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I am building an image and have installed Office 2003 on it.
I will be syspreping the image as it will be used for many PC's.
I need to configure Outlook in the image, so that the end-user has nothing
to do, but open Outlook when they log on. (Their credentials for the
Exchange server will already be in place etc.)
How can I achieve this? I'm aware of the Office resource tools, custom
installation wizard etc, but can that be used for what I need, or is that
only for deploying msi's?
Jo
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Yes, the Office Resource Kit (more specifically the Custom Install Wizard)
will help you achieve this. (There is a page in the CIW that lets you set
Outlook profile information. Note: Stay away from trying to use variables
like %USERNAME% as it doesn't work.)
"Joanne Finger" <joanne.finger[ at ]newhamhealth.nhs.uk> wrote in message
news:%23F1G8ByrGHA.2144[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
[Quoted Text] >I am building an image and have installed Office 2003 on it.
> I will be syspreping the image as it will be used for many PC's.
> I need to configure Outlook in the image, so that the end-user has nothing
> to do, but open Outlook when they log on. (Their credentials for the
> Exchange server will already be in place etc.)
>
> How can I achieve this? I'm aware of the Office resource tools, custom
> installation wizard etc, but can that be used for what I need, or is that
> only for deploying msi's?
>
> Jo
>
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Thanks for your response.
Could u briefly give me a step by step of what to do?
I'm a little confused how to achieve this, so it can be built into the image
I'm creating, which will then be sysprep'd.
Cheers.
"neo [mvp outlook]" <neo[ at ]online.mvps.org> wrote in message
news:e%23OWAqyrGHA.600[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
[Quoted Text] > Yes, the Office Resource Kit (more specifically the Custom Install Wizard)
> will help you achieve this. (There is a page in the CIW that lets you set
> Outlook profile information. Note: Stay away from trying to use variables
> like %USERNAME% as it doesn't work.)
>
> "Joanne Finger" <joanne.finger[ at ]newhamhealth.nhs.uk> wrote in message
> news:%23F1G8ByrGHA.2144[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>I am building an image and have installed Office 2003 on it.
>> I will be syspreping the image as it will be used for many PC's.
>> I need to configure Outlook in the image, so that the end-user has
>> nothing to do, but open Outlook when they log on. (Their credentials for
>> the Exchange server will already be in place etc.)
>>
>> How can I achieve this? I'm aware of the Office resource tools, custom
>> installation wizard etc, but can that be used for what I need, or is that
>> only for deploying msi's?
>>
>> Jo
>>
>
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Basically you will use the CIW to build a transform file (MST) that contains
the programs/options you want installed + an Outlook profile (*.prf). Once
you complete the wizard, just set the option to save the *.MST and such into
the same place where you are going to store a cached cd <?> copy of Office
2003. You use this distribution point to install Office 2003 onto your
pristine WinXP image. Happy syprep'ing & testing.
"Joanne Finger" <joanne.finger[ at ]newhamhealth.nhs.uk> wrote in message
news:Oxli0e$rGHA.4772[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
[Quoted Text] > Thanks for your response.
>
> Could u briefly give me a step by step of what to do?
>
> I'm a little confused how to achieve this, so it can be built into the
> image I'm creating, which will then be sysprep'd.
>
> Cheers.
>
> "neo [mvp outlook]" <neo[ at ]online.mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:e%23OWAqyrGHA.600[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Yes, the Office Resource Kit (more specifically the Custom Install
>> Wizard) will help you achieve this. (There is a page in the CIW that
>> lets you set Outlook profile information. Note: Stay away from trying to
>> use variables like %USERNAME% as it doesn't work.)
>>
>> "Joanne Finger" <joanne.finger[ at ]newhamhealth.nhs.uk> wrote in message
>> news:%23F1G8ByrGHA.2144[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>I am building an image and have installed Office 2003 on it.
>>> I will be syspreping the image as it will be used for many PC's.
>>> I need to configure Outlook in the image, so that the end-user has
>>> nothing to do, but open Outlook when they log on. (Their credentials for
>>> the Exchange server will already be in place etc.)
>>>
>>> How can I achieve this? I'm aware of the Office resource tools, custom
>>> installation wizard etc, but can that be used for what I need, or is
>>> that only for deploying msi's?
