Thank you, some good info.

Bob S.


"Chad Harris" <fixvistabugsnow.net> wrote in message
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> It works well. The obvious reasons are Bob, XP has been at the forefront
> now for 6 years. A large number of people user it as their Windows
> version. So they have had stable systems for a long time, and done much
> work on them. If space is a consideration, then they don't need to drag
> and drop or copy folders or move them to Vista, although we all have our
> "can't do withouts" and if they don't take much real estate, why not?
>
> Let's say you have XP on C and Vista on E. If you installed Vista from
> XP's desktop (setup on XP desktop) your drive letters won't change. If
> you restart,they will. But when you're on the XP boot, they will be
> normal as they originally were, but if you setup and instaled Vista from a
> restart, then the Bios will have changed drive letters. When on Vista,
> Vista will be C:\. XP will be on D:\; D will become E:\ and F will be F.
>
> You can easily shortcut from the XP desktop to Vista--you just type in
> E:\(or whatever drive it would be) \Users\Your profile\Desktop.
>
> You can't access OE mail from Vista and I don't know a way of merging OE
> and Win Mail, but what you can do is you can save the OE mail or folders
> you want, and drag and drop or move them to the Vista desktop. Since I use
> OE and Outlook to send important phone numbers, data, and hdw software
> tips, buisness files and tips, this comes in handy. You can merge Outlook
> though,
>
> You can merge your Outlook folders and mail with two Outlooks on each boot
> though:
>
> 1. In Outlook, click on Tools, E-mail Accounts, then click the Next button
> 2. Click View or Change, then Next
> 3. In the Delivery New E-mails section,
> 4. Click the New Outlook Data File button
> 5. Click OK, then browse to the shared .pst file.
> 6. Click Ok, then Finish.
>
> CH
>
> "BobS" <no-spam@noplace.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> ">
>>> I shortcut to my XP desktop from Vista--if XP is on C:\ then it would be
>>> C:\Documents and Settings\Crash's profile name/Desktop and drag the
>>> folder icon at the top of the name bar to the Vista desktop as a
>>> shortcut. That way I don't have to transfer GBs of files and folders I
>>> want to access unless I want some faves actually on Vista and then I
>>> just drag and drop.
>>>
>>> CH
>>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks for the tip - gotta do that one.
>>
>> Bob S.
>>
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