I have used the MS custome install Wizzard to create a MST file to install
office pro 2003. When I use this when the user goes to write a email and
starts the sddress book The Outlook contacts are not listed. Only the global
address list is. I then have to go in and add anther address book to get this
to show up. How do I make this show up in the original install so I don't
have to go back and enter this each time I do and install

There definitely is a problem with Outlook not installing the Outlook Address Book in some scenarios when Office or Outlook 2003 is deployed using the Custom Installation Wizard, but Microsoft has not said what the exact cause is. Perhaps the easiest solution is to provide users with a standalone .prf file that will modify the original mail profile to add the OAB. You will use the same screens in the CIW that you used to create the original mail profile settings: On Screen 17, choose Modify Profile, skip Screen 18, and then on Screen 19, use the Add button to add the Outlook Address Book. On Screen 20 and use the Export Profile Settings button to export the .prf file. You can then cancel the CIW operation, since all you need is the .prf file, not an .mst file for a full Office installation. Place that .prf file on a network drive or deploy it to the client machines using a login script, Custom Maintenance Wizard, or whatever method you normally use to deploy files to users.



The necessary operations on the client machines should follow this sequence:



1) Deploy Office with the .mst file created by the Custom Installation Wizard. This will place a .prf file with the original profile settings on the machine and set a registry value that tells Outlook to process that .prf file the next time the user starts Outlook.



2) The user starts Outlook, which processes the .prf file from Step 1, creates a mail profile with the desired settings, and then displays the Outlook user interface.



3) If the user launches the Address Book dialog in Outlook and doesn’t see the Contacts folder, the user should shut down Outlook and proceed to Step 4.



4) The user runs the standalone .prf file. That will start Outlook, which will modify the default profile to add the OAB and then display the Outlook user interface.



After completing Steps 3 and 4, the user should be able to launch the Address Book dialog and see the Contacts folder, along with the GAL.


--
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

"Mike" wrote in message ...
I have used the MS custome install Wizzard to create a MST file to install
office pro 2003. When I use this when the user goes to write a email and
starts the sddress book The Outlook contacts are not listed. Only the global
address list is. I then have to go in and add anther address book to get this
to show up. How do I make this show up in the original install so I don't
have to go back and enter this each time I do and install