>>>
>>> Jo
>>>
>>
>>
>
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I already have an MST and PRF, as they were created when we wanted to
deploy Office via GPO. I know they work via GPO.
I have installed Office onto my WinXP image from the place I store the
setup.exe, MST file etc.
I'm obviously doing something wrong, cos when i run Outlook it asks for
info that should have been set in the CIW & PRF.
"neo [mvp outlook]" <neo[ at ]online.mvps.org> wrote in message
news:OKjYgWOsGHA.1580[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
[Quoted Text] > Basically you will use the CIW to build a transform file (MST) that
> contains the programs/options you want installed + an Outlook profile
> (*.prf). Once you complete the wizard, just set the option to save the
> *.MST and such into the same place where you are going to store a cached
> cd <?> copy of Office 2003. You use this distribution point to install
> Office 2003 onto your pristine WinXP image. Happy syprep'ing & testing.
>
>
> "Joanne Finger" <joanne.finger[ at ]newhamhealth.nhs.uk> wrote in message
> news:Oxli0e$rGHA.4772[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Thanks for your response.
>>
>> Could u briefly give me a step by step of what to do?
>>
>> I'm a little confused how to achieve this, so it can be built into the
>> image I'm creating, which will then be sysprep'd.
>>
>> Cheers.
>>
>> "neo [mvp outlook]" <neo[ at ]online.mvps.org> wrote in message
>> news:e%23OWAqyrGHA.600[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Yes, the Office Resource Kit (more specifically the Custom Install
>>> Wizard) will help you achieve this. (There is a page in the CIW that
>>> lets you set Outlook profile information. Note: Stay away from trying
>>> to use variables like %USERNAME% as it doesn't work.)
>>>
>>> "Joanne Finger" <joanne.finger[ at ]newhamhealth.nhs.uk> wrote in message
>>> news:%23F1G8ByrGHA.2144[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>I am building an image and have installed Office 2003 on it.
>>>> I will be syspreping the image as it will be used for many PC's.
>>>> I need to configure Outlook in the image, so that the end-user has
>>>> nothing to do, but open Outlook when they log on. (Their credentials
>>>> for the Exchange server will already be in place etc.)
>>>>
>>>> How can I achieve this? I'm aware of the Office resource tools, custom
>>>> installation wizard etc, but can that be used for what I need, or is
>>>> that only for deploying msi's?
>>>>
>>>> Jo
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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The only time I've seen this behavior in testing is where a user has an
outlook profile, deletes it, and then starts Outlook. At this point Outlook
knows one existed at this point and doesn't use the PRF. Sound familiar to
your setup or am I just way off base?
"Joanne Finger" <joanne.finger[ at ]newhamhealth.nhs.uk> wrote in message
news:%23QJMtlXsGHA.4992[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
[Quoted Text] >I already have an MST and PRF, as they were created when we wanted to
> deploy Office via GPO. I know they work via GPO.
> I have installed Office onto my WinXP image from the place I store the
> setup.exe, MST file etc.
> I'm obviously doing something wrong, cos when i run Outlook it asks for
> info that should have been set in the CIW & PRF.
>
>
>
> "neo [mvp outlook]" <neo[ at ]online.mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:OKjYgWOsGHA.1580[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Basically you will use the CIW to build a transform file (MST) that
>> contains the programs/options you want installed + an Outlook profile
>> (*.prf). Once you complete the wizard, just set the option to save the
>> *.MST and such into the same place where you are going to store a cached
>> cd <?> copy of Office 2003. You use this distribution point to install
>> Office 2003 onto your pristine WinXP image. Happy syprep'ing & testing.
>>
>>
>> "Joanne Finger" <joanne.finger[ at ]newhamhealth.nhs.uk> wrote in message
>> news:Oxli0e$rGHA.4772[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Thanks for your response.
>>>
>>> Could u briefly give me a step by step of what to do?
>>>
>>> I'm a little confused how to achieve this, so it can be built into the
>>> image I'm creating, which will then be sysprep'd.
>>>
>>> Cheers.
>>>
>>> "neo [mvp outlook]" <neo[ at ]online.mvps.org> wrote in message
>>> news:e%23OWAqyrGHA.600[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>> Yes, the Office Resource Kit (more specifically the Custom Install
>>>> Wizard) will help you achieve this. (There is a page in the CIW that
>>>> lets you set Outlook profile information. Note: Stay away from trying
>>>> to use variables like %USERNAME% as it doesn't work.)
