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user settings from admin login

I am trying to configure outlook for my users but I dont want to have to login as the user, setup the outlook and logout for every user. Is there a way that I can setup a domain user's outlook while logged in as the domain admin vs. the user who's outlook is being configured?

Thank you,

-vbsaltydog

tebacher

I have not found a good way to do so... but would like to, also.

I know that all of outlooks settings are stored in the registry and that if your good with the registry and scripting, you may be able to have each user run a login script or something that would change the registry settings for outlook.

I have not had the need to spend time on this, because it would take me weeks to figure out!

Maybe someone else knows?

jdeclue

If you are logging in to set it up, then you have to be logged in as the user, this information is stored in the users profile, which is not available to you unless you are logged in as the user.

I would reccomend going to Microsoft and searching for "outlook group policy" or "outlook adm template". There are many ways to automate this stuff from Active Directory Group Policies.

dis1931

Yes, you can setup a user profile automatically in Outlook without having to log in as a user. Let me know what version of Outlook and what version of Windows and I will give you more specifics. It involves editing the registry and the Default User Profile.

vbsaltydog

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Windows XP Pro and Office 2k

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