I have managed to make login scripts here on our network for the users, these setup, update and run the antivirus and any network drives for each user. The bane of my current working life is getting outlook profiles automatically setup for the user. We have different consultants logging on different machines and laptops, and it would be useful to have it automated to default to the Username of the person (The NT login name is also the mail profile name - e.g SmithJ)
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ROAMING OUTLOOK 2000 Profiles !?!?!?!?!?
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We have this setup in our environment and it is done by using a VBS script. The VBS is setup in the registry as a preexecute for Outlook.exe. The script checks to see if a profile exists for the user and if not then it builds it for them.
It gets a bit more complicated explaining how the environment here is setup but using a VBS file is one way on how it can be done.
Just thought I would share the information with you.
joegz
"Sometimes you just need to find out what it's not first to figure out what it is."
It gets a bit more complicated explaining how the environment here is setup but using a VBS file is one way on how it can be done.
Just thought I would share the information with you.
joegz
"Sometimes you just need to find out what it's not first to figure out what it is."
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Well, this was my problem as well, my final solution was to move to terminal services. It has eased my pains greatly.
there are some important changes that take affect and critical hardware requirements, you should research it deeply before considering it.
but the ease of users moving from one station to another, and also keeping all the profiles on the server is nice.
Alternatively, You can install an exchange server. this keeping the mail boxes on the server.
I wonder about the VBS scripts and it building a profile, granted i don't know alot about scripting. but if it's building (copying over) the outlook store folders. that seems to me that it would require a huge amount of time for people whom store alot of email in email folders ..
but i'm probably way off base with that last comment, as i said ... i dont know alot about it.
also, theroreticly .. if you moved the store folder into the mydocuments directory ... eg: mydocument/outlookexpress .. it should synchronize with every log on/log off .. again another time consuming thing.
~Shmoes
I lay claim to nothing and everything. My words may be wisdom or disaster. In the end you make a choice. Noone is perfect.
there are some important changes that take affect and critical hardware requirements, you should research it deeply before considering it.
but the ease of users moving from one station to another, and also keeping all the profiles on the server is nice.
Alternatively, You can install an exchange server. this keeping the mail boxes on the server.
I wonder about the VBS scripts and it building a profile, granted i don't know alot about scripting. but if it's building (copying over) the outlook store folders. that seems to me that it would require a huge amount of time for people whom store alot of email in email folders ..
but i'm probably way off base with that last comment, as i said ... i dont know alot about it.
also, theroreticly .. if you moved the store folder into the mydocuments directory ... eg: mydocument/outlookexpress .. it should synchronize with every log on/log off .. again another time consuming thing.
~Shmoes
I lay claim to nothing and everything. My words may be wisdom or disaster. In the end you make a choice. Noone is perfect.
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Right ,,,,, I have got as far as
Newprof.exe
I can get it to use a .PRF file I have pre defined... It has the username... eg
MAILBOXNAME=ANDREWD
SERVERNAME=ADC-SVR
Now runs through and puts in these properties but does not check them against the server and I have to manualy hit check names in the outlook properties box. Im so close I can taste it! (Thanks for the help too people!!!)
Newprof.exe
I can get it to use a .PRF file I have pre defined... It has the username... eg
MAILBOXNAME=ANDREWD
SERVERNAME=ADC-SVR
Now runs through and puts in these properties but does not check them against the server and I have to manualy hit check names in the outlook properties box. Im so close I can taste it! (Thanks for the help too people!!!)
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