While Outlook is deactivated, it will essentially not allow you to write into the PST file, which is why it's causing you problems.
Outlook 2003 will work with XP, will work with ActiveSync 3.8 and consequently will work with HPC Pro.
You can
- Get
Outlook 2007, activate, import
(hope it all works
) and go
- Get Outlook 2003 from a store clearance, activate, import from Outlook Express and go
- Get a cheap version of Outlook XP or 2000 from eBay and do as above
- Go back to Outlook 98 and do as above
(although it isn't recommended procedure, it will work, but you must patch it as per our guides: I cannot state what the impact of IE7 is yet
)
If you still have your Outlook 98 PST, you can open it up with any version of Outlook, no imports required.
Outlook Express is an end user email client that was thrown into IE4 and got stuck in with Windows from Windows 95 OEM SR2.5 onwards. It has no sharing features, limited security, no corporate server support, no notes, tasks or calendaring - Just Email and Contacts. OLE has no native capability to sync with a Handheld PC, however third party connectors are available to add it, with varying degrees of success - some of them are even pretty good.
OLE has now been retired and replaced with a supposedly completely new app under Vista. Outlook itself is an ongoing project.
