Re: PRF and profile import problems

Another thing to note as well, is I noticed that when I change the username
inside of the profile, I have to put in a lot of credentials just to, 1, get
to the current profile, and 2, to establish the new username. To give you
an idea of my environment, we are a child domain of a bigger forest/domain.
Our users who connect to the Exchange server via RPC over https have to put
the domain\ in front of their usernames when they log in.



"booker@mgt" wrote:

Yes, I am glad you responded, i was reading your responses to some other
questions, and I said, I hope Sue reads this :) Server and rpc names were
changed for the posting. Another question, we are thinking we will achieve
by just modifying the existing default profile is that settings like
signatures and other preferences will be saved, since just the servernames
and other exchagne settings will change.. is that true? Five sections below:

;Automatically generated PRF file from the Microsoft Office Customization
and Installation Wizard

; **************************************************************
; Section 1 - Profile Defaults
; **************************************************************

[General]
Custom=1
DefaultProfile=Yes
OverwriteProfile=Append
ModifyDefaultProfileIfPresent=TRUE

; **************************************************************
; Section 2 - Services in Profile
; **************************************************************

[Service List]
ServiceX=Microsoft Outlook Client
ServiceEGS=Exchange Global Section
Service1=Microsoft Exchange Server
ServiceEGS=Exchange Global Section

;***************************************************************
; Section 3 - List of internet accounts
;***************************************************************

[Internet Account List]

;***************************************************************
; Section 4 - Default values for each service.
;***************************************************************

[ServiceX]
CachedExchangeMode=0x00000002
CachedExchangeSlowDetect=TRUE

[ServiceEGS]
CachedExchangeConfigFlags=0x00000100
MailboxName=%UserName%
HomeServer=exchange.server.com
RPCoverHTTPflags=0x002f
RPCProxyServer=exmail.mail.univ.com
RPCProxyPrincipalName=msstd:exmail.mail.univ.com
RPCProxyAuthScheme=0x0001

[Service1]
OverwriteExistingService=Yes
UniqueService=Yes
MailboxName=%UserName%
HomeServer=exchange.server.com
OfflineAddressBookPath=%USERPROFILE%\local settings\application
data\microsoft\outlook\
OfflineFolderPath=%USERPROFILE%\local settings\application
data\microsoft\outlook\outlook.ost
AccountName=Microsoft Exchange Server

;***************************************************************
; Section 5 - Values for each internet account.
;***************************************************************



"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Could you post the first 5 sections of the .prf file?

--
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/article.aspx?id=54

"booker@mgt" <bookermgt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:DDCA348D-67F6-4CD1-9D21-DB500549A579@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

To be exact, after creating a PRF file with the settings that I want, this
is what happens. The PRF was created/exported from the Custom Maintenance
wizard

I have an existing Exchange outlook profile(Called Outlook) with a alternate
username, i.e username6.

I double click on the PRF file that has been configured with a username that
is different, i.e gjones. and/or %username%

When I double click on the PRF file, the existing profile gets changed to
"Backup of Outlook"

The new "outlook" profile comes up with the server name mentioned in the PRF
file, but everything else is blank(username, RPC over HTTP settings,
etc)


These same settings, if I set up the PRF to create a new Profile runs just
fine.

In essence, that is my problem. I simply want to take the current profile,
and change the username, servername, and other exchange RPC over HTTP
settings, but it seems to not want to do that.

Now if i set the OverWriteProfile to yes, then it will create a new profile,
but if i set it to Append, i get the experience above?

Signed..

Frustrated :)



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