which opens
first) do you see any email account set up?

Thanks. I had done that already. When I went in today everything was fine.
I appreciate your help though.


"Gordon" wrote:


"Shari" wrote in message
...
No. Didn't realize that I had to do that. So I create another account
identical to it? Do I have to keep them separate then and just use the
old
one for reference? Or is there a way to merge them one I create the new
one?

Thanks.


I think you are confused. Email accounts and Outlook data (emails, contacts
etc) are two entirely different things.
In Outlook do Tools-Account Settings and in the Email tab (which opens
first) do you see any email account set up?

"Shari" wrote in message
...
Thanks. I had done that already. When I went in today everything was
fine.
I appreciate your help though.


YW!

I have the same problem as Sarah - I knew how to import - but when I get to
that place it tells me I do not have permission to preform the task - i am
the only user - the owner - ???? Who do I get permission?

"DL" wrote:

See if this helps
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm

"Sarah" wrote in message
...
Hi,
I have a new computer and need to transfer my outlook over from my laptop.
Am using 2003, which is installed on my new computer also. I've been
searching these q&a's, and see that I will need to "copy to a pst file"?
What
is this, where do I find it, and how to I execute it??? And if any of
you
clever people choose to help me, you will have to talk r-e-a-l-l-y
s-l-o-w-l-y, as I'm very sorry, but I don't speak your language.
--
Regards,
Sarah

"wrba" wrote in message
...
I have the same problem as Sarah - I knew how to import - but when I get
to
that place it tells me I do not have permission to preform the task - i am
the only user - the owner - ???? Who do I get permission?


You don't. DO NOT IMPORT.
Copy the pst file to your HDD. Somewhere in your Documents folder is best.
Right-click on the file. Choose Properties and make sure the Read-Only
attribute is not checked.
Then in Outlook do File-Open-Outlook Data File and navigate to where you put
it.

You need to find and copy the *.pst file. I believe in Outlook 2003 it was
called outlook.pst

In Outlook 2007 it is called Personal Folders(1).pst

Also, it is possible if you copy that file to a CD and then transfer that
file, the file in question might have its properties changed to being Read
Only. You'll need to uncheck that once you have that file in place it needs
to be. I had that happen to me.

So, first do a Search for that *.pst file on your old computer. If all of
this seems a bit too much for you, have a friend who knows more about
computers help you through this. This stuff is not exactly intuitive ...
though it is doable.

.... just trying to help, DH


"wrba" wrote in message
...
I have the same problem as Sarah - I knew how to import - but when I get to
that place it tells me I do not have permission to preform the task - i am
the only user - the owner - ???? Who do I get permission?

"DL" wrote:

See if this helps
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm

"Sarah" wrote in message
...
Hi,
I have a new computer and need to transfer my outlook over from my
laptop.
Am using 2003, which is installed on my new computer also. I've been
searching these q&a's, and see that I will need to "copy to a pst
file"?
What
is this, where do I find it, and how to I execute it??? And if any of
you
clever people choose to help me, you will have to talk r-e-a-l-l-y
s-l-o-w-l-y, as I'm very sorry, but I don't speak your language.
--
Regards,
Sarah

"Dave Horne" wrote in message
...

You need to find and copy the *.pst file. I believe in Outlook 2003 it was
called outlook.pst

In Outlook 2007 it is called Personal Folders(1).pst

The name of a PST isn't fixed. It can be named anything the person creating
it wants.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

Russ
I have copied the pst file from my old xp/outlook 2007 to a cd and loaded it
onto my new win7 computer running outlook 2007 also. But when I tried to
take the read only attribute away, I got a message that I did not have
administrative rights to do so. Ever run into this? Note, neither outlook
is from an administrative account, and I was unable to get access even when I
tried to change the read only status from my admin account.


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Two things:
1. You forgot to remove the read only attribute the files acquired from
being on a CD
2. You imported. Never import Outlook data. Just open the file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"pshapiro" wrote in message
...
I followed the link, copied the files from my old computer (with Outlook
2003) called backup.pst (that I created by exporting in the old Outlook)
and
archive.pst -- I copied them onto an external hard disk, then hooked up
the
hard disk to my new computer. When I tried to import them into Outlook
(2007) on the new computer (Vista), I got a message saying "File access
denied. You do not have permission required to access the file
F:\backup.pst". I also tried just to follow the "Open" command in
Outlook,
and I got the same message. Same message also appeared when I tried to
open
the archive.pst alone.

What am I doing wrong?

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

It can be used but we recommended upgrading to the new pst format.
See http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ansi-to-unicode.asp

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
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"Whitestone" wrote in message
...
I have read the How To link several times and it seems to address
moving
data
from same version to same version. I want to move all data from
Outlook
2002
SP3 to Outlook 2007 (new laptop). I assume (#*!) that the 2002 pst
file
has
changed structure and can not be used in 2007. What is the proper
procedure
to get my data safely and completely transferred?

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

For the record: you never import Outlook data unless you want to
change
it
or lose it. Use the instructions in the link, not the one from mrb.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"mrb" wrote in message
...
I used this to transfer between outlook 2003 and 2007 (copy the pst
on
the
old machine / version and import it like a restore and it worked
fine.

"DL" wrote:

See if this helps
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm

"Sarah" wrote in message
...
Hi,
I have a new computer and need to transfer my outlook over from
my
laptop.
Am using 2003, which is installed on my new computer also. I've
been
searching these q&a's, and see that I will need to "copy to a pst
file"?
What
is this, where do I find it, and how to I execute it??? And if
any
of
you
clever people choose to help me, you will have to talk
r-e-a-l-l-y
s-l-o-w-l-y, as I'm very sorry, but I don't speak your language.
--
Regards,
Sarah

"howdgold" wrote in message
...
Russ
I have copied the pst file from my old xp/outlook 2007 to a cd and loaded
it
onto my new win7 computer running outlook 2007 also. But when I tried to
take the read only attribute away, I got a message that I did not have
administrative rights to do so. Ever run into this? Note, neither
outlook
is from an administrative account, and I was unable to get access even
when I
tried to change the read only status from my admin account.

So where did you copy this pst file TO on the Windows 7 computer? You need
to copy it to where your User account has FULL read/write privileges - like
your Documents folder.