Syncing a home desk top and laptop software question

I use Windows 7 Home Premium and cable internet. I have Office 2010 and use Outlook for email on my desk top.

I have a new laptop which is connected to my home network for the web. I’ve also installed Office 2010 and I’m in the process of setting up Outlook with my same email account and My Documents on the laptop.

To sync both computers email and files manually or auto does Windows Live Sync work well or is there 3rd party software that does a better job at this.

When I boot up my laptop downstairs, I assume there’s a way to sync it with my desktop as long as the desk top is running. On You Tube I’ve seen Windows sync and 3rd party sync programs.

All my laptops have been company owned so this is new to me.

Thanks,
Mike

Using a web-based email solution, such as Gmail or Outlook.com, would completely eliminate the problem. (More free space on your hard drives, don't have to keep your email backed up, no trying to keep it synced between all of your devices, don't have to buy Outlook any more, ...).

The main advantage of web-based email is: Wherever you go, on whatever/whomever's device, there's all of your email.

An alternative to changing your current e-mail setup would be to set Outlook to leave the messages on the server. Then you could download your new messages to whatever computer your are using at a particular time. Another option is to copy your .pst file to each computer, although that might take longer with a large file. There are third party applications available as well.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&o...q=Outlook+sync

Thanks for link! I didn't know you could set Outlook up that way...good idea.

Mike