Login script that will configure users exchange mailbox 2

[FlashUK]

Hi all,

I am using group policies in a windows server 2003 / xp pro environment. Many users "hot desk" this means i am forever having to set up peoples exchange accounts.

Is there any other way (except using roaming profiles) that I can add something to each users login script that will automatically configure their outlook for them?

I am running exchange 20003, with office XP clients. Now with the inroduction of some of the group policies the user does not have permission to set their own accounts up.

I do not really want to drop the group policies so please help. . . .

Thanks in advance

 

[aftertaf]

there might be a way to avoid roaming profiles, but in GPO i dont think it is possible.

You could try to use folder redirection for the application data part of the profiles, but it'll need experimenting with, i wanted to try this and it didn't work, but i didn't try much cos i left the job...

i think that outlook does put this info in the registry, maybe it comes from the user.dat...

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Exchange\Exchange Provider
here you'll find a reference to a REG_SZ value called MOAB.
the value it references can be found in the following subtree - windows messaging subsystem node:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem
here i can see my exchange alias and server, + other stuff

but how you can play around with it, i don't now!!

Aftertaf
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[AJ1982]

When you deploy Office2003 you can set a policy for the first exchange account, I would then set to be your exserv and then %username%

AJ

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