Vista - Save before reinstall and restore after reinstall-Vista Ultimate and WLM

08-28-2008

Good People,
I will be completely reinstalling all software on a laptop running Vista Ultimate, MS Office Professional and WLM.

How can I save all WLM settings, folders, files, messages, accounts, etc so that after the reinstall I can restore WLM just as if nothing had ever happened?

Motivation behind reinstall is due to unsolvable and unresolveable Vista problems and not due to WLM problems.

Is there is a MSKB or how-to that is applicable?

Thanks,
Karl

08-28-2008

http://www.staticbackup.com/windows-live-mail-backup/

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)

"Karl Snooks" <wiesoundwarum@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23xs2zfVCJHA.5656@xxxxxx
Good People,
I will be completely reinstalling all software on a laptop running Vista Ultimate, MS Office Professional and WLM.

How can I save all WLM settings, folders, files, messages, accounts, etc so that after the reinstall I can restore WLM just as if nothing had ever happened?

Motivation behind reinstall is due to unsolvable and unresolveable Vista problems and not due to WLM problems.

Is there is a MSKB or how-to that is applicable?

Thanks,
Karl

08-28-2008

Gary,
Many thanks. Appears to be an excellent product.

Is there somewhere a write-up on a do-it-yourself backup with a $0 cost?

Karl
"Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:u9yKYCWCJHA.4780@xxxxxx
http://www.staticbackup.com/windows-live-mail-backup/

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)

"Karl Snooks" <wiesoundwarum@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23xs2zfVCJHA.5656@xxxxxx
Good People,
I will be completely reinstalling all software on a laptop running Vista Ultimate, MS Office Professional and WLM.

How can I save all WLM settings, folders, files, messages, accounts, etc so that after the reinstall I can restore WLM just as if nothing had ever happened?

Motivation behind reinstall is due to unsolvable and unresolveable Vista problems and not due to WLM problems.

Is there is a MSKB or how-to that is applicable?

Thanks,
Karl

08-28-2008

That commercial product is good for a 20 day free trial.

Backing up and restoring everything associated with WLM is quite tedious.
Have a look at this article:
http://liveunplugged.spaces.live.com...90CA!174.entry

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)

"Karl Snooks" <wiesoundwarum@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%234x3%23PWCJHA.2272@xxxxxx
Gary,
Many thanks. Appears to be an excellent product.

Is there somewhere a write-up on a do-it-yourself backup with a $0 cost?

Karl
"Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:u9yKYCWCJHA.4780@xxxxxx
http://www.staticbackup.com/windows-live-mail-backup/

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)

"Karl Snooks" <wiesoundwarum@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23xs2zfVCJHA.5656@xxxxxx
Good People,
I will be completely reinstalling all software on a laptop running Vista Ultimate, MS Office Professional and WLM.

How can I save all WLM settings, folders, files, messages, accounts, etc so that after the reinstall I can restore WLM just as if nothing had ever happened?

Motivation behind reinstall is due to unsolvable and unresolveable Vista problems and not due to WLM problems.

Is there is a MSKB or how-to that is applicable?

Thanks,
Karl

08-28-2008

Gary,
Thanks. Actually the procedure described in the blog is the procedure which I had planned to use. The procedure is brute force. I may use both the brute force method and the product you mentioned. That is, I'll hold the results of the brute force method in reserve in case the commercial product has problems. Using Vista Ultimate makes one leery and weary.

Karl

"Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:epjXI5WCJHA.4340@xxxxxx
That commercial product is good for a 20 day free trial.

Backing up and restoring everything associated with WLM is quite tedious.
Have a look at this article:
http://liveunplugged.spaces.live.com...90CA!174.entry

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)

"Karl Snooks" <wiesoundwarum@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%234x3%23PWCJHA.2272@xxxxxx
Gary,
Many thanks. Appears to be an excellent product.

Is there somewhere a write-up on a do-it-yourself backup with a $0 cost?

