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Old April 13th, 2009, 02:29 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]
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Default Activities Not Showing - 2007

You said you "switched from an earlier version." State how you did so
clearly and accurately. It is the likely source of your problem since there
is no way to "switch from an earlier version" with Outlook. Outlook should
only be installed clean. Data can only be switched from an earlier version
by connecting a clean installation to your former data source correctly.
Your symptoms suggest you failed to do so.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"activetrouble" wrote in message
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There was no migrated data.. unless i dont understand the term... contact
was
created in oulook 2007. make an appointment and at the bottom link it to a
contact. when I go to that contacts activities the appoinment does not
show
in his/hers activities. any help would be apprecited.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Answer is the same. If you want to know how you migrated your data
incorrectly, you must tell us how you did it. As it is, you must create a
new profile and migrate your data correctly. It is your profile that is
corrupt.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"activetrouble" wrote in
message
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I have the same problem yet the contacts were created in oulook 2007.
this
is
a problem I have run into since switching from an earlier version...
the
activities tab is not consistant activities do not show up always
reguardless
of ho wthey were created i.e. old versions migrated or originals in
2007

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Upgrades NEVER "take care of data migration."
Upgrade installations are not recommended. When you attempt one you
must
create a new Outlook Profile from scratch and migrate your data to it
correctly.
The file you need to migrate is your Personal Folders file (*.pst)
It's
where all the mail, calendar, contacts etc are stored.

Take a look at these pages for info on Outlook data backup or
transfer:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
http://www.howto-outlook.com/Howto/backupandrestore.htm
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...771141033.aspx

Note that some of the information on these pages is outdated and no
longer
applies to Outlook 2003 or 2007. Specifically:
1. Ignore any advice to copy your PST file to Outlook's default
location
to
connect it to your profile. Doing so only corrupts your profile. Copy
it
anywhere BUT the default location and open it within your Outlook
profile.
2. Ignore any advice that tells you to use export or import to
transfer
Outlook data. That has never been sound advice, but the process has
become
too deeply flawed now to be of any use whatsoever.

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"noelma" wrote in message
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I see several other messages on this - but no answers. I upgraded
from
2003
to 2007. The upgrade took care of the data migration - when 2007
opened,
all
my 2003 data was there. So I assume the 2007 version simply used my
existing
pst file. However, my problem is that linked activities do not show
consistantly in the Activities tab of the contact. I can open a
contact,
and
there all there - close and re-open the same contact and none are
displayed!