Re: SBS2003 Changes Outlook 2003 Config

It is the login script that is run against every user that is causing this.
If you look at any user in AD you will see a script called
"SBS_Login_Script.bat", you would need to remove this from the affected
users.

A downside to doing this is that any assigned settings that are SBS specific
are also applied by this script(like installing Outlook 2003, and many other
items)
If you created a new user the script is there by default, you could use it
to make sure the user and computer are updated properly, then create your
Outlook profiles, and then remove the script from that user.


Kevin Dickson
Proactive Networking




"Drew" <Drew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:BBF3E781-115A-4CEE-9F07-AA8BB2E15967@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> No can do -> Here's why:
>
> We're like a franchise, in a way. We have no control over the corporate
> servers. We operate a small office and are independantly owned, but we
> answer to our corporate name.
> We got a SBS because we needed file management, calendar sharing, etc. We
> also take advantage of the email provided for internal use only. The
> problem
> is that anything we send to a client/customer MUST be done through
> corporate's servers (the POP/SMTP settings in our client computer's
> Outlook
> settings). This is for compliance reasons etc.
> Every time a user logs on or off of a computer, the SBS goes ahead and
> changes the Outlook settings to make Exchange as the default account, not
> the
> POP/SMTP as we need it to be.
> I realize I wasn't as clear in my first posting.. perhaps this can help
> answer the question of how to stop the server from changing the client
> comptuer's Outlook default email account settings back to Exchange.
>
> Thank you for anything you can come up with!!!!
> Drew
>
> "Steve Foster [SBS MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Drew wrote:
>>
>> > At my business I'm required to send and receive all email through our
>> > corporate servers for security reasons. This is done simply with a
>> POP3/SMTP
>> > configuration in Outlook 2003. That 'email account' on each machine,
>> > therefore, needs to be set as the default. We also use our own
>> > Exchange
>> > email through our SBS machine for internal office email. The problem
>> > is
>> that
>> > it would seem every time the SBS is restarted or in any way changed,
>> > all
>> of
>> > the client machines in the office change the default email account from
>> the
>> > POP3/SMTP to the Exchange account (normally listed as a secondary
>> account).
>> > This is terrible because any new email sent on the client machines
>> > (with
>> no
>> > reason to think anything has changed) is sent through the Exchange
>> account
>> > rather than the required POP3/SMTP account. The employees have noticed
>> and
>> > try to watch out for it, but we can't be constantly worrying about
>> whether or
>> > not Outlook 2003 and the SBS have changed the default email account
>> without
>> > our knowledge.
>> > HELP! How can I stop this from happening???
>> > -Drew
>>
>> Why not simply configure Exchange to use your corporate servers as a
>> smarthost? (this is an option in CEICW, or you can do it manually through
>> Exchange System Manager).
>>
>> Though it seems a little odd that you have "corporate servers" as well as
>> SBS...
>>
>> --
>> Steve Foster [SBS MVP]
>> ---------------------------------------
>> MVPs do not work for Microsoft. Please reply only to the newsgroups.
>>


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