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Re: Sharing Outlook contacts with a laptop



You can modify win2k (and XP) to sync the .pst files.

Have a look at Microsoft knowledge base article q252509.

Jeff.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Richards" <andrew.richards@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 1:17 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Sharing Outlook contacts with a laptop


> I do this (share my Outlook .pst file between desktop and laptop)
using
> Briefcase.  I tried to use Synchronise on W2K but it doesn't work with
..pst
> files.
>
> Only problem is you can't update both desktop and laptop contact lists
at
> the same time, but that's not a big deal
>
>
> Andrew
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doogie Brodie [mailto:doogiebrodie@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 24 January 2002 09:28
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Sharing Outlook contacts with a laptop
>
>
> > There must be a easy way to do this,
> >
> > I want to share contacts on outlook, which are on my desktop
> > pc with a laptop, and I want to be able to update a contact
> > on the laptop when it is not connected to a network and when
> > it returned to the network it will update the desktop pc.
> > Just like using the ipaq and active sync.
>
> Easiest way I've found around this is syncing the iPAQ with both
> machines, then all 3 have the same contact list.... :S I used to use a
> service from FusionOne (wrap www. .com round it for their website but
> they weren't taking new users last time I looked :( ) which uploaded
> your contacts to their central database <eek!> and did the sync
with
> their client software.... However after a while, they started
> restricting services unless you paid for certain things etc, so when I
> got the iPAQ I just used that as the gateway device.....
>
> Doogie
>
>
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