I have one pc running Outlook 2000. The Contacts folder is set-up to be
shared with one of the emails on the Contact list. That second pc which
should receive the contacts is running Outlook 2003 and is on a network with
the first pc. However, when I go into File/Folder/Properties and click Update
Now on the Sharing Tab - it says I must have one Active Subscriber. What am I
missing?

You are using Net Folders which lived and died (!) with Outlook 98/2000,
thank goodness. You cannot share between OL 2000 and 2003 using Net Folders
as they are not supported on 2003.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


After furious head scratching, Steve asked:

| I have one pc running Outlook 2000. The Contacts folder is set-up to
| be shared with one of the emails on the Contact list. That second pc
| which should receive the contacts is running Outlook 2003 and is on a
| network with the first pc. However, when I go into
| File/Folder/Properties and click Update Now on the Sharing Tab - it
| says I must have one Active Subscriber. What am I missing?

Well - that certainly explains part of my problem - thanks.

However, the owner of the pc claims they have been sharing the contact list
until a recent staff change - now, no one knows how it was set-up. Any ideas?

They were not using additional software - the shared contacts were
apparently updated immediately, automatically. There is only one contacts
folder on each machine.

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

You are using Net Folders which lived and died (!) with Outlook 98/2000,
thank goodness. You cannot share between OL 2000 and 2003 using Net Folders
as they are not supported on 2003.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


After furious head scratching, Steve asked:

| I have one pc running Outlook 2000. The Contacts folder is set-up to
| be shared with one of the emails on the Contact list. That second pc
| which should receive the contacts is running Outlook 2003 and is on a
| network with the first pc. However, when I go into
| File/Folder/Properties and click Update Now on the Sharing Tab - it
| says I must have one Active Subscriber. What am I missing?

If you look at Help-About on the machines where this works, I think you
will find Outlook 98/2000 installed.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


After furious head scratching, Steve asked:

| Well - that certainly explains part of my problem - thanks.
|
| However, the owner of the pc claims they have been sharing the
| contact list until a recent staff change - now, no one knows how it
| was set-up. Any ideas?
|
| They were not using additional software - the shared contacts were
| apparently updated immediately, automatically. There is only one
| contacts folder on each machine.
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| You are using Net Folders which lived and died (!) with Outlook
|| 98/2000, thank goodness. You cannot share between OL 2000 and 2003
|| using Net Folders as they are not supported on 2003.
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
|| ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
|| How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
||
||
|| After furious head scratching, Steve asked:
||
||| I have one pc running Outlook 2000. The Contacts folder is set-up to
||| be shared with one of the emails on the Contact list. That second pc
||| which should receive the contacts is running Outlook 2003 and is on
||| a network with the first pc. However, when I go into
||| File/Folder/Properties and click Update Now on the Sharing Tab - it
||| says I must have one Active Subscriber. What am I missing?

Thanks Milly. Yes, the machine where the input was being done is running
Outlook 2000. The machine that was receiving the shared contacts is running
Outlook 2003. The sharing is no longer working. Any suggestions on how it was
being done?



"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

If you look at Help-About on the machines where this works, I think you
will find Outlook 98/2000 installed.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


After furious head scratching, Steve asked:

| Well - that certainly explains part of my problem - thanks.
|
| However, the owner of the pc claims they have been sharing the
| contact list until a recent staff change - now, no one knows how it
| was set-up. Any ideas?
|
| They were not using additional software - the shared contacts were
| apparently updated immediately, automatically. There is only one
| contacts folder on each machine.
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| You are using Net Folders which lived and died (!) with Outlook
|| 98/2000, thank goodness. You cannot share between OL 2000 and 2003
|| using Net Folders as they are not supported on 2003.
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
|| ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
|| How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
||
||
|| After furious head scratching, Steve asked:
||
||| I have one pc running Outlook 2000. The Contacts folder is set-up to
||| be shared with one of the emails on the Contact list. That second pc
||| which should receive the contacts is running Outlook 2003 and is on
||| a network with the first pc. However, when I go into
||| File/Folder/Properties and click Update Now on the Sharing Tab - it
||| says I must have one Active Subscriber. What am I missing?