Changing Default Outlook Profile Name for all users

[Stuart]

I am trying to customise an Office 2003 Installation so that when a new user
logs on, the Outlook Profile name is based on the users full name.

For example: If user John Smith logs on, a default profile is created called
'Default Outlook Profile'. I want the profile name to be John Smith.

Now, I have got this to work before in Outlook 2000. In the custom
installation wizard, there was a section called 'Workgroup and corporate
settings'. In this section, there was a General Tab, with the option "Profile
Name". Calling the profile name %FULLNAME% created a new profile based on the
users full name.

In the Office 2003 Custom installation wizard, there is no similar section.
I have tested all Office 2003 Custom Installation settings related to
profiles, but nothing seems to work.

Any help would be appreciated!

 

[bobbybogglelogs]

Stuart schrieb am 21.01.2005 09:31:


After the installatio wizard go to Control Panel | Mail | Show Profiles.
Copy the Profile, name it to the name you want and delete the old profile.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Why? For support purposes, it would be much better to have every one using
the same profile name.

Outlook 2003 provides no way to do this unless you want to script a .prf for
each person.

 

[Stu]

Hi Sue,

Thanks for the reply.

This scenario was possible with Office 2000 using the Custom Installation
Wizard and editing the 'workgroup and corporate mail' settings --> General
Option.

Has this functionality been removed with the Office 2003 Custom Installation
Wizard?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

As I think I said, you can't do that in Outlook 2003. It's a bad idea
anyway, IMO.

 

[Stu]

The reason I asked (again) is according to the Microsoft's 'Office 2003
Policy Template Files and Deployment Planning Tools' documentation, there is
a section called in one of the .ADM files called Outlook Corporate Mail
Settings.

I cannot find this setting anywhere in the Custom Installation Wizard for
Office 2003 using the latest .ADM and .OPA files.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

I asked Microsoft earlier this week and was told that entire section is no
longer supported and should not have been included in the documentation.