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Matt Shelton
Hi there, I have Outlook 2002 installed on my home
computer and use it extensively for all of my Contacts,
Calendar info, Task lists, etc. Historically, I've set
Outlook up to manage one e-mail account: mine.However, I
recently got married, and as my wife and I have been
consolidating all of our information, I want to add her e-
mail account to Outlook. I have Windows XP Pro installed
at home, and my first thought was that I would add my wife
as a new user to Windows XP, which basically provides her
with her own Outlook installation and her own .pst files.
That works fine for her e-mail. However, it is imperative
to me that we share the exact same Contact and Calendar
folders, as my wife is the type of person who invariably,
if she updated contact information in her Outlook, would
not update mine. Over the long run, it would corrupt our
Contact information if we didn't know which was correct.
Hence, my desire to use only one Contact folder, one
Calendar folder, one Task folder, etc. So, next, I added
my wife's e-mail account to my Outlook installation, which
would mean that we would share these Contact and Calendar
folders. However, given that she would need a separate
set of e-mail folders (Inbox, Saved, Sent, Deleted,
Outbox, etc.) to manage her own e-mails, I tried to set
those up for her and tie them directly to her own e-mail
account. However, that didn't work. For example, I tried
to do some test e-mails by sending e-mail to and receiving
e-mail from what would be her address. In all of my
tests, the e-mails would read as being received and/or
sent by me instead of my wife. I know I have her e-mail
account set up properly, but I don't have the folders set
up properly. Any advice? When I originally installed
Outlook, I'm sure that if I had the option to install it
with only one user, me, that's what I did. Would it help
if I uninstalled it and chose a multiple-user option??
computer and use it extensively for all of my Contacts,
Calendar info, Task lists, etc. Historically, I've set
Outlook up to manage one e-mail account: mine.However, I
recently got married, and as my wife and I have been
consolidating all of our information, I want to add her e-
mail account to Outlook. I have Windows XP Pro installed
at home, and my first thought was that I would add my wife
as a new user to Windows XP, which basically provides her
with her own Outlook installation and her own .pst files.
That works fine for her e-mail. However, it is imperative
to me that we share the exact same Contact and Calendar
folders, as my wife is the type of person who invariably,
if she updated contact information in her Outlook, would
not update mine. Over the long run, it would corrupt our
Contact information if we didn't know which was correct.
Hence, my desire to use only one Contact folder, one
Calendar folder, one Task folder, etc. So, next, I added
my wife's e-mail account to my Outlook installation, which
would mean that we would share these Contact and Calendar
folders. However, given that she would need a separate
set of e-mail folders (Inbox, Saved, Sent, Deleted,
Outbox, etc.) to manage her own e-mails, I tried to set
those up for her and tie them directly to her own e-mail
account. However, that didn't work. For example, I tried
to do some test e-mails by sending e-mail to and receiving
e-mail from what would be her address. In all of my
tests, the e-mails would read as being received and/or
sent by me instead of my wife. I know I have her e-mail
account set up properly, but I don't have the folders set
up properly. Any advice? When I originally installed
Outlook, I'm sure that if I had the option to install it
with only one user, me, that's what I did. Would it help
if I uninstalled it and chose a multiple-user option??