Disable Outlook 2003 Autocomplete

[Guest]

Does anyone know if there is an option to disable Autocomplete (email
address) for Outlook 2003, in Group Policy?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

From Appendix A in my latest book, which is a complete rundown of what's in the Outlk11.adm administrative template file:

User Configuration / Administrative Templates / Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 / Tools | Options / Preferences / E-mail options / Advanced E-mail options

Look for: When sending a message, but note that that this is a multipart policy. If you set one option, you set them all.

If you want something more granular, the registry value is:

Key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Preferences
Value name: ShowAutoSug
Value type: REG_DWORD
Value data: 1 = Enabled (default), 0 = Disabled

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Guest]

Sue,

Shortly after posting that I found another group, with your response. I did
see the When Sending a Message, but was looking for the specific value.
Thanks for responding.

HOWEVER, I now have a trivial problem. This setting is in the User
Configuration Node. If I wanted to enable this setting on only the Outlook
settings for when my users are logged on Terminal Services session, and not
when they access Outlook 2003 on thier desktops, would this be possible? I
basically have all users in an OU, sortted by location, and then all
workstations in another OU, sorted by locale.

Thanks for your input!
Scott

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Not a trivial problem at all! It's possible that the policy would work in HKLM on just your TS machines, but no guarantee. Worth testing, I imagine. Let us know what you find out.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Guest]

Sue,

I searched for all (4 instances) of Outlook-11-Preferences under HKLM, and
added the ShowAutoSug Dword Value, and it doesn't work. The path you noted
earlier:

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Preferences

using

HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\ doesn't contain Office. So, do we say this
doesn't work?

Thanks for you help, I see your name a lot and I do appreciate it!!!

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

The registry keys won't be present until you apply them using a Group Policy Object or enter them through some other mechanism. In other words, you'll have to add them yourself.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Guest]

Sorry, I wasn't very clear. I did add the DDWord Value manually on all HKLM
settings that contains Outlook->11->Preferences. However the path previously
outlined didn't exists under HKLM. Would I create the new Keys, under HKLM,
if it doesn't exist?

Scott

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Right-click | New | Key.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers