It's at this point that I have to agree that paper would seem simpler!

It reminds me when we first got an internal e-mail system with our old VAMP
Medical System. My wife (who is my GP partner) was incredulous that I would
suggest that she e-mail me rather than walk up the stairs to my old surgery
to talk to me. But once she tried it, and realised that it was more
effective at getting through to me, and in getting me to do what she wanted,
then she was a quick convert.

We do still talk together & have some practice meetings in bed at home
though, talking about the patients/practice. One of the
advantages/disadvantages of being married to your GP partner. I'll just be
drifting off to sleep (which I can thankfully do very rapidly) when my other
half pipes up with some minutiae of the QOF which has been going round in
her head. Sometimes I think I prefer the e-mail.

Laurie Miles

-----Original Message-----
From: GP-UK [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Evans
Sent: 02 November 2004 04:40 pm
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [GP-UK] Calendar help please

dr brian crowley wrote:

>>One solution is to add your outlook ".pst" file to her profile. This
>>will allow her to view your calendar within her Outlook, though not
>>simultaneously with her own calendar.  If I remember correctly, you
>>need to go into "Tools/Options/mail setup/data files.."  in her
>>Outlook and add your profile.
>>
>I had a look at Outlook's options last night, and I can't see that it's
>possible to share the .pst file as it tells me the file path cannot be
>changed (although I didn't try dragging it to the shared folder to find
>out)
>
>
>
I know it's possible, as we're doing it at home, using Outlook XP. Log in to
the PC as her, go into the "data files" dialogue in her version of Outlook
as described above and click the "add" button. Then click OK to add a
"personal folder" and then navigate to where your .pst file is stored. This
will probably be in  "C:\Documents and Settings\Me\Local
Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook", where "Me" is your user name
on the PC.

If successful you should see both her and your .pst files now listed in the
data files dialogue. When you exit this dialogue and look at her "folders"
list in Outlook you should now see your folders as well as hers.

If you get an error message telling you don't have permission to view the
folder that contains your .pst file from her login, then you will need to
come out of Outlook, log in to the PC as yourself and use Windows explorer
to share this folder first (if you have XP pro, this is best done using
"permissions" after switching off simple file sharing - this lets you share
the folder with her and no one else).

--
Dr David Evans
Cardiff


***************************************************************************
This e-mail is confidential and privileged. If you are not the intended
recipent please accept our apologies; please do not disclose, copy or
distribute information in this e-mail or take any action in reliance on its
contents: to do so is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Please
inform us that this message has gone astray before deleting it. Thank you
for your co-operation.
***************************************************************************