We are running Office 2000 and are shortly to migrate to 2007. All
clients run Outlook on Windows XP SP2. The mail server is outsourced
(not Exchange).

I want to automate the task of setting up Outlook for users. Items
such as User's name, "POP Server", "SMTP Server", User ID and other
settings that are identified in tools-accounts.

Using a machine set up with Outlook, I've looked through the registry
but have drawn a blank. Either this data is not stored in text in the
Registry or there's some other control file. Presumably it's not in
the PST

We can use files and settings transfer wizard (to a point) but in some
cases this is unnecessary

So can anyone tell me where I might be able to automatically set up
this information, for instance via a login script or some other batch
file

Thanks,

Peter

Do not use the file and transfer wizard. download the custom install wizard
from the Office 2007 Resource kit and create a prf for your users to use to
create their profile.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../cc303401.aspx

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"Peter" wrote in message
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We are running Office 2000 and are shortly to migrate to 2007. All
clients run Outlook on Windows XP SP2. The mail server is outsourced
(not Exchange).

I want to automate the task of setting up Outlook for users. Items
such as User's name, "POP Server", "SMTP Server", User ID and other
settings that are identified in tools-accounts.

Using a machine set up with Outlook, I've looked through the registry
but have drawn a blank. Either this data is not stored in text in the
Registry or there's some other control file. Presumably it's not in
the PST

We can use files and settings transfer wizard (to a point) but in some
cases this is unnecessary

So can anyone tell me where I might be able to automatically set up
this information, for instance via a login script or some other batch
file

Thanks,

Peter