Re: PRF and Registry config.....
- From: "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <suemvp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 17:01:13 -0400
In that case, do a search at http://office.microsoft.com for "white papers" and read that one on PRF files. It will explain the registry values you need to set to make Outlook invoke the .prf file.
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"Phillip Lee" <PhillipLee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:5E83CE6D-BA7B-44B3-8CF6-B2AB23AAB3F7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> But I am not using an .mst to deploy office 2003. I am just building the
> image that we are going to deploy. Office 2003 is already installed on the
> image so we will not be deploying it over the network or anything like that.
> I just want to implement the PRF file for all users that login. Is this
> possible?
>
> Thanks.
>
> "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
>
>> On solution would be to use the Custom Installation Wizard to include the .prf file in the .mst file that you use to deploy Office 2003. That will put the right entries in the right registry values to invoke the ...prf file for all users on the machine.
>>
>>
>> "Phillip Lee" <Phillip Lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:765820C1-660B-47A8-8E90-C112060F50A8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > We are migrating 300 users to XP Pro & Office 2003 in the next couple of
>> > months. They are all currently running Win2k with Office XP/2002. Currently
>> > users can log into any machine on the network, open outlook and see their
>> > e-mail without any prompts for configuration. I am building the XP image and
>> > I want to configure it in the same manner. I am using the same PRF file that
>> > is currently on the win2k machines. I am trying to have the registry trigger
>> > outlook 2003 to use the configurations in the PRF file, but it is not
>> > working. I am following the instructions in this article
>> >
>> > http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011402581033.aspx
>> >
>> > It says to delete some reg key values in
>> > HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Setup but they do not show up in the
>> > registry. The \Setup part of the hive does not even appear until the first
>> > time outlook is opened.
>> >
>> > I can create the ImportPRF string value in the \Setup key and then open up
>> > outlook and it will work under my domain profile, but when I log in as
>> > another user and open outlook you have to manually set it up. I don't want
>> > to manually configure outlook for clients everytime they log into a different
>> > machine. My users are constantly traveling to different remote offices and I
>> > want to avoid getting a thousand tickets to configure outlook everyday.
>> >
>> > How can I set it up to work the way it is currently working in the Windows
>> > 2000 environment with Outllook XP/2002? I was not the one who originally set
>> > it up, and he is no longer around. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Phillip Lee
>>
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