Re: Profiles and Outlook-Exchange Connections

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From: Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] (sbradcpa_at_pacbell.net)
Date: 07/12/04 

Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 21:40:51 -0700

What's the DNS IP addresses on those workstations? Are they pointing to
the internal IP address of the server?

Adam Selene wrote:

> Just finished re-installing Windows XP Pro for peer networking.
> Applied ALL Microsoft Critical Updates plus almost all others.
> Installed Office 2003 Pro and BCM.
> Applied ALL Microsoft Office Updates.
> Applied SBS2k3 Patch for BCM.
>
> Copied resultant profile with intent of sharing one local profile
> between local login and domain login.
>
> Added Computer on SBS and scheduled ALL applications except for FAX.
>
> Ran //computer/connectcomputer on workstation.
>
> Appeared to run nominally.
>
> Finally tried to run Outlook. TROUBLE!
> Outlook presents an authentication dialogue (userid/password) and no
> matter what I enter, I get the same dialogue over and over again. So,
> I cancel and get the message below.
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> "Unable to open your default e-mail folders. You must connect to your
> Microsoft Exchange Server computer with the current profile before you
> can synchronize your folders with your offline folder file."
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> When message is acknowledged, Outlook shuts down.
>
> When I try to login to workstation in local mode, WinXP cannot find
> any profile. Profile copied previously is somehow trashed and doesn't
> work.
>
> Lost and worried. Is this kind of thing going to haunt me when I
> start to migrate client workstations? Sorry if this seems incoherent
> but that's the way I'm feeling right now. Worried.
>
> Help please.
> 

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