So we're free to recycle this thread for discussions about world politics
and the Linux flavor of the month now?

Thanks,

Dale

"Stinger" <Stinger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7471F601-3122-4E92-B80B-6EC4AABD058D@microsoft.com...
> Problem solved. Installed Vista Home Premium yesterday Haven't played
> around
> with it to backup mail. Thanks
>
> "Dale" wrote:
>
>> Yes, I caught that from your first post. My mistake.
>>
>>
>> "Alias" <aka@masked&anonymous.eu> wrote in message
>> news:eYlmBcWQHHA.2252@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> > Dale wrote:
>> >> Outlook can create PST files, not just Outlook Express.
>> >
>> > Correction: Outlook Express *cannot* create .pst files. It creates .dbx
>> > files.
>> >
>> > Alias
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Stinger" <Stinger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:9662F498-04B4-4189-AA6B-DD5AAABB8EAA@microsoft.com...
>> >>> There is no such file in Vista. Vista has Microsoft Mail, NOT Outlook
>> >>> Express, so no such .pst file. I have Knoppix.
>> >>>
>> >>> "Paul-B" wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> Stinger wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> > My 30 day trial is up and I am unable to use Vista RTM, so backing
>> >>>> > up
>> >>>> > the emiail is out of the question. I bought an OEM copy of Vista
>> >>>> > this
>> >>>> > morning from Newegg.com. I suppose it won't ship till the 30th but
>> >>>> > them I will prolly do a fresh install. I thought I could just get
>> >>>> > it
>> >>>> > activated online, but am afraid it's too late for it.
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> Depends how desperate you are, but you can download a copy of
>> >>>> Knoppix
>> >>>> from http://www.knoppix.org/, burn it onto a cd and boot from the
>> >>>> CD,
>> >>>> then find the outlook.pst file from your hard drive (Knoppix has
>> >>>> ntfs-3g so can read and write ntfs partitions) and save it onto a
>> >>>> usb
>> >>>> memory stick.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> --
>> >>>> Paul-B
>> >>>>
>> >>
>>
>>