Karl
"Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:u9yKYCWCJHA.4780@xxxxxx
http://www.staticbackup.com/windows-live-mail-backup/

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)

"Karl Snooks" <wiesoundwarum@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23xs2zfVCJHA.5656@xxxxxx
Good People,
I will be completely reinstalling all software on a laptop running Vista Ultimate, MS Office Professional and WLM.

How can I save all WLM settings, folders, files, messages, accounts, etc so that after the reinstall I can restore WLM just as if nothing had ever happened?

Motivation behind reinstall is due to unsolvable and unresolveable Vista problems and not due to WLM problems.

Is there is a MSKB or how-to that is applicable?

Thanks,
Karl

08-29-2008

I've used the commercial product several times and have had good success with it.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)

"Karl Snooks" <wiesoundwarum@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23GXtGFYCJHA.3576@xxxxxx
Gary,
Thanks. Actually the procedure described in the blog is the procedure which I had planned to use. The procedure is brute force. I may use both the brute force method and the product you mentioned. That is, I'll hold the results of the brute force method in reserve in case the commercial product has problems. Using Vista Ultimate makes one leery and weary.

Karl

"Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:epjXI5WCJHA.4340@xxxxxx
That commercial product is good for a 20 day free trial.

Backing up and restoring everything associated with WLM is quite tedious.
Have a look at this article:
http://liveunplugged.spaces.live.com...90CA!174.entry

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)

"Karl Snooks" <wiesoundwarum@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%234x3%23PWCJHA.2272@xxxxxx
Gary,
Many thanks. Appears to be an excellent product.

Is there somewhere a write-up on a do-it-yourself backup with a $0 cost?

Karl
"Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:u9yKYCWCJHA.4780@xxxxxx
http://www.staticbackup.com/windows-live-mail-backup/

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)

"Karl Snooks" <wiesoundwarum@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23xs2zfVCJHA.5656@xxxxxx
Good People,
I will be completely reinstalling all software on a laptop running Vista Ultimate, MS Office Professional and WLM.

How can I save all WLM settings, folders, files, messages, accounts, etc so that after the reinstall I can restore WLM just as if nothing had ever happened?

Motivation behind reinstall is due to unsolvable and unresolveable Vista problems and not due to WLM problems.

Is there is a MSKB or how-to that is applicable?

Thanks,
Karl

**SIW2** · 08-29-2008

Hi Karl,

Anyone making copies or backups prior to reinstall might find this a very useful little device

Karen's Replicator

Hope it help

SIW2

08-29-2008

I can't say for sure. None of my contacts use the birthday field.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)

"Karl Snooks" <wiesoundwarum@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:Ok%23zr5dCJHA.1180@xxxxxx
Gary,
I may be using the commercial product.

Do you know if the commercial product will save and restore all of the contact fields? What prompts this question is that I did a save of my contact info in .csv format and upon examining the result in Excel and discovered that the "Birthday" field and no doubt others were missing.

In fact, on the list of fields which can be selected for the .csv file, "Birthday" is missing. I haven't done a check to see what all is missing but that one thing alone is a killer for me.

If the commercial product will truly save and restore all fields, then I'm forced to use it since Live Mail doesn't save all fields

Have I overlooked something or is this a "feature" of Live Mail?

Karl
"Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:e%23gX2HZCJHA.2480@xxxxxx
I've used the commercial product several times and have had good success with it.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)

"Karl Snooks" <wiesoundwarum@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23GXtGFYCJHA.3576@xxxxxx
Gary,
Thanks. Actually the procedure described in the blog is the procedure which I had planned to use. The procedure is brute force. I may use both the brute force method and the product you mentioned. That is, I'll hold the results of the brute force method in reserve in case the commercial product has problems. Using Vista Ultimate makes one leery and weary.

Karl

"Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:epjXI5WCJHA.4340@xxxxxx
That commercial product is good for a 20 day free trial.

