I have lots of contacts in Outlook and I’m switching to an Outlook.com account.

I’ve noticed that many of the advanced contact information fields that are available in Outlook are not available in the People section of an Outlook.com account.

For a couple of contacts, I’ve filled out these fields.

What will happen with the information in these fields when I move the contacts to Outlook.com?

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I’ve just installed Office 2013 but I also have Communicator 2007 R2 installed and found that the Communicator status is not found in Outlook.

In the option of Communicator, the option “Update my presence based on my Calendar information” is checked but that doesn’t seem to work either.

How can I solve this?

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I've backed up my pst-file of my POP3 account from my old computer and now want to use it on my new computer.

I've been told not to use the Import feature to restore my pst-file but to reuse it when setting up my account in Outlook. That way I should be able to keep my rules, view settings and various other personalization settings.

That sounds great and I would prefer not to lose too many of my settings but how exactly do I need to restore my POP3 pst-file to keep all these things?

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With Conditional Formatting, I can highlight incoming mail from a specific person.

Is it also possible to do this for all emails coming from a specific domain?

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When I wanted to edit my Signature, I noticed that the Signatures button isn’t working at all when I click on it. The same is true for the Stationery and Fonts… button.

I tried repairing my installation of Office but that didn’t work.

How can I get my Signature Editor to work again?

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I a previous tip, you mentioned how to Remove Outlook search results from Start Menu.

For me, searching for Outlook items in the Start Screen doesn't seem to work at all. I’ve looked for the NoSearchCommInStartMenu Registry value but it doesn’t exist so I guess that means that it should work, doesn’t it?

Is there something else I can do to enable it again?

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I've created a list of Categories in Outlook which I don't like to lose so I thought about backing them up. Unfortunately I couldn't find an export/import option for this.

How do I backup my Categories and, if possible; can I also copy or restore them to another mail profile?

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As a response to What is Outlook synchronizing now?, the following was asked;

In which order does Outlook synchronize the folder when it is configured in Cached Exchange Mode? Can I configure this order?

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I’m working in a large organization with an Exchange account and I recently noticed that everyone within the company can see my free/busy information.

I can understand this importance for a small company or a single department but to everyone else in a large company, I find that my availability is none of their business.

Is there anyway I can hide my availability completely or make it available to just the people I work with?

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When I try to start Outlook, I get the following question;
"Do you want to allow the following program to make changes to this computer?"

If I click "No", nothing happens. If I click "Yes", I get the error;
"No profiles have been created. To create a new profile, use the Mail icon in the Control Panel."

This error is then directly followed by;
"Cannot start Microsoft Office Outlook. Cannot open the Outlook window. The server is not available. Contact your administrator if this condition persists."

I went to the Mail applet in Control Panel and my mail profile and mail account is configured as it should but still Outlook does not open. I'm the administrator of this computer;
How can I get Outlook to work again?

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