WindowsXP to Vista

[Guest Mo]

I recently bought a laptop with Vista already installed in it. I also have an

older laptop with XP professional in it and a lot of info. I wanted to

transfer this info into the newer laptop, with no success. I later found out

that i would have to have outlook and Office to be able to do so. I was also

told that i could use the the existing outlook and Office from the XP. Is

this possible? If so how?

[Guest Juergen Kluth]

Re: WindowsXP to Vista

 

Hi,

i dont know what info you are talking about.

For email a simple way is to send all of yours to your second mail adress

(if you have) and just send them back.

jk

[Guest Tom Ferguson]

Re: WindowsXP to Vista

 

Outlook is a component of Microsoft Office. Outlook Express, Windows Mail

(what are they calling it now?) is a component of Windows.

 

If you want to use Outlook, you have various options. One is to install

Office on the new notebook, customize it as to your preferences; transfer

your mail stores, rules, contact book, &c; remove it from your old notebook.

It is possible that you will have to activate by phone when you get to that

part of the process.

 

There are various ways of doing the transfer of mail stores, &c.

 

These might be useful:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457074.aspx

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/getstarted/bott_fstw.mspx

 

Or one alternative:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/getstarted/bott_fstw.mspx

 

Tom

MSMVP 1998-2007

 

"Mo" <Mo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>I recently bought a laptop with Vista already installed in it. I also have

>an

> older laptop with XP professional in it and a lot of info. I wanted to

> transfer this info into the newer laptop, with no success. I later found

> out

> that i would have to have outlook and Office to be able to do so. I was

> also

> told that i could use the the existing outlook and Office from the XP. Is

> this possible? If so how?