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Is there a way to script the adding of an LDAP address book to Microsoft Outlook?

I am trying to add an LDAP address book to Outlook accounts for about 150 people. I found a VB script that adds the account, but leaves out many of the extra details such as port, user name, and password. I am using a common account for many people, so the user name and password is static.

The scripts basically modifies the registry to fill in the various fields. Some of the fields are identifiable, but some are not.
'-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
'Written By James McWhinney
'Vancouver BC, Canada
'April 26th, 2006
'-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

const HKEY_CURRENT_USER = &H80000001
strComputer = "."
Set oReg=GetObject( "winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" _
    & strComputer & "\root\default:StdRegProv")
RegistryFolder = "Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\" & _ 
  "CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\"

LDAPdisplayname = "test"
LDAPserver = "ldap.test.ca"
LDAPport = "389"
LDAPsearchbase = "o=test.ca"


'Add Ldap Type Key
sKeyPath = RegistryFolder & "e8cb48869c395445ade13e3c1c80d154\"
oReg.CreateKey HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKeyPath 
oReg.SetBinaryValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, _
     sKeyPath, "00033009", Array(0,0,0,0)
oReg.SetBinaryValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, _
     sKeyPath, "00033e03", Array(&H23,0,0,0)
oReg.SetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKeyPath , _
     "001e3001", "Microsoft LDAP Directory"
oReg.SetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKeyPath , _
     "001e3006", "Microsoft LDAP Directory"
oReg.SetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKeyPath , _
     "001e300a", "EMABLT.DLL"
oReg.SetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKeyPath , _
     "001e3d09", "EMABLT"
oReg.SetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKeyPath , _
     "001e3d13", "{6485D268-C2AC-11D1-AD3E-10A0C911C9C0}"
oReg.SetBinaryValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKeyPath, _
    "01023d0c", Array(&H5c,&Hb9,&H3b,&H24, _
    &Hff,&H71,&H07,&H41,&Hb7,&Hd8,_
    &H3b,&H9c,&Hb6,&H31,&H79,&H92)

'Add Ldap connection settings key
sKeyPath = RegistryFolder & "5cb93b24ff710741b7d83b9cb6317992\"
oReg.CreateKey HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKeyPath
oReg.SetBinaryValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, _
     sKeyPath, "00033009", Array(&H20,0,0,0)
oReg.SetBinaryValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKeyPath, "000b6613", Array(0,0)
oReg.SetBinaryValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKeyPath, "000b6615", Array(0,0)
oReg.SetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKeyPath , "001e3001", LDAPdisplayname
oReg.SetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKeyPath , "001e3d09", "EMABLT"
oReg.SetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKeyPath , "001e3d0a", "BJABLR.DLL"
oReg.SetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKeyPath , "001e3d0b", "ServiceEntry"
oReg.SetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, _
     sKeyPath , "001e3d13", "{6485D268-C2AC-11D1-AD3E-10A0C911C9C0}"
oReg.SetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKeyPath , "001e6600", LDAPserver
oReg.SetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKeyPath , "001e6601", LDAPport
oReg.SetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKeyPath , "001e6602", ""
oReg.SetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, _
     sKeyPath , "001e6603", LDAPsearchbase
oReg.SetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKeyPath , _
     "001e6604", "(&(mail=*)(|(mail=%s*)" & _ 
     "(|(cn=%s*)(|(sn=%s*)(givenName=%s*)))))"
oReg.SetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKeyPath , "001e6605", "SMTP"
oReg.SetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKeyPath , "001e6606", "mail"
oReg.SetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKeyPath , "001e6607", "60"
oReg.SetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKeyPath , "001e6608", "100"
oReg.SetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKeyPath , "001e6609", "120"
oReg.SetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKeyPath , "001e660a", "15"
oReg.SetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKeyPath , "001e660b", ""
oReg.SetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKeyPath , "001e660c", "OFF"
oReg.SetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKeyPath , "001e660d", "OFF"
oReg.SetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKeyPath , "001e660e", "NONE"
oReg.SetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKeyPath , "001e660f", "OFF"
oReg.SetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKeyPath , "001e6610", "postalAddress"
oReg.SetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKeyPath , "001e6611", "cn"
oReg.SetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKeyPath , "001e6612", "1"
oReg.SetBinaryValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKeyPath, "001e67f1", Array(&H0a)
oReg.SetBinaryValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKeyPath, "01023615", _
     Array(&H50,&Ha7,&H0a,&H61,&H55,&Hde,_
     &Hd3,&H11,&H9d,&H60,&H00,_
     &Hc0,&H4f,&H4c,&H8e,&Hfa)
oReg.SetBinaryValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKeyPath, "01023d01", _
     Array(&He8,&Hcb,&H48,&H86,&H9c,&H39,_
     &H54,&H45,&Had,&He1,&H3e,&H3c,_
     &H1c,&H80,&Hd1,&H54)
oReg.SetBinaryValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKeyPath, "01026631", _
     Array(&H98,&H17,&H82,&H92,&H5b,&H43,_
     &H03,&H4b,&H99,&H5d,&H5c,_
     &Hc6,&H74,&H88,&H7b,&H34)
oReg.SetBinaryValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKeyPath, "101e3d0f", _
     Array(&H02,&H00,&H00,&H00,&H0c,&H00,_
     &H00,&H00,&H17,&H00,&H00,&H00,_
     &H45,&H4d,&H41,&H42,&H4c,&H54,_
     &H2e,&H44,&H4c,&H4c,&H00,&H42,_
     &H4a,&H41,&H42,&H4c,&H52,&H2e,_
     &H44,&Hc,&H4c,&H00)

