Re: Maintenance wizard

From: Billy K (billycomp_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/26/05 

Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 03:10:32 GMT

Your advice is spot on. I just created a new profile and this worked well.
It actually creates a backup for the old profiles which is good anyway if
you ever need to revert back.

Initially if I have legacy clients for example office 2000 / office XP I
will use the mst transform to install Office 2003 over the top as the
initial setup. I presume this will uninstall all legacy versions as I
specify in the CIW.

Once I have office 2003 loaded I now rely on Custom Maintenance Wizard to
make any changes such as configurations, install and uninstall any
additional features.

Thanks for your help today. Very appreciated.

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <suemvp@outlookcode.com> wrote in message
news:e%23jtos6GFHA.2704@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> The .mst transform is a use-once option at initial setup, unless you want
> to keep installing over the existing copy of Office. If you want to make
> change settings or features later, you use the Custom Maintenance Wizard.
>
> It is not possible to remove POP or IMAP accounts with any of the Office
> deployment/update tools. You could, however, create a totally new profile.
> That's probably the best solution, assuming you also send around
> instructions on how to migrate the data in the .pst file.
>
> --
> Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
> Author of
> Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
> Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
> http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx
>
>
> "Billy K" <billycomp@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:421fcd8b@news.comindico.com.au...
>>I also want to ensure they have the current office version & if they do to
>>ensure all the features that are part of our base image. Trying to have
>>all computers uniform / standard. This is why I am trying to persist with
>>the transform, although as far as I can tell it does not uninstall or
>>reinstall features.
>>
>> Had a go with CIW and CMW again, while using CMW I was able to push
>> changes out. I was able to modify features installed and also configure
>> exchange which was great. Is there any way I can remove any current pop
>> accounts, because it still keeps the pop account as default setup.
>>
>> I cannot deploy new settings or change office features using CIW, and not
>> sure how people are using it to do that.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <suemvp@outlookcode.com> wrote in message
>> news:uw4%239w0GFHA.2736@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>> If all you need is to change the Outlook mail profile settings, that's
>>> easy. Use either the CIW or CMW to set the desired Outlook profile
>>> options, then export the settings to a .prf file using the Export
>>> Settings button that you'll see on the last mail profile screen. Deploy
>>> that file to your users along with the ImportPRF registry value
>>> (described in the Office Resource Kit) pointing to the .prf file. The
>>> next time the user starts Outlook, Outlook will process the .prf file
>>> make the changes.
>
>>>
>>> "Billy K" <billycomp@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:421f3984@news.comindico.com.au...
>>>>I have a old image for a notebook with office 2003 already installed.
>>>>
>>>> We have just migrated to Exchange and this will involve reconfiguring
>>>> everyone's notebook. I figured I'd like to update the image to reflect
>>>> these configurations and then deploy that.
>>>>
>>>> I just want to simply the process and ensure I can image and setup the
>>>> machines quickly. I just need a method of changing the outlook
>>>> settings. A method where outlook is setup automatically for every user
>>>> on first login.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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