>>>>
>>>> "Joanne Finger" <joanne.finger[ at ]newhamhealth.nhs.uk> wrote in message
>>>> news:%23F1G8ByrGHA.2144[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>>I am building an image and have installed Office 2003 on it.
>>>>> I will be syspreping the image as it will be used for many PC's.
>>>>> I need to configure Outlook in the image, so that the end-user has
>>>>> nothing to do, but open Outlook when they log on. (Their credentials
>>>>> for the Exchange server will already be in place etc.)
>>>>>
>>>>> How can I achieve this? I'm aware of the Office resource tools, custom
>>>>> installation wizard etc, but can that be used for what I need, or is
>>>>> that only for deploying msi's?
>>>>>
>>>>> Jo
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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Well, I think the problem here is me! I'm misunderstanding something.
When I install office on my clean machine, I am installing from the folder
on a network share where the mst, prf file etc exist. The same loaction that
the GPO links to for installing office.
(I have tried running setup.exe with TRANSFORMS= command.)
At the point of install, the PC is not joined to our domain as it's only a
non-sysprep version of the image I want. It's in a test environment, but on
our network.
I'm sure I'm doing something wrong. You understand, I want the customised
Office as part of the image, so when I image PC's the settings are all in
place? Outlook just opens, already configured for the user.
Sorry if i'm not being clear enough.
Jo
"neo [mvp outlook]" <neo[ at ]online.mvps.org> wrote in message
news:%23EX6ZqXsGHA.4872[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
[Quoted Text] > The only time I've seen this behavior in testing is where a user has an
> outlook profile, deletes it, and then starts Outlook. At this point
> Outlook knows one existed at this point and doesn't use the PRF. Sound
> familiar to your setup or am I just way off base?
>
>
> "Joanne Finger" <joanne.finger[ at ]newhamhealth.nhs.uk> wrote in message
> news:%23QJMtlXsGHA.4992[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>I already have an MST and PRF, as they were created when we wanted to
>> deploy Office via GPO. I know they work via GPO.
>> I have installed Office onto my WinXP image from the place I store the
>> setup.exe, MST file etc.
>> I'm obviously doing something wrong, cos when i run Outlook it asks for
>> info that should have been set in the CIW & PRF.
>>
>>
>>
>> "neo [mvp outlook]" <neo[ at ]online.mvps.org> wrote in message
>> news:OKjYgWOsGHA.1580[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> Basically you will use the CIW to build a transform file (MST) that
>>> contains the programs/options you want installed + an Outlook profile
>>> (*.prf). Once you complete the wizard, just set the option to save the
>>> *.MST and such into the same place where you are going to store a cached
>>> cd <?> copy of Office 2003. You use this distribution point to install
>>> Office 2003 onto your pristine WinXP image. Happy syprep'ing &
>>> testing.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Joanne Finger" <joanne.finger[ at ]newhamhealth.nhs.uk> wrote in message
>>> news:Oxli0e$rGHA.4772[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>> Thanks for your response.
>>>>
>>>> Could u briefly give me a step by step of what to do?
>>>>
>>>> I'm a little confused how to achieve this, so it can be built into the
>>>> image I'm creating, which will then be sysprep'd.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers.
>>>>
>>>> "neo [mvp outlook]" <neo[ at ]online.mvps.org> wrote in message
>>>> news:e%23OWAqyrGHA.600[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Yes, the Office Resource Kit (more specifically the Custom Install
>>>>> Wizard) will help you achieve this. (There is a page in the CIW that
>>>>> lets you set Outlook profile information. Note: Stay away from trying
>>>>> to use variables like %USERNAME% as it doesn't work.)
>>>>>
>>>>> "Joanne Finger" <joanne.finger[ at ]newhamhealth.nhs.uk> wrote in message
>>>>> news:%23F1G8ByrGHA.2144[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>I am building an image and have installed Office 2003 on it.
>>>>>> I will be syspreping the image as it will be used for many PC's.
