Going back to Win XP?

If I decide to go back to using XP Pro from Vista Home Pro will there be any
problems with Outlook Express? I know I had to convert my OE data/contacts
to work with Windows Mail and I'm just wondering what I'll need to do, if
anything, going back the other way.

Thanks for your help.

Walter

"Walter Cohen" <w_cohen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> If I decide to go back to using XP Pro from Vista Home Pro will there be
> any problems with Outlook Express? I know I had to convert my OE
> data/contacts to work with Windows Mail and I'm just wondering what I'll
> need to do, if anything, going back the other way.


For the Contacts, first export them from Windows Contacts as a CSV file.
For the messages, save them and drag the EML files into OE.

--
Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
Do not reply with email

Consider Windows Live Mail http://get.live.com. It's similar to Windows
Mail but not nearly as finished. It is to be hoped, that a new version or
at least a bug fix release will be out soon.

The problem with OE is that its folders are a proprietary compressed format
that can go bad from program crashes or just plain old bit rot.

Cheers,

Earle

"Walter Cohen" <w_cohen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> If I decide to go back to using XP Pro from Vista Home Pro will there be
> any problems with Outlook Express? I know I had to convert my OE
> data/contacts to work with Windows Mail and I'm just wondering what I'll
> need to do, if anything, going back the other way.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Walter

Just be aware that (especially for laptops), if the machine was built
for Vista, often there are no XP drivers available.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP


"Walter Cohen" <w_cohen@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:eisCHzG0IHA.1772@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> If I decide to go back to using XP Pro from Vista Home Pro will there be any
> problems with Outlook Express? I know I had to convert my OE data/contacts
> to work with Windows Mail and I'm just wondering what I'll need to do, if
> anything, going back the other way.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Walter