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Outlook 2003, Terminal Server 2003, address books

Nov 28, 2005 10:09PM PST

I have a existing terminal server with outlook 2003 on it and hundreds of user profiles on it. The issue I am having is that none of the users can access there personal contact list as an address book when sending email. The fix for this is fairly simple for a technition all you have to do is while logged in as the user goto control panel, Mail, Email Accounts, and select add new directory or address book, select the users address book, finish, goto outlook, select the properties of the contact list and check off show this folder as an outlook address book.

To explain this to a hundred end users will be next to impossible. Is there any way to make this change globally?

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2 thoughts.
Nov 28, 2005 10:14PM PST

1. Write some code to talk to OL2003 (VB6 and up can do this) and have them run the update you issue.

2. Install a registry watcher such as REGMON (google.com) and note the changes. Make a .REG file for the users to doubleclick on.

3. In parting, what happened to your IT staff and programmers? It seems with 100 users you'd have some programmers.

Bob

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2 thoughts
Nov 29, 2005 12:18AM PST

We do have programmers but they are tasked with development of the software we sell and cannot take the time out to assist me with this.
The Regmon did not report any changes to the registry when I went through the steps I defined previously. Is is possible that this could be contained in an INI file instead?

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When I did this, the change occured on exit.
Nov 29, 2005 12:41AM PST

You can also go get FILEMON to sniff out if it's a file setting.

Bob

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Re: ini file?
Nov 29, 2005 12:43AM PST

Could be, although it seems unlikely. It could be somewhere in the Outlook.pst file, however.

Repeat the operation tomorrow morning on a PC not being used that day. Start Outlook and close it. Use Explorer to search for files changed today (small list). Then start Outlook again, change the settings and exit. Redo your Explorer search. Check again.

Find out what files are changed the second time: new files not on the first list & files with a later timestamp. Those are candidates.

Hope this helps.


Kees