Outlook 2007 from 2003

[op910]

I have Office 2003 Pro (OEM)installed on a Win XP Pro Desktop PC. I have a
full retail licence Office Ultimate 2007 that I want to install. I assume the
way is to uninstall Office 2003 first and then a clean install of the new
Ultimate 2007.

If so, how do I keep my present Outlook address book, contacts etc as well
as all Emails I have in the Inbox, Sent items and other Personal folders
created.

Once I have installed Ultimate 2007 and registered it, I plan to also
install it on a new laptop (as per the licence). I assume this is the logical
way to do it, but just for interest sake is there any reason why it can't be
installed on the laptop first.

Thanks in advance,
Rod

 

[Roady [MVP]]

The upgrade will take care of the reconfiguration of Outlook with your
previous settings automatically. Still, I would recommend recreating the
mail profile after an upgrade.
See http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/newprofile.htm

The installation order laptop/desktop doesn't matter.

 

[op910]

Thanks Roady,
But does this mean that I install the new Ultimate 2007 (full version) over
the existing 2003? Not as I assumed by uninstalling the original Office 2003
first?

 

[Roady [MVP]]

No, uninstall any Office 2003 components you will no longer need first
(usually you this means uninstalling Office 2003 completely).

 

[op910]

Sorry if I am still confused. When I uninstall Office 2003 completely, won't
I lose all my present emails in Outlook in the boxes and contacts etc?

 

[Roady [MVP]]

No, uninstalling Office doesn't delete any settings or data. Same as that
you don't lose any Word documents ;-)