Clearing RSS Feeds for ALL users

[WANguy2k]

I have created many users on my own PC, logged on as myself. Sometimes people have asked me to go into their mailboxes to fix problems. I've discovered that on any mailboxes I have opened in this manner, MY RSS feeds have been copied to their mailbox, and they're getting the feeds. Most if not all users on my network don't use RSS feeds.

Is there a way I can go into each mailbox and delete the RSS feeds? The only way I've been able to do it is to create a profile on my machine for the user, open their outlook, and manually delete the feeds. We have 100+ users. I don't want to have to create 100 profiles. Is there a way to do it from the Exchange server? I have all access.

 

[markdmac]

You should be able to disable the RSS feeds via GPO if you download the Office Resource Kit (ORK) and install the ADM template in a GPO.

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

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[WANguy2k]

Thanks for the response Mark. I don't really want to disable RSS feeds (although I don't think many people are using them), I just want to delete the feeds from user's folders that got put there accidentally. I think if I disable feeds with a policy, the original bad feeds will probably still be there if I turn it back on.

Is there any utility that will allow me to go into a user's mailbox on the exchange server and delete the feeds? The only other alternative is to logon as each user on my PC and delete them. (But I'm afraid this is how the RSS feeds got into their settings in the first place.)

 

[Zelandakh]

Are you using roaming profiles in Windows or not?

outlook /cleanprofile I think it is will remove all feeds.

 

[WANguy2k]

Not using roaming profiles, I ran outlook /cleanprofile, didn't remove RSS feeds. Feeds don't seem to be stored in the registry, so I'm back to looking at the server. I'll also look and see if any of the policy template settings allow you to clear RSS feeds, but I don't think so. Only disable them.