'Append to Backup Key for ldap types
sKeyPath = RegistryFolder & "9207f3e0a3b11019908b08002b2a56c2\"
oReg.getBinaryValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER,sKeyPath, "01023d01",Backup
Dim oldLength
oldLength = UBound(Backup)
ReDim Preserve Backup(oldLength+16)
Backup(oldLength+1) = &He8
Backup(oldLength+2) = &Hcb
Backup(oldLength+3) = &H48
Backup(oldLength+4) = &H86
Backup(oldLength+5) = &H9c
Backup(oldLength+6) = &H39
Backup(oldLength+7) = &H54
Backup(oldLength+8) = &H45
Backup(oldLength+9) = &Had
Backup(oldLength+10) = &He1
Backup(oldLength+11) = &H3e
Backup(oldLength+12) = &H3c
Backup(oldLength+13) = &H1c
Backup(oldLength+14) = &H80
Backup(oldLength+15) = &Hd1
Backup(oldLength+16) = &H54
oReg.SetBinaryValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKeyPath, "01023d01", Backup


'Append to Backup Key for ldap connection settings
sKeyPath = RegistryFolder & "9207f3e0a3b11019908b08002b2a56c2\"
oReg.getBinaryValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER,sKeyPath, "01023d0e",Backup
oldLength = UBound(Backup)
ReDim Preserve Backup(oldLength+16)
Backup(oldLength+1) = &H5c
Backup(oldLength+2) = &Hb9
Backup(oldLength+3) = &H3b
Backup(oldLength+4) = &H24
Backup(oldLength+5) = &Hff
Backup(oldLength+6) = &H71
Backup(oldLength+7) = &H07
Backup(oldLength+8) = &H41
Backup(oldLength+9) = &Hb7
Backup(oldLength+10) = &Hd8
Backup(oldLength+11) = &H3b
Backup(oldLength+12) = &H9c
Backup(oldLength+13) = &Hb6
Backup(oldLength+14) = &H31
Backup(oldLength+15) = &H79
Backup(oldLength+16) = &H92
oReg.SetBinaryValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKeyPath, "01023d0e", Backup


'Delete Active Books List Key
sKeyPath = RegistryFolder & "9375CFF0413111d3B88A001" & _ 
           "04B2A6676\{ED475419-B0D6-11D2-8C3B-00104B2A6676}"
oReg.DeleteKey HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKeyPath

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Thanks, that helped a lot. I learned a couple new ways to get this distributed.
I had to do a little research afterwards, but the proposed solution did point me in the right direction. This link from Microsoft helped immensely.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc178979.aspx
You can also generate a auto install (MSP) for the whole office 2007, even with both service pack included

i automated lots of thing here at my job, some say it killed my own job, but i would say it made it easier ;)