I have a problem with a BCM database. I want to check it on another machine
with a fresh install. I have backed up the BCM database. Transfered it to the
second machine and it won't let me open it telling me I am not the owner of
the database!

I had a problem preceeded by an issue with account in BCM where clicking an
account record came up with the error
Could not load an object because it is not available on this machine
I tried deleting one of the accounts and then later discovered that the

I want BCM/Outlook to remind me the birthday of the business contacts before
1-2 days
so that i can send them a electronic greeting card
How?

I would like to track customer referrals through Business Contact Manager.  I
wish to track where someone was referred from, plus how many referrals a
particular client made.  
I have an incentive program in mind where a client will receive a free gift

Please tell me that I don't have to type everyone into a distribution list.
There should be a way to generate an email distribution list from the BCM
catagories.
Thanks in advance!

When I right click on a Business Contact and choose the option for a new
appointment I am presented with a Untitled Appointment screen to fill-in.
After I setup the date and time, invite the attendees, and such I then hit
Save & Close. BCM then presents a screen that indicates ...

Outlook & BCM 2007
Just installed Business Contact Manager and now whenever I try and open a
word document attachment from an email within Outlook I get the following
message:

I have been running Office 2007 on my PC, with Business Contact
Manager 2007, on XP, and it was fine.
Yesterday I did a fresh install (not an upgrade) to Vista in order to
run on that OS, meaning that I had to re-install Office, which went

I've customized the Open Business Projects section of the BCM home page, but
it doesn't stick.  I go elsewhere in Outlook, when I return, it is in the
original form.  Any ideas on how to save the cahnges?

Anyone how knows if it will be possible to Slipstreaming SP1 into BCM
installation files ;)

I have a user (sales manager) who has a copy of Office 2007 installed on his
new laptop.  He wants to use the BCM feature in the office suite to monitor
and report on sales activities administered by his staff.  They all have
office 2003 installed and I have a copy of the BCM ...

I just upgraded to Office Professional 2007. I installed BCM and integrated
it with Accounting 2008 Professional. After doing so, clients I had entered
in Accounting were imported into BCM. It all worked fantastic!
So, here is what I was expecting to be able to do, but not so sure ...

We are migrating our data off the clunky ACT! application and importing into
BCM this week. I am a little concerned about how the tasks and automated
tasks we have setup in ACT! will behave if at all recognised in BCM.
My next question then if my old tasks are doomed, then how ...

I am running Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003.
For reasons unknown access to Business Contact Manager after considerable
use is not available. Reference to Business Tools on the menu has disappeared.
In the Add or Remove Programs there is no reference to BCM although ...

1. Based on your experiences, is this a good thing to do at the current
release of BCM? Or are other options out that are there better?
2. Where can I find the detail about how Groups are converted from ACT to
BCM by BCM? I know there was an upgrade with the recent SP release, but ...