I have searched on this and did not find an answer. I apologize if this is
answered elsewhere. My "contacts" are not available to me when I click on
the TO box to select. On my previous PC, when I clicked on TO, I could
select that I wanted it to look in Contacts. On this current PC, Contacts is
not an option. I have Outlook 2003 with XP. I see all of my contacts and
distribution lists in Outlook but cannot use them. Thanks in advance for
your help.

I figured it out based on another post in a different board. I had to go to
Control Panel/Mail and designate that I wanted to use my Contacts. It comes
up as a selection now! YEA!!!!!!!1

"dkatwdsd" wrote:

I have searched on this and did not find an answer. I apologize if this is
answered elsewhere. My "contacts" are not available to me when I click on
the TO box to select. On my previous PC, when I clicked on TO, I could
select that I wanted it to look in Contacts. On this current PC, Contacts is
not an option. I have Outlook 2003 with XP. I see all of my contacts and
distribution lists in Outlook but cannot use them. Thanks in advance for
your help.

How odd. This question is answered several times daily in this very group.
Might want to brush up on your search techniques.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"dkatwdsd" wrote in message
...
I figured it out based on another post in a different board. I had to go
to
Control Panel/Mail and designate that I wanted to use my Contacts. It
comes
up as a selection now! YEA!!!!!!!1

"dkatwdsd" wrote:

I have searched on this and did not find an answer. I apologize if this
is
answered elsewhere. My "contacts" are not available to me when I click
on
the TO box to select. On my previous PC, when I clicked on TO, I could
select that I wanted it to look in Contacts. On this current PC,
Contacts is
not an option. I have Outlook 2003 with XP. I see all of my contacts
and
distribution lists in Outlook but cannot use them. Thanks in advance for
your help.

Yes, well, as a MVP on this forum, I appreciate your congratulations that I
figured it out myself.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

How odd. This question is answered several times daily in this very group.
Might want to brush up on your search techniques.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"dkatwdsd" wrote in message
...
I figured it out based on another post in a different board. I had to go
to
Control Panel/Mail and designate that I wanted to use my Contacts. It
comes
up as a selection now! YEA!!!!!!!1

"dkatwdsd" wrote:

I have searched on this and did not find an answer. I apologize if this
is
answered elsewhere. My "contacts" are not available to me when I click
on
the TO box to select. On my previous PC, when I clicked on TO, I could
select that I wanted it to look in Contacts. On this current PC,
Contacts is
not an option. I have Outlook 2003 with XP. I see all of my contacts
and
distribution lists in Outlook but cannot use them. Thanks in advance for
your help.

Makes me wonder why we even bother to post these same solutions over and
over again and why people don't just read them before they post the same
question yet again.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"dkatwdsd" wrote in message
...
Yes, well, as a MVP on this forum, I appreciate your congratulations that
I
figured it out myself.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

How odd. This question is answered several times daily in this very
group.
Might want to brush up on your search techniques.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"dkatwdsd" wrote in message
...
I figured it out based on another post in a different board. I had to
go
to
Control Panel/Mail and designate that I wanted to use my Contacts. It
comes
up as a selection now! YEA!!!!!!!1

"dkatwdsd" wrote:

I have searched on this and did not find an answer. I apologize if
this
is
answered elsewhere. My "contacts" are not available to me when I
click
on
the TO box to select. On my previous PC, when I clicked on TO, I
could
select that I wanted it to look in Contacts. On this current PC,
Contacts is
not an option. I have Outlook 2003 with XP. I see all of my contacts
and
distribution lists in Outlook but cannot use them. Thanks in advance
for
your help.

Hi - sorry to bother but it is still not clear to me, but I'm not a techy
Would you mind to give some more detail on exactly where/how in Control Panel
/ Mail I do that. I have exctly the same situation as you describe.

Aslo, i guess i made a mistake as i already receiving/working on emails in
the default .pst file, can I move just the contacts from the .pst file copied
from my old laptop - seems messy to have two .pst files. For the emails i
just dragged them from one to the other but seems you cant do that with
Contacts ? (Or sould i do it the other way now ? The new .pst has RSS feeds
folder, seems i can drag that to the old .pst ok) But why does the default
..pst talk about "Administrator [no email address found]" ?

Many thanks

Anth.

"dkatwdsd" wrote:

I figured it out based on another post in a different board. I had to go to
Control Panel/Mail and designate that I wanted to use my Contacts. It comes
up as a selection now! YEA!!!!!!!1

"dkatwdsd" wrote:

I have searched on this and did not find an answer. I apologize if this is
answered elsewhere. My "contacts" are not available to me when I click on
the TO box to select. On my previous PC, when I clicked on TO, I could
select that I wanted it to look in Contacts. On this current PC, Contacts is
not an option. I have Outlook 2003 with XP. I see all of my contacts and
distribution lists in Outlook but cannot use them. Thanks in advance for
your help.

Those directions were not entirely correct. It is not at all necessary to
configure through Control Panel/Mail. Just follow the instructions we post
here every day:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...Product=ol2002

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Anth" wrote in message
...
Hi - sorry to bother but it is still not clear to me, but I'm not a techy

Would you mind to give some more detail on exactly where/how in Control
Panel
/ Mail I do that. I have exctly the same situation as you describe.

Aslo, i guess i made a mistake as i already receiving/working on emails in
the default .pst file, can I move just the contacts from the .pst file
copied
from my old laptop - seems messy to have two .pst files. For the emails i
just dragged them from one to the other but seems you cant do that with
Contacts ? (Or sould i do it the other way now ? The new .pst has RSS
feeds
folder, seems i can drag that to the old .pst ok) But why does the default
.pst talk about "Administrator [no email address found]" ?

Many thanks

Anth.

"dkatwdsd" wrote:

I figured it out based on another post in a different board. I had to go
to
Control Panel/Mail and designate that I wanted to use my Contacts. It
comes
up as a selection now! YEA!!!!!!!1

"dkatwdsd" wrote:

I have searched on this and did not find an answer. I apologize if
this is
answered elsewhere. My "contacts" are not available to me when I click
on
the TO box to select. On my previous PC, when I clicked on TO, I
could
select that I wanted it to look in Contacts. On this current PC,
Contacts is
not an option. I have Outlook 2003 with XP. I see all of my contacts
and
distribution lists in Outlook but cannot use them. Thanks in advance
for
your help.