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Answer» I'm on XP Home - new Dell computer - 2GB Ram - heaps of hard disk space, etc. Limited only by the hard drive space to store them. Quote 2) On old computer, If I reinstall MS Office to see if that will get the MS Outlook working on it again, will I lose all of my emails?Which version of Outlook were you using? Express or Office? Quote 3) I'm putting my emails from the old computer onto an external hard disk and then onto the new computer. Any advice as to how to do this easily?I can't give accurate information on this as yet. I will look until I can find it or someone else answers this. Quote 4) On the new computer, I can receive emails with no problem, and can send them ok. However, I cannot 'reply' or 'forward' them. They come back with a message from "System Administrator" - Error 550 - you need authentication - What do they want me to do?Here is Microsoft's solution to the 550 error, see if that helps. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA011128331033.aspx Answer to question 3, use the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard provided by XP: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/getstarted/bott_fstw.mspx I RECOMMEND you read it all, but the instructions for moving e-mail only are located at the bottom.Quote from: quaxo on November 26, 2007, 09:22:02 AM Answer to question 3, use the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard provided by XP:That PERTAINS only to Outlook Express, not Outlook.These answers are just what I need! Many thanks! Quaxo - I am using MS Outlook from my Office 2002 disk. I've updated it through the MS Office update program. Then you can 'back up' your emails by exporting them since you're not using Outlook Express. Here's how you do that: 1. On the OLD computer, open Outlook. 2. File Menu -> Import and Export... 3. In the Import and Export wizard list, select 'Export to a file' and click 'next' 4. Select what you want to export. In this CASE, you want to export 'Personal Folder File'. Click that then 'next' 5. Select the folder you want to export. You can export EVERYTHING (contacts, emails, calendar, etc.) by selecting 'Mailbox - Your Name' or your emails only by selecting the inbox (if that's where they are STILL all located). Also, tick the 'Include subfolders' option, then click 'next'. 6. Choose a location to save to and name your exported file. Below that, choose what you want it to do with duplicate mails, should it find them. Click 'Finish'. 7. On the next dialog box, type in a name or description for this file. Something like 'Outlook Transfers' or whatever you feel like. Select 'No Encryption' and don't enter a password. For what you're doing it won't really be needed. Click 'OK'. Your backup should now be created. It might take some time and the file might become quite large. 8. Copy this file to the other computer, either by CD/DVD or through a network, flash drive, whatever. 9. Once you have the file on the other computer, go into Outlook. Getting them onto the other computer might differ from here. Depending on what updates you've done. This first one should be what you need, but if it isn't, follow the second one: Quote 10. File -> Import and Export... -OR- Quote 10. File -> Open -> Personal Folder File The second option doesn't import, but simply opens the file for browsing and use. You're basically viewing from an archive. This is useful if you want to clear out those thousands of e-mails, but not lose them. You can simply create this backup of them, put it on a disk, and open the archive when needed. |
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