Backing up and restoring everything associated with WLM is quite tedious.
Have a look at this article:
http://liveunplugged.spaces.live.com...90CA!174.entry

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)

"Karl Snooks" <wiesoundwarum@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%234x3%23PWCJHA.2272@xxxxxx
Gary,
Many thanks. Appears to be an excellent product.

Is there somewhere a write-up on a do-it-yourself backup with a $0 cost?

Karl
"Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:u9yKYCWCJHA.4780@xxxxxx
http://www.staticbackup.com/windows-live-mail-backup/

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)

"Karl Snooks" <wiesoundwarum@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23xs2zfVCJHA.5656@xxxxxx
Good People,
I will be completely reinstalling all software on a laptop running Vista Ultimate, MS Office Professional and WLM.

How can I save all WLM settings, folders, files, messages, accounts, etc so that after the reinstall I can restore WLM just as if nothing had ever happened?

Motivation behind reinstall is due to unsolvable and unresolveable Vista problems and not due to WLM problems.

Is there is a MSKB or how-to that is applicable?

Thanks,
Karl

08-29-2008

Are you signed in with a Hotmail-type Live ID? If so, all your
contacts are available at contacts.live.com and you don't need to
export them from WLMail. Further, if you *do* want to export them to
CSV for backup purposes, then the Live contacts export includes more
fields than you ever knew you had, including birthday.
Gary will explain to you the value of using the sign-in process as
an extra level of security with regard to recovering lost contacts.
--
Noel

"Karl Snooks" <wiesoundwarum@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Ok#zr5dCJHA.1180@xxxxxx

Quote:

> Gary,
> I may be using the commercial product.
>
> Do you know if the commercial product will save and restore all of
> the contact fields? What prompts this question is that I did a
> save of my contact info in .csv format and upon examining the
> result in Excel and discovered that the "Birthday" field and no
> doubt others were missing.
>
> In fact, on the list of fields which can be selected for the .csv
> file, "Birthday" is missing. I haven't done a check to see what
> all is missing but that one thing alone is a killer for me.
>
> If the commercial product will truly save and restore all fields,
> then I'm forced to use it since Live Mail doesn't save all fields
>
> Have I overlooked something or is this a "feature" of Live Mail?
>
> Karl
> "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:e%23gX2HZCJHA.2480@xxxxxx
> I've used the commercial product several times and have had good
> success with it.
>
> --
> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
>
>
> "Karl Snooks" <wiesoundwarum@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%23GXtGFYCJHA.3576@xxxxxx
> Gary,
> Thanks. Actually the procedure described in the blog is the
> procedure which I had planned to use. The procedure is brute
> force. I may use both the brute force method and the product you
> mentioned. That is, I'll hold the results of the brute force
> method in reserve in case the commercial product has problems.
> Using Vista Ultimate makes one leery and weary.

Quote:

> "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:epjXI5WCJHA.4340@xxxxxx
> That commercial product is good for a 20 day free trial.
>
> Backing up and restoring everything associated with WLM is
> quite tedious.
> Have a look at this article:
>
> http://liveunplugged.spaces.live.com...90CA!174.entry

Quote:

> "Karl Snooks" <wiesoundwarum@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%234x3%23PWCJHA.2272@xxxxxx
> Gary,
> Many thanks. Appears to be an excellent product.
>
> Is there somewhere a write-up on a do-it-yourself backup with a
> $0 cost?

Quote:

> "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:u9yKYCWCJHA.4780@xxxxxx
> http://www.staticbackup.com/windows-live-mail-backup/

Quote:

> "Karl Snooks" <wiesoundwarum@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%23xs2zfVCJHA.5656@xxxxxx
> Good People,
> I will be completely reinstalling all software on a laptop
> running Vista Ultimate, MS Office Professional and WLM.
>
> How can I save all WLM settings, folders, files, messages,
> accounts, etc so that after the reinstall I can restore WLM just
> as if nothing had ever happened?
>
> Motivation behind reinstall is due to unsolvable and
> unresolveable Vista problems and not due to WLM problems.
>
> Is there is a MSKB or how-to that is applicable?

