[THIN] Re: Outlook profiles getting mangled
- From: Steve Snyder <kwajalein@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 08:06:34 +1200
I am surrounded by non-believers! Infidels! :)
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 1:45 AM, Greg Reese <gareese@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Steve has been preaching for a return to lotus notes longer than he used
> notes in the first place.
>
> personally i think Exchange is plenty flawed but there is not a lot I can
> do about it at the moment. someday....
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 8:41 AM, Jeff Pitsch <jepitsch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I laughed when I saw that. I didn't know there were any reasons to begin
>> with to use Notes.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Wilson, Christopher <
>> CMWilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> “Another reason to use Lotus Notes...”
>>>
>>> Now there’s something you don’t hear very often.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
>>> Behalf Of *Steve Snyder
>>> *Sent:* Monday, August 03, 2009 11:30 PM
>>>
>>> *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> *Subject:* [THIN] Re: Outlook profiles getting mangled
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I think this may be close, I've run it on all of my servers but one
>>> server is still obstinate and insists on recreating the profile. However, if
>>> you go into the profiles and set it to use the backup copy (that it just
>>> made) it'll open fine with that. Another reason to use Lotus Notes...
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 4:26 PM, Jeremy Saunders <
>>> Jeremy.Saunders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Yep…I personally do the following:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> SDT.exe 1 1 1984
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Jeremy.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
>>> Behalf Of *Steve Snyder
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 04, 2009 12:05 PM
>>> *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> *Subject:* [THIN] Re: Outlook profiles getting mangled
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ah - looks like you set the dat *way back*, like Sherman and Mr Peabody.
>>> :)
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Steve Snyder <kwajalein@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> So you just run SDT every night and set it to that day's date then?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 3:53 PM, Steve Snyder <kwajalein@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> absolutely! And it's my most recently built server that's giving me the
>>> problem.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks Jeremy - I'll let you know what happens...
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Jeremy Saunders <
>>> Jeremy.Saunders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Steve,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I haven’t seen this for a long time as I think it’s related to the
>>> Date/Time stamp on the Shadow Keys in the registry. Grab yourself the
>>> SDT.exe and RDT.exe utils from here
>>> http://www.brianmadden.com/blogs/brianmadden/archive/2004/09/14/finally-shadow-key-timestamping-utilities-from-microsoft.aspx,
>>> and run them across all your servers. After EVERY application install, and
>>> also as a nightly scheduled task, I run this on every server I ever build.
>>> If you don’t, the time/date stamps will differ across all servers and
>>> depending on the time/data stamp on the settings in the users profile, their
>>> settings MAY be overwritten by the newer ones on the server in the Shadow
>>> Key.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Does that make sense?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Jeremy.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
>>> Behalf Of *Steve Snyder
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 04, 2009 11:03 AM
>>> *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> *Subject:* [THIN] Outlook profiles getting mangled
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Bizarre issue - office 2006 pro plu, sp2, installed on multiple w2k3 x64
>>> servers from the same install folder and transform file. Use mandatory
>>> profiles with FPK 6 along wit a PRF files to establish/maintain profile.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> pretty consistently, but not always, as a user gets logged onto a
>>> different server than the last one used, Outlook recreates the profile, thus
>>> losing all of the previous setings. Log back on to another server and it
>>> does it again. So after a while the Show Profiles show a profile named
>>> Exchange, and a whole bunch of backups.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Anyone seen this and any clue why one server's Outlook apprently doesn't
>>> like another server's Outlook?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Keys being flexed are:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Proofing Tools
>>> HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0
>>> HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\Outlook
>>> HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\Common
>>> HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging
>>> Subsystem
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