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Save Outlook Folders/Contacts/Profiles

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by navtec

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Hi All,

Can anyone provide/point me to a CLEAR, CONCISE procedure for backup/restore of MS Outlook Folders/Contacts and User Profile information form a Win2000 Pro and/or WinXP Pro workstation?

I have a P2P network with Win2000 Pro users and 1WinXP Pro user. We are planning a conversion to a Client/Server network in about 8 weeks. A couple of the Win2000 users will be getting new WinXP Pro workstations with OfficeXP and I will have to transfer their email. All Users/Workstations will be moved from the current workgroup to the Win2000 Server Domain.

I know I need to transfer/maintain User Profile information as a part of this process, but am not having much success finding useful information on MS TechNet.

Thanks fo all input.

TomW / navtec@enteract.com

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by navtec

DKlippert, thank you for the link, this is definitely a help.
Sorry so long in getting back to this. T. Ward / NavTec

by rboyer

You can also export the user's .pst file. Do this by going to File | Import/Export. This operation has a few options that will take all the folders over or just the ones you choose. It also has the option to only restore to the same profile.

by navtec

RBoyer, thank you for the tip, this is a help.
Sorry so long getting back to assign points. T. Ward / NavTec

by navtec

Thanks DKlippert & RBoyer,

Your links & advice are very useful. Indeed, the links provided, got me started. The info mostly had to do with Exchange installs and OL2002 specific. I figured out how to get to OL2000 in TechNet and took a couple hours finding exactly what I needed for Microsoft Internet Mail installs, not Exchange. MS provides some comprehensive info once you find it.

What I still cannot put a finger on is:

If you have a Win2000 User, that user has a unique profile in the SAM. If you have to move that user to a NEW workstation and you have backed up the email data, you also have to transfer the User Profile/Security settings from the registry of the OLD workstation to the NEW.

Does anyone know where to find WHAT registry keys/user profile data file(s) [I assume user.dat] are required to do this successfully?

TomW

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