Trying to use Outlook 2003 on a MacBook via Parallels

[nickr]

Been using Boot Camp on a Mac Book and it is okay although it's a pain
to reboot, basically just to use Outlook, which is all I use Windows
for (tried iCal, Entourage, etc. -- not the same, at least for me; I
need Outlook). But when I loaded a trial version of Parallels, it
launches an administrator user in Windows and there does not seeem to
be anyway I can switch to my user account with my Outlook in it (and
all my tasks and contacts and calendar) and use it, as I would on
Windows. Is this not just a realistic option/use for Paralels, and I
should stick with Boot Camp (or use two computers, which is what I had
been doing)?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Sorry. I think you'll need to ask some Parallels experts, not here. I would
assume their site has a forum?

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

Hi Nick:

1) Back up your Outlook .pst file and its associated resource files.
Carefully record the exact file path where you found them.

2) From the Administrator user in Windows, create a new user account for
yourself.

3) Place the Outlook files in the correct position in the local profile of
your normal Windows user (It's normally in c:\documents and settings\your
user name\local settings\microsoft\outlook...).

4) Start Parallels and Windows and log in with your user name.

When you open Outlook it should find and use the correct email accounts.
Outlook is fairly simplistic: the location of the file is what determines
whether Outlook considers it "yours" or not.

If you read the help in Outlook, there are instructions for moving your user
file. I would not bother with this: just put your files into the correct
default location and they'll work.

Cheers

Been using Boot Camp on a Mac Book and it is okay although it's a pain
to reboot, basically just to use Outlook, which is all I use Windows
for (tried iCal, Entourage, etc. -- not the same, at least for me; I
need Outlook). But when I loaded a trial version of Parallels, it
launches an administrator user in Windows and there does not seeem to
be anyway I can switch to my user account with my Outlook in it (and
all my tasks and contacts and calendar) and use it, as I would on
Windows. Is this not just a realistic option/use for Paralels, and I
should stick with Boot Camp (or use two computers, which is what I had
been doing)?

Thanks in advance.

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