Thanks for the clarification and other alternatives

No, the HP utility does not do that; I've looked at all its settings

Thanks and Regards

   
    ----- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote: ----
   
    First, do you know if there is any way for the HP program to use you
    Outlook Address Book? More and more third party utilities are starting t
    add that feature
   
    If not, I would say the reg hack is the way to go. Most likely, you'll wan
    to continue to use your Outlook Contacts Folder as your primary data sourc
    because it integrates with all of the other Office programs and the WAB doe
    not. The other option would be to export your Outlook Contacts to a CSV fil
    and import those into the WAB and maintain two data sources, but you'd nee
    to keep doing that over and over to keep the two in synch
   
    If you use the reg hack, you should continue to enter all your Contacts i
    Outlook, not the WAB interface. In the past when I've used it, Contact
    entered into the WAB interface have made it into Outlook, but I haven'
    tried it to confirm that is the case in current versions
    --
    Russ Valentin
    [MVP-Outlook
    "Hepplewhite" <dmataras@yahoo.com> wrote in messag
    news:B8E173D9-6AC0-43D8-A0DA-36C6A08465A8@microsoft.com..
    >> Hi, Russ
    >> First, thanks so much for participating in this newbie group
    >> ( By the way, if people in trouble have shouted, (as I'm sure you mus
    know), it is because all this Microsoft stuff is so crazy confusing
    There's nothing wrong with things being complex - but they need to b
    architected / designed right so that it is understandable / makes sense.
    am just starting to delve into the Outlook stuff, and it is really very
    very sorry.
    >> Anyway
    >> Following up to your "Synch with Windows Address Book" and your mor
    recent "Contacts and WAB" responses
    >> I have just moved to Windows XP Professional,  with Outlook 2003  ( fro
    Windows 98 and Outlook 2000, I believe )
    >> The problem is this:  All of my Contacts were properly imported int
    Outlook
    >> BUT ... I have an HP  Fax/Copy/Scan/Print that allows me to FAX from m
    "contacts"
    >> But the "contacts" it uses are the entries in the  "Address Book" -- whic
    is the Windows Address Book  -
    > About Address Book -   Address Book  6.00.2800.112
    > and the file location for the WAB file is greyed out, but points to
    C":\Documents and Settings\Hepplewhite\Application Data\Microsoft\Addres
    Book \ Hepplewhite.wa
    > (The title line on the Address Book window reads:   Address Book - Mai
    Identity
    >> I don't know if all this is relevant, but, anyway
    >> Of course, the WAB book is empty
    >> All of my contacts are in Contacts in my Outlook 2003 program
    >> Having said all this, my immediate problem is I want to be able to use m
    HP printers "fax" utility, which in turn uses the WAB to display potentia
    addressees, which, of course, is EMPTY, because I don't otherwise use it
    >> In both of your responses, you seem to be saying the only way to get th
    WAB to display my Outlook Contacts as potential addresses , is to hack th
    registry
    >> Have I understood that correctly?  Or, given the above scenario, is ther
    some other way to get the WAB to display Outlook Contacts
    >> And, let's say the only way to do it is to hack the registry, then
    >> Will this mean that, if I add an address DIRECTLY TO  the WAB via th
    Address Book utility, ...   will I find that new address in my Outloo
    Contacts
    >> I guess the ideal solutions to this problem of third parties looking i
    WAB is
    >> have a "synch" utility to synch OAB and WA
    > Make WAB be just a pointer to OA
    > Make OAB be just a pointer to WA
    >> Use Eudora ( ha, ha ), and don't fax
    >> Not-very-good joking aside, having explained the above scenario, i
    hacking the registry the solution you would suggest for me
    >> Thanks very much,
    >> /Hepplewhite.
    >>>>      ----- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote: -----
    >>      Only the old IMO support mode of Outlook  92/2000 permitted the
    Windows
    >      Address Book to use the Outlook Contacts Folder as its database. You
    can do
    >      the same with a reg hack:
    >      http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/oeshare.htm
    >>      --
    >      Russ Valentine
    >      [MVP-Outlook]
    >      "Nandor Klatsmanyi" <nandor@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
    >      news:%231pjrYwiDHA.2616@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
    >> Hi,
    >> Do you guys now how to synch the Outlook Address Book (eg.
    Contacts) with
    >> the Windows Address Book (that is used by Outlook Express and other
    apps)
    >> I know you can export/import between address books, but what I want
    is an
    >> automated syncnronization. I beleive it was working in Outlook 97
    (or even
    >> 2000 ?), but I can't get it working in Outlook XP.
    >>> TIA
    >>> Nandor