upgrade outlook to 2003 major problem

[Brian]

i upgraded my outlook 2000 to outlook 2003 and now all my
contacts are gone. and i had somewhere like 200 people on
the contact list. is it gone for ever or are they just
hidden?

please help
thanks

 

[Brian]

i am also getting an error that says this when i click on
To:

CAN'T CONTACT LDAP DIRECTORY SERVER (81)

where is this server? i work from home i don't have an
exchange server, so what is it looking for?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Describe more accurately and completely what you did and how you migrated
your Outlook data.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

You must have migrated from IMO mode. That's never a good idea. In place
upgrades from Outlook IMO mode do not work.
You'll need to create a new Outlook profile from scratch and configure it to
use the Outlook Address Book.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;829918&Product=out2003
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;287563&Product=out2003