I firmly believe that there is a file or two changing when you make changes to outlook. I am now looking for those files and can then write some sort of script to copy these files back and forth.
Colin. ----- Colin J Revell B.Sc.(Hons) PGCE MCSE MCP+I Information Systems Manager, Oakham School -----Original Message----- From: Kretche, Peter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 19 November 2001 17:37 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Outlook and Mandatory Profiles Colin- We use oProfile (included in Office 2000) to keep user settings. The only 2 settings we can't keep is the mounting of additional mailboxes, and the adding of shortcuts to the shortcut bar. By the way, if anyone knows a fix for this, I would appreciate it. OProfile will create a .ops file ~800K in size. Hopefully your users have storage space on a server for this file, or point it to the floppy drive and have the users carry a settings disk that is read on logon. Pete -----Original Message----- From: Colin J Revell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 11:32 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Outlook and Mandatory Profiles Thanks for that, I have altered the profgen switches ( remover the -U) and now I can get the name to stick, I just need to work out how to get the users changes to stick..... My original note for this was 2. Customisations to Outlook (i.e. Outlook Shortcut Bar, and Views) are not retained when a users closes Outlook Colin -----Original Message----- From: Tristan Gayford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 19 November 2001 17:26 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Outlook and Mandatory Profiles I misinterpreted the profile thing; too many profiles - one for 2000, one for Outlook ;-) www.slipstick.com may have some answers for q1 - With the standard check names I don't believe that you can do it, however. If you update an existing profile rather than replace one, you should be able to use the settings that reside on the remote drive. From distant memory, this is an option on profgen or modprof, but I haven't got my docs to hand at the moment. Tris --------------------------------- Deputy Systems & Network Manager Cranfield University at Silsoe -----Original Message----- From: Colin J Revell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 19 November 2001 16:21 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Outlook and Mandatory Profiles The problem is that we have a large number of software titles, and the software has to be changed often. I have over 1500 students that would need to have their profiles adjusted to contain new shortcuts etc. I have also been experiencing problems with profiles getting too big and then corrupting. This is instantly fixed with the mandatory profile. Colin ----- Colin J Revell B.Sc.(Hons) PGCE MCSE MCP+I Information Systems Manager, Oakham School -----Original Message----- From: Tristan Gayford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 19 November 2001 15:53 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Outlook and Mandatory Profiles You could use policies to restrict the majority of the settings that users play around with. This would then do away with the need to run profgen every time they log on. Of course, you will still get the error once when they log on for the first time, but this is a necessary evil, I feel. An ADM file for the Outlook customisation settings in HKCU would do the trick and then added to the student GPO. Tris --------------------------------- Deputy Systems & Network Manager Cranfield University at Silsoe -----Original Message----- From: Colin J Revell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 19 November 2001 14:36 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Outlook and Mandatory Profiles I am running a Windows 2000 native mode network with Exchange 2000. All user workstations are Windows 2000 Pro. All users run a common mandatory profile, with folder redirection set up for My Documents, AppData and Desktop, that sends these items to their home directory. Each user has a copy of Default.PRF in their home directory that is used to configure Outlook 2000 as their mail client this is set up at logon using the profgen util. I need to continue to use mandatory profiles as the pupils have a tendency to "adjust" their settings. I have 2 problems; 1. Users who have logon initials that are similar to others (ie JW is similar to JWP) have to choose their mailbox name every time they go in to Outlook. Users with unique logon IDs do not have a problem. I need to get it to remember their mailbox name, once they have picked it from the list the first time. I have already tried editing the Default.PRF in the users home dir and replacing the initials with their full mailbox name, but this has no benefit. I had always assumed that all this information was kept in the application data folder. 2. Customisations to Outlook (i.e. Outlook Shortcut Bar, and Views) are not retained when a users closes Outlook. Thanks for any help, ----- Colin J Revell B.Sc.(Hons) PGCE MCSE(NT4) MCSE(Win2K) MCP+I Information Systems Manager, Oakham School, ICT Centre, Ashwell Road, Oakham, Rutland. LE15 6QG. The opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the individual and not necessarily of Oakham School. Oakham School does not guarantee that this e-mail has not been tampered with. 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