08-30-2008

I did a backup of my WLM contacts.

The resulting .CSV did NOT show the birthday field.

The birthday field is visible when viewing/editing the contacts.

I agree that the field should be in the .CSV, alas,'tis missing.

Karl

"Ildhund" <jnllb@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23Dhi0xhCJHA.4768@xxxxxx
Are you signed in with a Hotmail-type Live ID? If so, all your
contacts are available at contacts.live.com and you don't need to
export them from WLMail. Further, if you *do* want to export them to
CSV for backup purposes, then the Live contacts export includes more
fields than you ever knew you had, including birthday.
Gary will explain to you the value of using the sign-in process as
an extra level of security with regard to recovering lost contacts.
--
Noel

"Karl Snooks" <wiesoundwarum@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Ok#zr5dCJHA.1180@xxxxxx

Quote:

> Gary,
> I may be using the commercial product.
>
> Do you know if the commercial product will save and restore all of
> the contact fields? What prompts this question is that I did a
> save of my contact info in .csv format and upon examining the
> result in Excel and discovered that the "Birthday" field and no
> doubt others were missing.
>
> In fact, on the list of fields which can be selected for the .csv
> file, "Birthday" is missing. I haven't done a check to see what
> all is missing but that one thing alone is a killer for me.
>
> If the commercial product will truly save and restore all fields,
> then I'm forced to use it since Live Mail doesn't save all fields
>
> Have I overlooked something or is this a "feature" of Live Mail?
>
> Karl
> "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:e%23gX2HZCJHA.2480@xxxxxx
> I've used the commercial product several times and have had good
> success with it.
>
> --
> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
>
>
> "Karl Snooks" <wiesoundwarum@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%23GXtGFYCJHA.3576@xxxxxx
> Gary,
> Thanks. Actually the procedure described in the blog is the
> procedure which I had planned to use. The procedure is brute
> force. I may use both the brute force method and the product you
> mentioned. That is, I'll hold the results of the brute force
> method in reserve in case the commercial product has problems.
> Using Vista Ultimate makes one leery and weary.

Quote:

> "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:epjXI5WCJHA.4340@xxxxxx
> That commercial product is good for a 20 day free trial.
>
> Backing up and restoring everything associated with WLM is
> quite tedious.
> Have a look at this article:
>
> http://liveunplugged.spaces.live.com...90CA!174.entry

Quote:

> "Karl Snooks" <wiesoundwarum@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%234x3%23PWCJHA.2272@xxxxxx
> Gary,
> Many thanks. Appears to be an excellent product.
>
> Is there somewhere a write-up on a do-it-yourself backup with a
> $0 cost?

Quote:

> "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:u9yKYCWCJHA.4780@xxxxxx
> http://www.staticbackup.com/windows-live-mail-backup/

Quote:

> "Karl Snooks" <wiesoundwarum@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%23xs2zfVCJHA.5656@xxxxxx
> Good People,
> I will be completely reinstalling all software on a laptop
> running Vista Ultimate, MS Office Professional and WLM.
>
> How can I save all WLM settings, folders, files, messages,
> accounts, etc so that after the reinstall I can restore WLM just
> as if nothing had ever happened?
>
> Motivation behind reinstall is due to unsolvable and
> unresolveable Vista problems and not due to WLM problems.
>
> Is there is a MSKB or how-to that is applicable?

