Local

• Default, Making Outlook the default email program.
• Moving outlook files to need computer

External

Making Outlook the default email program

In Internet Explorer (yup in IE), goto
Tools | Internet Options | Programs | Internet Programs | Set programs | Set your default programs then click on "Microsoft Office Outlook" and then choose "Set this program as default"

Moving outlook files to need computer

1. In Outlook on original computer do the following
   1. Start Outlook
   2. Tell it not to leave any files on the server.
      Goto: Tools | E-mail Accounts ... | View or change existing e-mail accounts
      Choose an account then
      Goto: Change | More Settings ... | Advanced
      and turn off Leave a copy of messages on the server
   3. Make sure to turn off server caching for email accounts
   4. Click Send and Receive to get all the data from the server and to delete its copy of messages already gotten
   5. Shutdown Outlook
   6. Goto Windows | Control Panel | User Settings | email
   7. Find where the data file is being stored, you must copy this to the new computer
2. Find the file that is the default pst where new messages go
3. Copy the default pst to where you want it
4. Use this on the new machine to do the next settings (config accounts email email)
5. Tell it where the copied pst is
6. Tell it to use copied pst as default place to put new mail
7. Delete old default place to put email
8. Start new Outlook
9. Add email accounts
10. send receive
11. Tell it to leave as many days of stuff on sever as you like