What is the best way to sync Outlook on notebook with home PC?

[William Cheng]

Hi all,

I am new to Outlook 2000 and was trying it out to prepare for an impending
PocketPC purchase soon. I have it both on my laptop (Win98) and home PC
(WinXP). I transferred the info by copying the outlook.pst file which
worked ok - I was hoping to use a program I have been using for a while to
look at the dates of modification and transfer/copy this PST file back and
forth when necessary. However, Outlook once loaded, doesn't completely
unload itself until I reboot - so it doesn't allow the PST files to
overwrite each other. This process only works when I start up the machines
and have not loaded Outlook.

So, is there a better way to syncronize the notebook with the home PC,
sometimes I would add info on the PC and other times it would be on the
notebook. To make matters worst, at some time in the future, I would want
to add a 3rd device into the mix, a PDA - am I asking too much?

I don't run Exchange server at home (obviously) and not all computers have
their own e-mails for Net Folder - I was hoping for a method via Ethernet
LAN.

Thanks.

 

[Thomas Wetzel]

Hello William

Have a look at www.slipstick.com/outlook/sync.htm or at my signature for a
powerful tool to synchronize computers over the lan.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I am new to Outlook 2000 and was trying it out to prepare for an impending

PocketPC purchase soon. I have it both on my laptop (Win98) and home PC
(WinXP). I transferred the info by copying the outlook.pst file which
worked ok - I was hoping to use a program I have been using for a while to
look at the dates of modification and transfer/copy this PST file back and
forth when necessary. However, Outlook once loaded, doesn't completely
unload itself until I reboot - so it doesn't allow the PST files to
overwrite each other.

Strange. Once I shut down Outlook, I can do what I want with my PST files
without reboting. You must have something other than Outlook holding the
PST file open. ActiveSync does, but since you don't have your PDA yet,
that's not the issue.

Why not use your PDA as the synch point between your two machines? You can
synch a PDA with two machines, so sych it with one and it will get those
changes. Synch it with the other and those changes will propagate.
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