We value your feedback.
Take our survey and automatically be enter to win anyone of the following:
Yeti Cooler, Amazon eGift Card, and Movie eGift Card!
COURSE of the MONTH
15 days, left to enrollBecome a Premium Member and unlock a new, free course in leading technologies each month.
Solved
outlook 2007 roaming profiles loose account settings when logging on different computers
Posted on 2013-02-06
Ugggg...
So I have roaming profiles with folder redirection setup on a server 2008 R2.
I am setting up an image to roll out to 20 computers.
When I loging with a roaming profile, to one of these new computers and setup outlook for the user that I am logged in as it would be nice for outlook to "stay" configured when this roaming profile user logs into another computer.
Currently it does not; microsoft asks for account setup when the user logs on to a new computer and starts outlook.
I've played with PRF files and that sort of works but there seems to be now way to force outlook to use a certain .pst file, so it creates another one.
Should the oultlook account information persist across computers and something is not working right?
The desktop roams, the docuements roam... what am I missing?
when I look at the desktop location it shows the network UNC for the roaming profile...
I have the roaming profile setup in GPO, not in the account properties under AD...
NOTE: Yes, I have the pst files on a network share. I know i am not supposed to but...
So I have roaming profiles with folder redirection setup on a server 2008 R2.
I am setting up an image to roll out to 20 computers.
When I loging with a roaming profile, to one of these new computers and setup outlook for the user that I am logged in as it would be nice for outlook to "stay" configured when this roaming profile user logs into another computer.
Currently it does not; microsoft asks for account setup when the user logs on to a new computer and starts outlook.
I've played with PRF files and that sort of works but there seems to be now way to force outlook to use a certain .pst file, so it creates another one.
Should the oultlook account information persist across computers and something is not working right?
The desktop roams, the docuements roam... what am I missing?
when I look at the desktop location it shows the network UNC for the roaming profile...
I have the roaming profile setup in GPO, not in the account properties under AD...
NOTE: Yes, I have the pst files on a network share. I know i am not supposed to but...
[X]
Welcome to Experts Exchange
Add your voice to the tech community where 5M+ people just like you are talking about what matters.
- Help others & share knowledge
- Earn cash & points
- Learn & ask questions
Featured Post
Question has a verified solution.
If you are experiencing a similar issue, please ask a related question
Changing a few Outlook Options can help keep you organized!
We aren’t perfect, just like everyone else. Check out the email errors our community caught and learn the top errors every email marketer should avoid.
This video shows how to remove a single email address from the Outlook 2010 Auto Suggestion memory.
NOTE: For Outlook 2016 and 2013 perform the exact same steps.
Open a new email: Click the New email button in Outlook.
Start typing the address: …
Many of my clients call in with monstrous Gmail overloading issues with Outlook. A quick tip is to turn off the All Mail and Important folders from synching. Here is a quick video I made to show you how to turn off these and other folders in Gmail s…
Suggested Courses
Course of the Month15 days, left to enroll
770 members asked questions and received personalized solutions in the past 7 days.
Join the community of 500,000 technology professionals and ask your questions.