08-28-2008	#1 (permalink)
Karl Snooks n/a posts	Save before reinstall and restore after reinstall-Vista Ultimate and WLM Good People, I will be completely reinstalling all software on a laptop running Vista Ultimate, MS Office Professional and WLM. How can I save all WLM settings, folders, files, messages, accounts, etc so that after the reinstall I can restore WLM just as if nothing had ever happened? Motivation behind reinstall is due to unsolvable and unresolveable Vista problems and not due to WLM problems. Is there is a MSKB or how-to that is applicable? Thanks, Karl
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08-28-2008	#2 (permalink)
Gary VanderMolen n/a posts	Re: Save before reinstall and restore after reinstall-Vista Ultimate and WLM http://www.staticbackup.com/windows-live-mail-backup/ -- Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail) "Karl Snooks" <wiesoundwarum@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23xs2zfVCJHA.5656@xxxxxx Good People, I will be completely reinstalling all software on a laptop running Vista Ultimate, MS Office Professional and WLM. How can I save all WLM settings, folders, files, messages, accounts, etc so that after the reinstall I can restore WLM just as if nothing had ever happened? Motivation behind reinstall is due to unsolvable and unresolveable Vista problems and not due to WLM problems. Is there is a MSKB or how-to that is applicable? Thanks, Karl
My System Specs

08-28-2008	#3 (permalink)
Karl Snooks n/a posts	Re: Save before reinstall and restore after reinstall-Vista Ultimate and WLM Gary, Many thanks. Appears to be an excellent product. Is there somewhere a write-up on a do-it-yourself backup with a $0 cost? Karl "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:u9yKYCWCJHA.4780@xxxxxx http://www.staticbackup.com/windows-live-mail-backup/ -- Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail) "Karl Snooks" <wiesoundwarum@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23xs2zfVCJHA.5656@xxxxxx Good People, I will be completely reinstalling all software on a laptop running Vista Ultimate, MS Office Professional and WLM. How can I save all WLM settings, folders, files, messages, accounts, etc so that after the reinstall I can restore WLM just as if nothing had ever happened? Motivation behind reinstall is due to unsolvable and unresolveable Vista problems and not due to WLM problems. Is there is a MSKB or how-to that is applicable? Thanks, Karl
My System Specs

08-28-2008	#4 (permalink)
Gary VanderMolen n/a posts	Re: Save before reinstall and restore after reinstall-Vista Ultimate and WLM That commercial product is good for a 20 day free trial. Backing up and restoring everything associated with WLM is quite tedious. Have a look at this article: http://liveunplugged.spaces.live.com...90CA!174.entry -- Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail) "Karl Snooks" <wiesoundwarum@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%234x3%23PWCJHA.2272@xxxxxx Gary, Many thanks. Appears to be an excellent product. Is there somewhere a write-up on a do-it-yourself backup with a $0 cost? Karl "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:u9yKYCWCJHA.4780@xxxxxx http://www.staticbackup.com/windows-live-mail-backup/ -- Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail) "Karl Snooks" <wiesoundwarum@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23xs2zfVCJHA.5656@xxxxxx Good People, I will be completely reinstalling all software on a laptop running Vista Ultimate, MS Office Professional and WLM. How can I save all WLM settings, folders, files, messages, accounts, etc so that after the reinstall I can restore WLM just as if nothing had ever happened? Motivation behind reinstall is due to unsolvable and unresolveable Vista problems and not due to WLM problems. Is there is a MSKB or how-to that is applicable? Thanks, Karl
My System Specs

08-28-2008	#5 (permalink)
Karl Snooks n/a posts	Re: Save before reinstall and restore after reinstall-Vista Ultimate and WLM Gary, Thanks. Actually the procedure described in the blog is the procedure which I had planned to use. The procedure is brute force. I may use both the brute force method and the product you mentioned. That is, I'll hold the results of the brute force method in reserve in case the commercial product has problems. Using Vista Ultimate makes one leery and weary. Karl "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:epjXI5WCJHA.4340@xxxxxx That commercial product is good for a 20 day free trial. Backing up and restoring everything associated with WLM is quite tedious. Have a look at this article: http://liveunplugged.spaces.live.com...90CA!174.entry -- Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail) "Karl Snooks" <wiesoundwarum@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%234x3%23PWCJHA.2272@xxxxxx Gary, Many thanks. Appears to be an excellent product. Is there somewhere a write-up on a do-it-yourself backup with a $0 cost? Karl "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:u9yKYCWCJHA.4780@xxxxxx http://www.staticbackup.com/windows-live-mail-backup/ -- Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail) "Karl Snooks" <wiesoundwarum@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23xs2zfVCJHA.5656@xxxxxx Good People, I will be completely reinstalling all software on a laptop running Vista Ultimate, MS Office Professional and WLM. How can I save all WLM settings, folders, files, messages, accounts, etc so that after the reinstall I can restore WLM just as if nothing had ever happened? Motivation behind reinstall is due to unsolvable and unresolveable Vista problems and not due to WLM problems. Is there is a MSKB or how-to that is applicable? Thanks, Karl
My System Specs

08-29-2008	#6 (permalink)
Gary VanderMolen n/a posts	Re: Save before reinstall and restore after reinstall-Vista Ultimate and WLM I've used the commercial product several times and have had good success with it. -- Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail) "Karl Snooks" <wiesoundwarum@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23GXtGFYCJHA.3576@xxxxxx Gary, Thanks. Actually the procedure described in the blog is the procedure which I had planned to use. The procedure is brute force. I may use both the brute force method and the product you mentioned. That is, I'll hold the results of the brute force method in reserve in case the commercial product has problems. Using Vista Ultimate makes one leery and weary. Karl "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:epjXI5WCJHA.4340@xxxxxx That commercial product is good for a 20 day free trial. Backing up and restoring everything associated with WLM is quite tedious. Have a look at this article: http://liveunplugged.spaces.live.com...90CA!174.entry -- Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail) "Karl Snooks" <wiesoundwarum@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%234x3%23PWCJHA.2272@xxxxxx Gary, Many thanks. Appears to be an excellent product. Is there somewhere a write-up on a do-it-yourself backup with a $0 cost? Karl "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:u9yKYCWCJHA.4780@xxxxxx http://www.staticbackup.com/windows-live-mail-backup/ -- Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail) "Karl Snooks" <wiesoundwarum@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23xs2zfVCJHA.5656@xxxxxx Good People, I will be completely reinstalling all software on a laptop running Vista Ultimate, MS Office Professional and WLM. How can I save all WLM settings, folders, files, messages, accounts, etc so that after the reinstall I can restore WLM just as if nothing had ever happened? Motivation behind reinstall is due to unsolvable and unresolveable Vista problems and not due to WLM problems. Is there is a MSKB or how-to that is applicable? Thanks, Karl
My System Specs

