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by wmieth

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My wife and I share a home computer running Windows 2000/Office 2000 connected to the Web via a cable ISP. I would like to set up e-mail for both of us using Outlook 2000, but am interested in having separate phonebooks, calendars, etc. Currently,we both have Palm Pilots and need to individually synchronize them, as well.

Is this possibleand, if so, how? Or do I need to have one of us use Outlook 2000 and the other Outlook Express?

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by dklippert

Some of this depends on the version of Outlook. CW or IMO.
"User Profiles can be set up in CW, but you can use Window Profiles with IMO

You can create another profile in My computer>Control Panel>Users. The new user gets all separate settings (favorites, my documents, startup programs). Log back on with the new user name. Outlook will prompt for a new
user setup.

Here's some directions:

www.slipstick.com/outlook/olshare1.htm

by timwalsh

Change Outlook to run in Corporate/Work Group mode - Tools Menu (in Outlook) | Options | Mail Services Tab |
Reconfigure Mail Support.

The next step depends on whether you and your wife share a common log-on for windows or have setup seperate accounts.

If a common log-on:
Once Outook is restarted you can setup multple email profiles through the Mail applet in Control Panel. Then go again to the Tools menu | Options | Mail Services Tab. Change the Startup settings to "Prompt for a profile to be used." Now all that need to happen to change profiles is t close and restart Outlook. You will be given a choice as to which profile to use.

If separate log-ons are used (separate Windows user accounts), then an email profile (through the Control Panel Mail applet) is created while logged on to each account. Under this scenario, there is no need to change Startup settings to prompt for a profile.

Hope this helps.

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