>>>>>> I need to configure Outlook in the image, so that the end-user has
>>>>>> nothing to do, but open Outlook when they log on. (Their credentials
>>>>>> for the Exchange server will already be in place etc.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How can I achieve this? I'm aware of the Office resource tools,
>>>>>> custom
>>>>>> installation wizard etc, but can that be used for what I need, or is
>>>>>> that only for deploying msi's?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jo
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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You are doing a great job in explaining things. :)
Is the custom11.prf file being created on your test machine? (I believe it
will be created in the same location Office/Outlook gets installed into)
The other thing I would like you to check is to see if the registry value
ImportPRF being created. I believe it gets created under:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Setup
While you are in this location, please check to see if there is a
First-Run/FirstRun value.
"Joanne Finger" <joanne.finger[ at ]newhamhealth.nhs.uk> wrote in message
news:OmYl$yXsGHA.4472[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
[Quoted Text] > Well, I think the problem here is me! I'm misunderstanding something.
> When I install office on my clean machine, I am installing from the folder
> on a network share where the mst, prf file etc exist. The same loaction
> that the GPO links to for installing office.
> (I have tried running setup.exe with TRANSFORMS= command.)
> At the point of install, the PC is not joined to our domain as it's only a
> non-sysprep version of the image I want. It's in a test environment, but
> on our network.
>
> I'm sure I'm doing something wrong. You understand, I want the customised
> Office as part of the image, so when I image PC's the settings are all in
> place? Outlook just opens, already configured for the user.
>
> Sorry if i'm not being clear enough.
>
> Jo
>
>
>
> "neo [mvp outlook]" <neo[ at ]online.mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:%23EX6ZqXsGHA.4872[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> The only time I've seen this behavior in testing is where a user has an
>> outlook profile, deletes it, and then starts Outlook. At this point
>> Outlook knows one existed at this point and doesn't use the PRF. Sound
>> familiar to your setup or am I just way off base?
>>
>>
>> "Joanne Finger" <joanne.finger[ at ]newhamhealth.nhs.uk> wrote in message
>> news:%23QJMtlXsGHA.4992[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>I already have an MST and PRF, as they were created when we wanted to
>>> deploy Office via GPO. I know they work via GPO.
>>> I have installed Office onto my WinXP image from the place I store the
>>> setup.exe, MST file etc.
>>> I'm obviously doing something wrong, cos when i run Outlook it asks for
>>> info that should have been set in the CIW & PRF.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "neo [mvp outlook]" <neo[ at ]online.mvps.org> wrote in message
>>> news:OKjYgWOsGHA.1580[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>> Basically you will use the CIW to build a transform file (MST) that
>>>> contains the programs/options you want installed + an Outlook profile
>>>> (*.prf). Once you complete the wizard, just set the option to save the
>>>> *.MST and such into the same place where you are going to store a
>>>> cached
>>>> cd <?> copy of Office 2003. You use this distribution point to install
>>>> Office 2003 onto your pristine WinXP image. Happy syprep'ing &
>>>> testing.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Joanne Finger" <joanne.finger[ at ]newhamhealth.nhs.uk> wrote in message
>>>> news:Oxli0e$rGHA.4772[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Thanks for your response.
>>>>>
>>>>> Could u briefly give me a step by step of what to do?
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm a little confused how to achieve this, so it can be built into the
>>>>> image I'm creating, which will then be sysprep'd.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers.
>>>>>
>>>>> "neo [mvp outlook]" <neo[ at ]online.mvps.org> wrote in message
>>>>> news:e%23OWAqyrGHA.600[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> Yes, the Office Resource Kit (more specifically the Custom Install
>>>>>> Wizard) will help you achieve this. (There is a page in the CIW that
>>>>>> lets you set Outlook profile information. Note: Stay away from
>>>>>> trying
>>>>>> to use variables like %USERNAME% as it doesn't work.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Joanne Finger" <joanne.finger[ at ]newhamhealth.nhs.uk> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:%23F1G8ByrGHA.2144[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>>I am building an image and have installed Office 2003 on it.
>>>>>>> I will be syspreping the image as it will be used for many PC's.
>>>>>>> I need to configure Outlook in the image, so that the end-user has
>>>>>>> nothing to do, but open Outlook when they log on. (Their credentials
>>>>>>> for the Exchange server will already be in place etc.)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> How can I achieve this? I'm aware of the Office resource tools,
>>>>>>> custom
>>>>>>> installation wizard etc, but can that be used for what I need, or is
>>>>>>> that only for deploying msi's?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Jo
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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