The desk top is a totally personal machine, always has been and it is from here, Outlook 2000, that I want to export to a laptop that was once a company machine, so far have not been near the laptop, it is on my personal PC that I am having the trouble. Thanks for your ideas etc. much appreciated.
Will now re-load the CD-Rom for Office 2000 and see if there is something in Business Tools or Outlook itself that I need to add to get Import and Export.