> When you upgrade from XP to Vista, GUID for user account changes and for
> some reason the user becomes invalid from SQL perspective. To fix the
> problem, you will need to start Outlook as administrator. Note that in Vista
> even if you are logged as administrator, programs don't run with
> administrator priviledges.
>
> In order to run Outlook as administrator, browse to Outlook.exe file where
> you installed Office, right click it and select "Run as Administrator". This
> should fix your restore issue.
>
> Please let me know if you doesn't work.
>
> --
> Mukesh Agarwal [MSFT]
> Visit team blog at
http://blogs.msdn.com/bcm>
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> "Montgomery, TX" <MontgomeryTX[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:543E7E6F-BC51-4713-B890-957067C2D02A[ at ]microsoft.com...
> > After upgrading from Win XP PRO SP2 to Vista Ultimate, cannot restore BCM
> > 2007
> > database. Error message says "Cannot restore this database because you
> > were
> > not authorized to back up or restore databases when this one was
> > originally
> > backed up. For more information, contact the database owner or the system
> > administrator for more information".
> >
> > Drag and drop individual contacts, copied to a seperate file before
> > upgrade,
> > does not work either. Error message says "Cannot copy the items.
> > Business
> > Contact Manager for Outlook cannot save this Business Contact, as it has
> > an
> > invalid value Assigned To User. Either set a valid value, or create a new
> > Business Contact record to store the information".
> >
> > I have several hundred contacts and supporting information in this data
> > base. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks...
> >
>
>