Profiles

[Guest]

I have Windows XP Pro SP2 running Office 2003. I have 6 workstations and wll
be adding 4-6 user accounts. I am not using roaming profiles. Is there a
way to deploy an Outlook email profile to the all the workstations or do I
have to do to each station and set their email profile up?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

That depends on two key details you didn't mention:

1) Will each user be logging onto the machine with their own Windows login?

2) Does each user's Windows login match their mail account?
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

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

 

[Guest]

1) Will each user be logging onto the machine with their own Windows login?
A: Yes, they will be using a Domain Account.

2) Does each user's Windows login match their mail account?
A: Login is "JDoe" and email address would be "(e-mail address removed)". They
will need to add a shared mailbox to their list of accounts, but that isn't a
requirement for this. If it's possible, great, but if not it's not the end
of the world.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Microsoft uses text files with a .prf extension and a highly structured format to provide information to OUtlook that enables Outlook to create or modify a mail profile. You can create such .prf files with the Custom Installation Wizard or Custom Maintenance Wizard tools in the Office Resource Kit. For more details, including a variety of .prf deployment methods, read the excellent white paper "Configuring Outlook Profiles by Using a PRF File" at http://office.microsoft.com/search/redir.aspx?assetid=HA011403051033&QueryID=pHm7c_60I&respos=3

You won't be able to use a .prf file to add a shared Exchange mailbox, though. See http://www.slipstick.com/addins/olroam.htm#tools for other tools that may be able to help with that.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

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