Vista - Outlook 2000

Hello: I have recently purchased a new lab top and Vista was installed. I
loaded my MS Office and now my Outlook Address book cannot be found. I have
tried to re-install buy no luck. This computer came with MS Works, and MS
Mail. I do not use either one. Please help. I can receive emails but
cannot sent because of the address book.
Thanks

Contacts is stored within the Personal folders data store. The file has a
..pst
extension to it. Installing Office only provides the applications and not
the
personal data. You'll need to copy/transfer the .Pst from your previous PC
to the new Vista machine to re-obtain the Contacts information.

"Glenda" <Glenda@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello: I have recently purchased a new lab top and Vista was installed.
> I
> loaded my MS Office and now my Outlook Address book cannot be found. I
> have
> tried to re-install buy no luck. This computer came with MS Works, and MS
> Mail. I do not use either one. Please help. I can receive emails but
> cannot sent because of the address book.
> Thanks

"R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> Contacts is stored within the Personal folders data store. The file has a
> .pst
> extension to it. Installing Office only provides the applications and not
> the
> personal data. You'll need to copy/transfer the .Pst from your previous PC
> to the new Vista machine to re-obtain the Contacts information.
>
> "Glenda" <Glenda@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> newsC26B6D5-20C2-4642-9B59-69A2401729D2@microsoft.com...
>> Hello: I have recently purchased a new lab top and Vista was installed.
>> I
>> loaded my MS Office and now my Outlook Address book cannot be found. I
>> have
>> tried to re-install buy no luck. This computer came with MS Works, and
>> MS
>> Mail. I do not use either one. Please help. I can receive emails but
>> cannot sent because of the address book.
>> Thanks
>

FYI, The PST file doesn't take when Outlook 2000 is used in Vista. I tried
it. Outlook at first glance appears to be OK, however, just try to make an
entry and it will give you error messages. I would love to find a 'work
around' for my old Outlook 2000 contacts list.