Email transfer from Outlook XP to Windows 7 - Live Mail

[Brule]

Ok, keep in mind that i'm not tech savvy whatsoever so i thought i'd ask here to see if what i've read is correct or outdated.

Here's my situation. I have decided to purchase a new desktop, already have it at home but i have not opened it up yet until i clarify a couple of things. Here is some info that will help. The new system comes with Windows 7 Home Prem 64-bit. My old system runs Windows XP and i have Office XP 2002 running on it which means i have Outlook XP.

Now from what i have read, Windows 7 no longer supports Outlook XP, but if you load Outlook xp on it you will have password issues where you need to enter your outlook password everytime you launch outlook.

So, i thought i would just use Windows Live Mail that is supported by Windows 7.

My question is: What is the best way to transfer my Outlook XP info: ie: contacts, and all emails from my old computer to the new one?

This is what i was going to do:

Install Windows Live Mail on my old desktop and import all Outlook info into Windows Live. Then save that info on my external drive and then import it on my new computer in windows live.

What do you guys think and is this an easy way to do this or is there another way that would make my life easier?

Thanks for your advice.

[Sihing73]

Hello,

Not sure where you got the info that Outlook is not suported on Windows 7,

Here is a link which may help clarify.

http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/vista.htm

http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/win7upgrade.htm

Hope this is helpful.

[Brule]

Froom your second link: Officially, only Outlook 2003 and 2007 are supported in Windows 7. I do not have either of these two versions.

[Sihing73]

So you have Outlook 2010??

[David Jamieson]

1.In Outlook on Windows XP export the PST to Outlook Express then import those into Windows Mail

2.Outlook Contacts will need to be exported as a Comma Separated Values text file for import into Windows Contacts



Your .pst file is your mail file that is onboard your system.
select file>export then follow step 2, follow the prompts, remember where you placed the csv file.

in windows mail, run the import and import the csv from where you placed it.

that should be all there is to it.

[Brule]

I apologize for not being clear in my initial message. This is where i got my info from. I currently have Outlook 2002/XP, please read the section on previous version in the link i provided.

http://www.msoutlook.info/question/303

[Sihing73]

I apologize for not being clear in my initial message. This is where i got my info from. I currently have Outlook 2002/XP, please read the section on previous version in the link i provided.

http://www.msoutlook.info/question/303

No need, I assumed, and we know what that does to us , that you meant 2007 as that is usually associated with XP. My mistake not yours.

[David Jamieson]

I apologize for not being clear in my initial message. This is where i got my info from. I currently have Outlook 2002/XP, please read the section on previous version in the link i provided.

http://www.msoutlook.info/question/303

Did you try to export the file then reimport it to windows livemail?

[Brule]

I was finally able to get to this on Saturday. I actually used mailstore.com, a free software used to archive email. I came across it while trying to understand this email and contacts transfer thing and it worked like a dream. You basically just download the software on your old computer, archive you emails, then export to a thumb drive with a file directory .eml, go to your new computer and from windows live mail, import from the thumb drive and there you have it. I was able to transfer all my emails from both mine and my wife's account in about 5 minutes.

The contacts were also easy and i did what DJ described above by exporting as a .csv file and importing into windows live.

For someone who knows nothing about computers, google is your friend and so are the glorified kickboxers here....