Hi All,

How would I go about setting up possibly a login script that can
automatically set up users account name and exchange server. I haven't
really come accross what I'm after yet and was hopeing someone here
would have an answer.

Basically when a new user or a user with an outbox already; logs onto a
different (or there first) machine that when they open outlook 2003
they have the settings for the server hosting exchange and thier user
name automatically entered so that they don't need to contact us to
have it sorted out.

Thanks!

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/r...60 I&respos=3

The page at http://www.slipstick.com/exs/olroam.htm includes information on other profile tools and resources.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"pmt82" wrote in message ups.com...
Hi All,

How would I go about setting up possibly a login script that can
automatically set up users account name and exchange server. I haven't
really come accross what I'm after yet and was hopeing someone here
would have an answer.

Basically when a new user or a user with an outbox already; logs onto a
different (or there first) machine that when they open outlook 2003
they have the settings for the server hosting exchange and thier user
name automatically entered so that they don't need to contact us to
have it sorted out.

Thanks!

Thank you for that information. I am having trouble using it in a logon
script.

if exist "C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook" goto skipOFix
"%logonserver%\NETLOGON\Installs\OutlookFix.PR F"
:skipOFix

Can anyone help to tell me what im doing wrong or if I need to run
another program before because a prf is not a recognised file extension
when running a batch file.

Paul.


Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
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/r...60 I&respos=3

The page at http://www.slipstick.com/exs/olroam.htm includes information on other profile tools and resources.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"pmt82" wrote in message ups.com...
Hi All,

How would I go about setting up possibly a login script that can
automatically set up users account name and exchange server. I haven't
really come accross what I'm after yet and was hopeing someone here
would have an answer.

Basically when a new user or a user with an outbox already; logs onto a
different (or there first) machine that when they open outlook 2003
they have the settings for the server hosting exchange and thier user
name automatically entered so that they don't need to contact us to
have it sorted out.

Thanks!

Running a .prf file as part of a logon script is not a good idea, because it starts Outlook, which might not be at all what the user wants to do when the computer starts. Please look again at the article I suggested, particularly the section that explains how to use the ImportPRF registry value to set up the user's machine so that the next time Outlook starts, it will process the .prf file.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"pmt82" wrote in message ups.com...
Thank you for that information. I am having trouble using it in a logon
script.

if exist "C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook" goto skipOFix
"%logonserver%\NETLOGON\Installs\OutlookFix.PR F"
:skipOFix

Can anyone help to tell me what im doing wrong or if I need to run
another program before because a prf is not a recognised file extension
when running a batch file.

Paul.


Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
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/r...60 I&respos=3

The page at http://www.slipstick.com/exs/olroam.htm includes information on other profile tools and resources.

"pmt82" wrote in message ups.com...
Hi All,

How would I go about setting up possibly a login script that can
automatically set up users account name and exchange server. I haven't
really come accross what I'm after yet and was hopeing someone here
would have an answer.

Basically when a new user or a user with an outbox already; logs onto a
different (or there first) machine that when they open outlook 2003
they have the settings for the server hosting exchange and thier user
name automatically entered so that they don't need to contact us to
have it sorted out.

Thanks!