08-29-2008	#7 (permalink)
SIW2 VISTA HOME PREMIUM X64/ 7 x64 / 7x86 2,301 posts	Re: Save before reinstall and restore after reinstall-Vista Ultimate and WLM Hi Karl, Anyone making copies or backups prior to reinstall might find this a very useful little device Karen's Replicator Hope it help SIW2
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08-29-2008	#8 (permalink)
Gary VanderMolen n/a posts	Re: Save before reinstall and restore after reinstall-Vista Ultimate and WLM I can't say for sure. None of my contacts use the birthday field. -- Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail) "Karl Snooks" <wiesoundwarum@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:Ok%23zr5dCJHA.1180@xxxxxx Gary, I may be using the commercial product. Do you know if the commercial product will save and restore all of the contact fields? What prompts this question is that I did a save of my contact info in .csv format and upon examining the result in Excel and discovered that the "Birthday" field and no doubt others were missing. In fact, on the list of fields which can be selected for the .csv file, "Birthday" is missing. I haven't done a check to see what all is missing but that one thing alone is a killer for me. If the commercial product will truly save and restore all fields, then I'm forced to use it since Live Mail doesn't save all fields Have I overlooked something or is this a "feature" of Live Mail? Karl "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:e%23gX2HZCJHA.2480@xxxxxx I've used the commercial product several times and have had good success with it. -- Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail) "Karl Snooks" <wiesoundwarum@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23GXtGFYCJHA.3576@xxxxxx Gary, Thanks. Actually the procedure described in the blog is the procedure which I had planned to use. The procedure is brute force. I may use both the brute force method and the product you mentioned. That is, I'll hold the results of the brute force method in reserve in case the commercial product has problems. Using Vista Ultimate makes one leery and weary. Karl "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:epjXI5WCJHA.4340@xxxxxx That commercial product is good for a 20 day free trial. Backing up and restoring everything associated with WLM is quite tedious. Have a look at this article: http://liveunplugged.spaces.live.com...90CA!174.entry -- Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail) "Karl Snooks" <wiesoundwarum@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%234x3%23PWCJHA.2272@xxxxxx Gary, Many thanks. Appears to be an excellent product. Is there somewhere a write-up on a do-it-yourself backup with a $0 cost? Karl "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:u9yKYCWCJHA.4780@xxxxxx http://www.staticbackup.com/windows-live-mail-backup/ -- Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail) "Karl Snooks" <wiesoundwarum@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23xs2zfVCJHA.5656@xxxxxx Good People, I will be completely reinstalling all software on a laptop running Vista Ultimate, MS Office Professional and WLM. How can I save all WLM settings, folders, files, messages, accounts, etc so that after the reinstall I can restore WLM just as if nothing had ever happened? Motivation behind reinstall is due to unsolvable and unresolveable Vista problems and not due to WLM problems. Is there is a MSKB or how-to that is applicable? Thanks, Karl
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08-29-2008	#9 (permalink)
Ildhund n/a posts	Re: Save before reinstall and restore after reinstall-Vista Ultimate and WLM Are you signed in with a Hotmail-type Live ID? If so, all your contacts are available at contacts.live.com and you don't need to export them from WLMail. Further, if you do want to export them to CSV for backup purposes, then the Live contacts export includes more fields than you ever knew you had, including birthday. Gary will explain to you the value of using the sign-in process as an extra level of security with regard to recovering lost contacts. -- Noel "Karl Snooks" <wiesoundwarum@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:Ok#zr5dCJHA.1180@xxxxxx Quote: > Gary, > I may be using the commercial product. > > Do you know if the commercial product will save and restore all of > the contact fields? What prompts this question is that I did a > save of my contact info in .csv format and upon examining the > result in Excel and discovered that the "Birthday" field and no > doubt others were missing. > > In fact, on the list of fields which can be selected for the .csv > file, "Birthday" is missing. I haven't done a check to see what > all is missing but that one thing alone is a killer for me. > > If the commercial product will truly save and restore all fields, > then I'm forced to use it since Live Mail doesn't save all fields > > Have I overlooked something or is this a "feature" of Live Mail? > > Karl > "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:e%23gX2HZCJHA.2480@xxxxxx > I've used the commercial product several times and have had good > success with it. > > -- > Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail) > > > "Karl Snooks" <wiesoundwarum@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:%23GXtGFYCJHA.3576@xxxxxx > Gary, > Thanks. Actually the procedure described in the blog is the > procedure which I had planned to use. The procedure is brute > force. I may use both the brute force method and the product you > mentioned. That is, I'll hold the results of the brute force > method in reserve in case the commercial product has problems. > Using Vista Ultimate makes one leery and weary. Quote: > "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:epjXI5WCJHA.4340@xxxxxx > That commercial product is good for a 20 day free trial. > > Backing up and restoring everything associated with WLM is > quite tedious. > Have a look at this article: > > http://liveunplugged.spaces.live.com...90CA!174.entry Quote: > "Karl Snooks" <wiesoundwarum@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:%234x3%23PWCJHA.2272@xxxxxx > Gary, > Many thanks. Appears to be an excellent product. > > Is there somewhere a write-up on a do-it-yourself backup with a > $0 cost? Quote: > "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:u9yKYCWCJHA.4780@xxxxxx > http://www.staticbackup.com/windows-live-mail-backup/ Quote: > "Karl Snooks" <wiesoundwarum@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:%23xs2zfVCJHA.5656@xxxxxx > Good People, > I will be completely reinstalling all software on a laptop > running Vista Ultimate, MS Office Professional and WLM. > > How can I save all WLM settings, folders, files, messages, > accounts, etc so that after the reinstall I can restore WLM just > as if nothing had ever happened? > > Motivation behind reinstall is due to unsolvable and > unresolveable Vista problems and not due to WLM problems. > > Is there is a MSKB or how-to that is applicable?
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08-30-2008	#10 (permalink)
Karl Snooks n/a posts	Re: Save before reinstall and restore after reinstall-Vista Ultimate and WLM I did a backup of my WLM contacts. The resulting .CSV did NOT show the birthday field. The birthday field is visible when viewing/editing the contacts. I agree that the field should be in the .CSV, alas,'tis missing. Karl "Ildhund" <jnllb@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23Dhi0xhCJHA.4768@xxxxxx Are you signed in with a Hotmail-type Live ID? If so, all your contacts are available at contacts.live.com and you don't need to export them from WLMail. Further, if you do want to export them to CSV for backup purposes, then the Live contacts export includes more fields than you ever knew you had, including birthday. Gary will explain to you the value of using the sign-in process as an extra level of security with regard to recovering lost contacts. -- Noel "Karl Snooks" <wiesoundwarum@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:Ok#zr5dCJHA.1180@xxxxxx Quote: > Gary, > I may be using the commercial product. > > Do you know if the commercial product will save and restore all of > the contact fields? What prompts this question is that I did a > save of my contact info in .csv format and upon examining the > result in Excel and discovered that the "Birthday" field and no > doubt others were missing. > > In fact, on the list of fields which can be selected for the .csv > file, "Birthday" is missing. I haven't done a check to see what > all is missing but that one thing alone is a killer for me. > > If the commercial product will truly save and restore all fields, > then I'm forced to use it since Live Mail doesn't save all fields > > Have I overlooked something or is this a "feature" of Live Mail? > > Karl > "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:e%23gX2HZCJHA.2480@xxxxxx > I've used the commercial product several times and have had good > success with it. > > -- > Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail) > > > "Karl Snooks" <wiesoundwarum@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:%23GXtGFYCJHA.3576@xxxxxx > Gary, > Thanks. Actually the procedure described in the blog is the > procedure which I had planned to use. The procedure is brute > force. I may use both the brute force method and the product you > mentioned. That is, I'll hold the results of the brute force > method in reserve in case the commercial product has problems. > Using Vista Ultimate makes one leery and weary. Quote: > "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:epjXI5WCJHA.4340@xxxxxx > That commercial product is good for a 20 day free trial. > > Backing up and restoring everything associated with WLM is > quite tedious. > Have a look at this article: > > http://liveunplugged.spaces.live.com...90CA!174.entry Quote: > "Karl Snooks" <wiesoundwarum@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:%234x3%23PWCJHA.2272@xxxxxx > Gary, > Many thanks. Appears to be an excellent product. > > Is there somewhere a write-up on a do-it-yourself backup with a > $0 cost? Quote: > "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:u9yKYCWCJHA.4780@xxxxxx > http://www.staticbackup.com/windows-live-mail-backup/ Quote: > "Karl Snooks" <wiesoundwarum@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:%23xs2zfVCJHA.5656@xxxxxx > Good People, > I will be completely reinstalling all software on a laptop > running Vista Ultimate, MS Office Professional and WLM. > > How can I save all WLM settings, folders, files, messages, > accounts, etc so that after the reinstall I can restore WLM just > as if nothing had ever happened? > > Motivation behind reinstall is due to unsolvable and > unresolveable Vista problems and not due to WLM problems. > > Is there is a MSKB or how-to that is applicable?
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