If you were using Outlook (not Outlook Express) on your old computer, just
install it on your new Vista computer.

If you got Office 2007 on your new computer, then use it!




"paulp" <paulp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have exactly the same issue. Windows Mail does not support hotmail.
> Windows Mail cannot utilize my Outlook Contacts. On my XP/Office 2000
> machine I could do both. I just bought a brand new Dell with Vista
> Business.
> I'm going to look into returning it and getting a machine with XP Pro. I
> thought I was supposed to be able to do more, not less, with Vista/Office
> 2007!
>
> "Steve Cochran" wrote:
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>> No, because WinMail now uses Windows Contacts and not the wab file
>> anymore.
>> You can ask in an Outlook forum. Maybe someone there knows how to do it.
>>
>> steve
>>
>> "David Wess" <dwess@wess.com> wrote in message
>> news:2AF1270D-314A-4435-8A02-9319D0270C45@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>> > Sure, but every time I update my Outlook file, I have to reimport them
>> > into Windows Mail. with XP, there was a well-known registry hack to use
>> > OL2003 contacts in Outlook Express. Is there such a thing for Vista?
>> >
>> > "Steve Cochran" <scochran@oehelp.com> wrote in message
>> > news:541B72B1-3B59-449E-8030-F69C3E369988@microsoft.com...
>> >> You can export those as a csv file from Outlook and then import them
>> >> into
>> >> WinMail.
>> >>
>> >> steve
>> >>
>> >> "David Wess" <dwess@wess.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:338A63C0-9E30-4603-A5AD-CD3500B645E1@microsoft.com...
>> >>>I have about 2,700 contacts stored in Microsoft Outlook 2007. When I
>> >>>write mail in Windows Mail, I would like to be able to use these
>> >>>contacts. Can this be done? If so, how?
>> >>
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