Imported .pst file to outlook 2000, and email accounts not there

[DoahMonty]

So yes, my subject tells the story for the most part. I've installed Office 2000 on a Vista PC. Exported my .pst file from my existing XP SP2 pc, and imported it on the vista pc. All went well, except for the fact that my email accounts are not there. The emails, contacts, etc are all there, but I cannot send or receive email, because no accounts are listed under Tools, Accounts. I tried manually adding them in, and it doesn't seem to work. It lets me add them, but still will not send/receive email. With the accounts added in, I don't even get an option for send/receive on my toolbar. The username/password/server settings on the account are assuredly correct. Any help is greatly appreciated... For the record, it was not my idea to jump to a Vista machine. It was my bosses!!!

 

[smah]

Are you using Internet Mail Only mode or Corporate Workgroup Mode? Account information is not contained within the .pst file, so the fact that it wasn't there after importing makes sense.

 

[DoahMonty]

Hmm.. Well i'm using Internet only, so after a reinstall of office 2000, the account(s) came back, but outlook kept "crashing". So I upgraded to 2003, and accounts, and outlook in general seem to be working 100%. TY for the reply. I'm wondering if there's some sort of compatibility issues with Office 2000 and Vista. Personally I would have rathered waited a little while before jumping to Vista.

 

[macropod]

Hi DoahMonty ,

Outlook 2000 is not compatible with Windows Vista. Other Office 2000 apps don't appear to have any issues with Vista.

Cheers

[MS MVP - Word]

 

[DoahMonty]

A valuable lesson learned... Thanks for the help smah and macropod