[mso] Re: universal use of Outlook
- From: "David Smart" <smartware@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 00:58:18 +1000
Outlook does store information in the registry, but it can be very hard to get
at. I've been doing some trawling on the net and it appears that the registry
key is
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
Messaging Subsystem\Profiles
Under there, should be a key called "Outlook" if you only have one Outlook
profile for the user (which is the default). Now this key has lots of
machine-readable stuff that describes the e-mail profile for the current user,
but I haven't found any information on decoding it.
However ... if you configure your e-mail for one pupil, with the Outlook.pst
file in a location common to all users, then close Outlook and then export the
registry key, you're hopefully getting a copy of everything you need.
Then login as a different pupil and double click the registry export to load
it. I've got a suspicion Outlook will be configured the way you want it.
The pupils would still each need to load the registry information, but that
sure beats manually configuring Outlook.
Disclaimer - not tested, just hopeful.
Regards, Dave S
----- Original Message -----
From: "Errol Sapir" <errol@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 10:10 PM
Subject: [mso] Re: universal use of Outlook
> The pupils each have a different username. The e-mail "belongs" to the
> computer. There are an unknown number of pupils who may use each
> computer. It isn't possible to set up the e-mail for each potential
> user. In XP the definitions of the e-mail aren't transfered to each
> user. That is what I'm trying to achieve. Each user has to re-configure
> the e-mail. For example the settings are:
>
> email address: computer2@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> pop3: pop.school.com
>
> smtp: smtp.school.com
>
>
> None of these remain when a new user logs in. The reason is clear, in XP
> there is a separation of users (unlike windows98). I need to have the
> Outlook keep these definitions for ALL users. Can it be done?
>
> Errol
>
>
> David Smart wrote:
>
>> Not quite with you ...
>>
>> Do the pupils each have their own usernames? If so, when they log on to the
>> computer, they'll start Outlook and can have their own e-mail.
>>
>> Or do the pupils only each have their own e-mail addresses and share a
>> single username? If so, create separate e-mail profiles for each pupil.
>> Outlook will then ask for a profile to be selected when Outlook is started.
>> Pupils just need to remember to close Outlook when they leave the computer.
>>
>> Regards, Dave S
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Errol Sapir" <errol@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 4:51 PM
>> Subject: [mso] universal use of Outlook
>>
>>
>>
>>> Hi
>>> I run a school network. Recently the computers were each given e-mail
>>> addresses. I want to enable the pupils to use Outlook (which we have
>>> installed legally - of course). The problem is that the e-mail info is
>>> given to each computer and every time a different pupil enters the
>>> computer (each pupil has their own username), they have to re-install
>>> the relevant e-mail info. Is there ANY WAY of making the Outlook usable
>>> to all users of a particular computer WITHOUT the need to re-configure
>>> the outlook every time a different user logs on?
>>> I hope I've explained the problem and that there is a solution.
>>> Errol
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