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Question

Outlook 2010 Mailboxe

Apr 7, 2015 5:02AM PDT

Hey Guys, This should be an easy one, or at least I hope so.
I am preparing a SSD to swap with an HDD for an user, the user is on the domain and I have his PC number, I was wondering how do I find the mailboxes the user has added to his Outlook remotely from the server.
I remoted to the server and did the regedit>connect network registry, found the network drives and printer, mapped on the SSD, I know there is a place in those registries where I can find the names of the mailboxes, just don't want to go to the user, wait for him and beg him to let me on his machine.
Thanks in advance!

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Sounds suspicious.
Apr 7, 2015 5:12AM PDT

You don't want to go to the user, wait for him, and BEG him to let you on his machine? Can you explain more?
Dafydd.

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End of the financial year
Apr 7, 2015 5:23AM PDT

It is the end of the financial year and this specific user is a Financial Manager,meetings, paperwork...etc, Plus it is easy....veeeeeery easy to go to the user, control panel>mail>e-mai accounts>username@domainname.com>advaced and see the name of the mailboxes,
I heard there is a "nicer way" should I say. Remote to the server, run regedit then file>connect network registry>PCnumber and it opens HK_LocalMachine and HK_user i think and from the HK_user there should be a way to find this mailboxes...was wondering that is that "way" or place or whatever.
I looked though them and didn't managed to find them, may be I was looking for the wrong thing.

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Highly suspect.
Apr 7, 2015 5:23AM PDT

In a domain situation you as the admin would never have to wait. You would change their domain password and get right in. Something's amiss here.

As if you were hacking?
Bob

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lolololol
Apr 7, 2015 5:33AM PDT

I guess you understood me wrong:
I am building and SSD(solid state drive) for the user on a machine with exact same specs as the user complaint his pc is slow (he has a 32bit version of windows, this why rebuilding and an HDD 5400rpm), now I am sure you know that changing user's password will mean user will go through a bit of a hastle, plus I have his password and I have acces to his mailbox, I need to add other mailboxes, not his, ex: planetearthalmighty@domainname.com, tinyuniverse@domainname.com etc to which the user has access on his HDD.
Changing password, how will this show me what mailboxes the user uses, it will give me access to his e-mail account :username@domainname.com, i need mailbox@domainname.com, mailbox2@domainname.com etc.
Thanks and sorry for the writing

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I have user's credentials
Apr 7, 2015 5:46AM PDT

I have the username and the password, where do I see the mailboxes the user has in his outlook on the NEW PC that I build for the user, this is the question if you want it shortened.

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So this is the old Outlook backup and restore question?
Apr 7, 2015 6:09AM PDT
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Sorry, not a hacker, and IT newbie
Apr 7, 2015 6:23AM PDT

I am sorry, don't want to be called a hacker when I just want to know a different solution.
I do have user's credentials. I remoted to a server from the organisation with my admin credentials and went to the registries. I the registries there is a function(or whatever it is called) under file, the connect network registry, you can try see on your PC. when I put the user's pc number, the one that is in the active directory, and that is user's old PC, it gives me some registries key specific to the user. My manager showed me how to find the network drives mapped on the old machine and the network printers, we have about 20 of them around the building and a few TB of folders and data that belongs to different departments.
Now that i can retrieve user's data through the network(we are not using any migration software) and that I mapped the drives and added the printers, there is one thing I wanted to do, to add all the mailboxes to which the user currently has access on the old machine so when I hand the new one, the user will just continue working as normal but with the PC quicker.
The user has a 4 years old PC with win7 professional 32 bit.
I will probably go tomorrow to the user's machine and take note of the mailboxes he has added to the outlook on his old machine, and add them in the new machine.
My manager said there is a way to do it remotely from the registries but he doesn't remember where to find this things, so I thought I will find this way. Google wasn't too helpful so I thought I may find a solution here.
Thanks for your time and I am far from beeing a haker, If i were, i would look for information in other paces.

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Your original post did not read well.
Apr 7, 2015 6:32AM PDT

I'm sure you understand why we have to ask questions. We do get people sometimes asking for hack and cracks so we have to ask.
Dafydd.

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Re: credentials
Apr 7, 2015 6:19AM PDT

I think this is part of the roaming user properties. I'd trust Windows client, Outlook client and Exchange server to handle this automatically, like all roaming properties appear magically on a new client.
No active role for the system administrator here. And certainly no need to dive into registry settings.

Kees

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Don't know if I expressed my issue right
Apr 7, 2015 6:28AM PDT

We are adding additional mailboxes to the users, they normally have at least 2, for example :George.P@domain.com and accounts.payable@domain.com. When building the machine, the user will have George.P@domain.com mailbox but the accouts.payable...will be added by either the user or an admin.
I was wondering what is other way to find out what mailboxes user need to be added other than going to him in person and asking for 2 minutes on his PC to see them and copy it on the new PC.

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I would tell the user to do it
Apr 7, 2015 6:29AM PDT

If he can't, then meet him when you both have time and show him how.

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The user will retire in 5 months
Apr 7, 2015 6:33AM PDT

Won't show it to the user but will go tomorrow to the workstation and write down the mailboxes he already has and add them to the new machine.
Thanks!