[THIN] Re: Office 2003 Suppress User name popup

Hi Angela,

 

I would only ever do this via a cmd, VBScript, or Kix script. Taking
care of the Company value is not a problem, but you want to individually
set the UserName to the actual user of that session. If you do it
through an ADM template, all users will have the same name, or you need
to change the REG_SZ value to a REG_EXPAND_SZ and use %USERNAME%. Then
you need to deal with the UserInitials. So how would you derive that?
Typically it's the first letter of the username. You may also be able to
change that to a REG_EXPAND_SZ and use %USERNAME:~0,+1%, which will
return the first letter of the username.

 

All this is very simple to achieve with a script to ensure that all
users have personalised settings. You could also use the new GP
Preferences too.

 

Not a lot of help because I don't have a script you are looking for, but
hope that helps you down the right path.

 

Cheers,

Jeremy.

 

From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Angela Smith
Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 2:13 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Office 2003 Suppress User name popup

 

Hi

Thanks for the email.  I would really like to implement this via an ADM
file in Group Policy if at all possible.

Thanks
Ang

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From: cwegener@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Office 2003 Suppress User name popup
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:41:40 +1100

Hi Angela,

 

You would need to pre-populate the
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\Common\UserInfo Key with the UserName,
UserInitials, Company values.

You could either, create a login script that does this, create and ADM
file for the keys, include the values in your default user profile, or
you could enter this information at the Office installation time, when
Terminal Services redirects HKCU changes to the shadow area (though I
won't recommend this last option)

 

I am sure, someone with a little more time here, will be able to provide
you with some script snippets to include in a login script.

 

Cheers,

Christoph

 

 

From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Angela Smith
Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 4:28 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Office 2003 Suppress User name popup

 

Hi

I need to find a way to remove the MS Office User Name popup box that
pops up on first use when using office 2003.  We do not use roaming
profiles so our users get this popup on first use each day.  Has anyone
suppressed this popup via Group Policy?.  Has anyone created an ADM file
to suppress this?

Thanks
Ang

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