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| Guest | How to import from network drive? I have Windows Vista and have just started using WLM. I tried to import some messages from an Outlook Express 6 Message Store on a Windows XP computer on the same network, but WLM would not let me browse the network to find the OE Message Store. Why can't I access the network and how can I import the messages? Lindsay Graham Canberra, Australia |
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| Guest | Re: How to import from network drive? "Lindsay Graham" <LDGraham@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:eERKPV2hIHA.3512@xxxxxx
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| Guest | Re: How to import from network drive? Can you find the file store structure on your old machine, copy it to your shared folder and then have WLM find it? Do you even have access to shared folders on your old machine, without using WLM? -- Regards, BobF. "Bogey Man" <spam@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:ejlDShDiIHA.1208@xxxxxx
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| Guest | Re: How to import from network drive? Yes, Bob, I do have full access to the other computer and, yes, I could copy the OE6 message store (or the part of it that I need) to my computer and then do the import to WLM. But why on earth does WLM have this restriction when it did not exist in OE? I do this import regularly and it was always so easy with OE -- Microsoft just seems to making everything more difficult to do, not easier. Does anyone have an explanation? Lindsay Graham "Bob F." <bob@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:#3UV52DiIHA.4376@xxxxxx
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| Guest | Re: How to import from network drive? Lindsay, So from what you are saying is that you have everything restored but you want to know why so many steps? Is that it? The short answer is to make it more difficult for the Malware people to navigate. Unfortunately this also makes it more difficult for the casual user. The trick is to find a balance. But I'm wondering if the problem is solved since you said "Why can't I access the network and how can I import the messages". Do you need further help or is it that you want an explanation. I am just concerned, and want to make sure you have use of your computer. -- Regards, BobF. "Lindsay Graham" <LDGraham@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23IpaHMIiIHA.2540@xxxxxx
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| Guest | Re: How to import from network drive? My apologies to Bob F. (and to any others following this thread) for not responding earlier. I need to explain that this is not a restore issue, but a message import issue. I regularly import messages from several folders in a colleague's OE message store on another computer on the same network. When I used OE (before I got Vista and was no longer able to use OE), that was a very easy process. But now that I have WLM, I understand that an intra-network import is not possible, and I have to copy the relevant folders from the other computer to mine, and then import the required messages. When I asked why this was so, Bob said that 'The short answer is to make it more difficult for the Malware people to navigate.' What does this mean and what is the long answer? So my questions are: 1. Is there a way around this block so that I can do an intra-network message import simply as I used to be able to with OE to OE transfers? 2. If not, what *very good* reason does Microsoft have for making this process more difficult than it was? Microsoft, as we all know, puts a lot of effort into "making life easier" for us users (and tells us often that it does), but this simple process has been made more difficult. -- Lindsay Graham "Bob F." <bob@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:OllIgTIiIHA.4744@xxxxxx
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| Guest | Re: How to import from network drive? On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:51:23 +1000, Lindsay Graham wrote:
damage systems; such as viruses and Trojan Horses. By restricting access permissions, Vista limits the damage that can be done by malware.
on the MSOE message store folder on the Windows XP computer. Not having a lot of experience with WLM on Windows Vista, this is just a guess. You have to set up networking on the Vista computer so that it will recognize folders on the XP computer; and, possibly, map the shared folder on the XP computer to a network drive letter on the Vista computer. What little experience that I have tells me that you can map a shared resource to a drive letter in Vista; I have successfully mapped a shared folder on a Windows ME computer to a network drive on the Vista computer. Beyond that, I have no way to fully test the approach. WLM on Windows MCE 2005 will let me navigate to shared folders on a Windows ME computer; but the Vista computer is not mine, and does not have WLM installed, so I can't test this fully. -- Norman ~Oh Lord, why have you come ~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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