How to get BCM

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1.Reversing the disaster: How to getting BCM data exported back

Anyone who know if there are any way of exporting or converting BCM data into 
other CRMs? 

BCM 2003 has been a disaster solution since it does not allow us to send 
blind email copies through MS-outlook to the different groups created in BCM, 
effectively making BCM useless to send out newsletters to the groups.

Alternative 1:) ....any MS people where that know if this no. 1 missing 
feature will be available in 2003?  Or in 2007?

Alternative 2:) If we must start all over again rebuilding our data in a new 
program, which CRM should we go for that allow us to send "blind copy" 
newsletters to groups of contacts?
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"There is no such thing as a stupid question, just stupid answers"

2.Has Anyone Ever Gotten BCM to work well?

I've bought Office Pro twice because it was bundled with BCM (2003 and 2007). 
 The first time it messed up Outlook performance terribly and had all kinds 
of its own problems, so I disabled it.

Very much wanted an Outlook integrated contact manager, I upgraded to Office 
2007 shortly after it became available, largely expecting that a new version 
of BCM would probably work better.  But it didn't.  It slowed and messed up 
my Outlook reliability again until I felt the need to again disable BCM.

I've tried it on XP Pro and now Vista, and it's a complete non-starter.  
Anyone have any advice?

3.BCM issues getting contacts into BCM

I am having trouble getting contacts into Accounts in BCM 
and getting Contacts into Business Contacts and I can't 
even get to Opportunities. I have tried to "copy all" drag 
and drop into both Accounts and/or Business Contacts but 
then they don't seem to "link" incoming email. Also, in 
order for emails to register as a link do they have to 
originate within an Account or BC?

Thanks
John

4.Getting Old bcm database to new PC with BCM Installed

I recently upgraded to a new PC.  I have installed MS Office 2003 and all 
updates
I have been unable to successfully get my old Business Contact Manager 
database into the new software by trying to get the new PC/BCM to recognize a 
backup copy of the old database and integrate it into the new PC program.

Can anyone explain to me how this should be done?  I'd rather not convert to 
a .csv file if I can avoid it.  Isn't there a way to get the new Business 
Contact Manager to recognize the old database and just bring it in?

thanks

Dave

5.(revised) INSTALL BCM - uninstall BCM - install BCM - still no BCM

An Addendum - 10 minutes later) 
I just went into the DATA FILE MANAGEMENT setting on OLK (outlook) and added 
BCM.  Like before - it installs it but there is NO TOOLBAR so I cannot 
restore - move - or add contact to my old BCM contact database. (from a 
previous version of outlook).  SO - my problems are reduced to ADDING THE BCM 
TOOLBAR to the top of my OUTLOOK 2003 window.
I have the OUTLOOK CONNECTOR showing but no BCM.  thanx again - in advance - 
DRIX
"Drix" wrote:

> HI - whew - please help me get my OUTLOOK w/bcm to show my BC's again.
> 
> I excitedly have the fat 2 disk set of OFFICE SBM 2006. It works but for the 
> BCM (the second most important part after email).  In increasingly desperate 
> attempts to get it to function correctly, I read and did most of what was 
> suggested here in this forum.  I put in CD ONE to put in OUTLOOK, put in CD 2 
> to added BCM (and accounting) and after several attempts of install and 
> un-install and re-install I got it to work - BUT with NO TOOLBAR. sigh... 2 
> days full of frustrating hours I have NO BCM, NO TOOLBAR and NO MORE CLUES as 
> to what to do. 
> 
> PULEEEEZE TEAM MS - help me get back to work here.  
> FEEDBACK CLUES: The registry (as in another post) says: REGDWORD (3) and 
> I've done ALL of the updates.  BIG CLUE - I also re-installed WINXP (pro) and 
> noticed it added me (log in name) twice, once as DRIX (primary) and NOW I'm 
> DRIX.millhouse (my network) with my other programs still listed there but w/o 
> functionality to them. (sigh again...)  PULEEEZE help me kidz - im losing 
> time - patience - AND the names/numbers to MY CLIENTS!!!!!!! (yikes!) 
> THANX - I'll be here waiting for your holy words of cure.  
> Drix

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