Outlook and Being Networked

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Fuse News

I have a two PC running Outlook 2003. Both our networked together through
our wireless network, both running XP Home Edition. I'm wanting to keep
both .pst files current on each PC so that no matter what PC you currently
use, you can access your files and such.

I've looked and have read most of the links and articles on
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/sync.htm and have read many KB articles on
Microsoft. Most of these programs cost and I've tried some over their trial
period and didn't quite like how they operated or it just wasn't what I
needed. So, how can one assign one PC to read the other PC's .pst file over
these two network computers. Both machines have been setup to read files on
one another's PC if those files or folders have been given shared folders
right to the other PC.

Can anyone provide me or point me to a link that describes how to do this
step-by-step?

In addition, I've read up on sharing files and folders over a network and
would like to give special folder permissions so that you'll have to either
enter a password to access those files or folders on the other machine.
I've seen the security tab under the folders properties when you boot in
SafeMode as the Admin, but there is no clear help file for it. Does one
know where I can obtain a help file for that tab or explain about that tab
in detail?

All help appreciated!!
 
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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, Fuse News asked:

| I have a two PC running Outlook 2003. Both our networked together
| through our wireless network, both running XP Home Edition. I'm
| wanting to keep both .pst files current on each PC so that no matter
| what PC you currently use, you can access your files and such.
|
| I've looked and have read most of the links and articles on
| http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/sync.htm and have read many KB
| articles on Microsoft. Most of these programs cost and I've tried
| some over their trial period and didn't quite like how they operated
| or it just wasn't what I needed. So, how can one assign one PC to
| read the other PC's .pst file over these two network computers. Both
| machines have been setup to read files on one another's PC if those
| files or folders have been given shared folders right to the other PC.
|
| Can anyone provide me or point me to a link that describes how to do
| this step-by-step?
|
| In addition, I've read up on sharing files and folders over a network
| and would like to give special folder permissions so that you'll have
| to either enter a password to access those files or folders on the
| other machine. I've seen the security tab under the folders
| properties when you boot in SafeMode as the Admin, but there is no
| clear help file for it. Does one know where I can obtain a help file
| for that tab or explain about that tab in detail?
|
| All help appreciated!!
 
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Brian Tillman

Fuse News said:
I have a two PC running Outlook 2003. Both our networked together
through our wireless network, both running XP Home Edition. I'm
wanting to keep both .pst files current on each PC so that no matter
what PC you currently use, you can access your files and such.
Click to expand...

If you wish to share a PST between the two PCs instead of synching them, you
can do that although it's not supported.

With Outlook closed on both systems, create a folder on one of the PCs and
share it to the network (I don't recommend sharing Shared Documents on the
network. I used "Home Common", but "Network Shared" is also a good name.
Just pick anything you want that makes sense to you). Now, rename your PST
from its current location to the shared folder and start Outlook. Outlook
will complain that it can't find the PST. Browse to where you placed it,
select it, and click OK. That Outlook will now have access to everything it
did before. Close Outlook.

On the second PC, rename the PST, giving it a new file name, but keeping the
..pst file type. Start Outlook. When it complains, browse tot he
network-shared PST, select it, and click OK. Now that Outlook, too, will
have access to the same data the first PC does. You can then, if you wish,
open the old PST on that PC and move the items into the shared PST or simply
continue to use it as a private PST.

Note that you should avoid having both copies of Outlook open at the same
time.
 
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Fuse News

Thanks for the tip, we'll try that.



Brian Tillman said:
If you wish to share a PST between the two PCs instead of synching them,
you can do that although it's not supported.

With Outlook closed on both systems, create a folder on one of the PCs and
share it to the network (I don't recommend sharing Shared Documents on the
network. I used "Home Common", but "Network Shared" is also a good name.
Just pick anything you want that makes sense to you). Now, rename your
PST from its current location to the shared folder and start Outlook.
Outlook will complain that it can't find the PST. Browse to where you
placed it, select it, and click OK. That Outlook will now have access to
everything it did before. Close Outlook.

On the second PC, rename the PST, giving it a new file name, but keeping
the .pst file type. Start Outlook. When it complains, browse tot he
network-shared PST, select it, and click OK. Now that Outlook, too, will
have access to the same data the first PC does. You can then, if you
wish, open the old PST on that PC and move the items into the shared PST
or simply continue to use it as a private PST.

Note that you should avoid having both copies of Outlook open at the same
time.
Click to expand...
 
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