outlook fails to start operation could not complete

From: Thorpe (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/08/04 

Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 15:43:14 +0100

I have a pc with Windows XP installed. It was part of a windows NT domain
but I have now attached it
to another doamin that is a windows 2000 Active Directory.

The migration from the old NT domain to the new Active directory worked ok.

When I logged on with the user who works on the pc there were problems.
First off the startup programs didn't show up in the system tray.

I tried to run outlook 2003 but I got an error saying "can not start
Outlook" I clicked ok.
The user was NOT setup as a specfic user such as a power user.
If I run as a local admin user then Outlook runs.
I used Group policy to setup the user as a member of the power users group
on the local machine but got the same error.

I then used Group policy to setup the user as a member of the admistrators
group on the local machine any everything worked ok Outlook and the system
tray icons.

In documents and settings there were 2 folders one was username ther other
was username.DOMAIN
the USERPROFILE setting pointed to username.DOMAIN (the username as the
same for both domains)
I gave full access to both of the directories to the user but this had no
impact.

Why does the user need to run as a local administrator to run Outlook, how
can I allow the user to run Outlook but not as an Administrator?
What permissions are needed to run Outlook?
Are there any documents on the web or good books that give advice on how to
setup user policies in an active directory domain such as what permissions
to give basic users etc?

many thanks

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