Importing PRF into the Custom Intsallation Wizard

[Dave M]

I am having some trouble and i want to make sure i am following the right
steps. I step through the CIW and get all of my exchange related settings in
place such as server name, user name, pst and then i export the settings to a
PRF. I manually edit the PRF file to change the PST to Unicode etc... Then
i again go into the CIW and take the Import PRF option. I finish and
generate a new MST. I then run the custom install using the MST. This is
where the problem begins. When a user with an exisitng profile on the
computer logs in all is fine. When someone logs in fresh you are prompted
for user name, exchange server name. All of this is defined in the
PRF....why am i getting this??? Below is a portion of my PRF.

;Automatically generated PRF file from the Microsoft Office Customization
and Installation Wizard

; **************************************************************
; Section 1 - Profile Defaults
; **************************************************************

[General]
Custom=1
DefaultProfile=Yes
OverwriteProfile=Append
ModifyDefaultProfileIfPresent=TRUE

; **************************************************************
; Section 2 - Services in Profile
; **************************************************************

[Service List]
Service1=Microsoft Exchange Server
ServiceEGS=Exchange Global Section
Service2=Personal Folders
Service3=Outlook Address Book
;ServiceX=Microsoft Outlook Client

;***************************************************************
; Section 3 - List of internet accounts
;***************************************************************

[Internet Account List]

;***************************************************************
; Section 4 - Default values for each service.
;***************************************************************

[Service1]
OverwriteExistingService=No
UniqueService=Yes
MailboxName=%UserName%
HomeServer=smtp.trhmc.org
AccountName=Microsoft Exchange Server

[ServiceEGS]
MailboxName=%UserName%
HomeServer=smtp.trhmc.org

[Service2]
UniqueService=No
Name=Personal Folders
PathToPersonalFolders=%homeshare%\setup\exchange\mailbox.pst
EncryptionType=0x50000000

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

MailboxName=%UserName%

HomeServer=smtp.trhmc.org

What's the network environment? Is the user trying to set up the PRF over the Internet using RPC over HTTP? If they're doing it internally, try replacing smtp.trhmc.org with the network computer name of the server.

Also, is the user name unique? If you have users named boba and bobab, boba will not resolve and the user will get a prompt.

PathToPersonalFolders=%homeshare%\setup\exchange\mailbox.pst

You are aware, I hope, that Microsoft does not support storage of .pst files on network drives and warns that at best, you'll have extra network traffic and, at worst, data corruption?

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

I am having some trouble and i want to make sure i am following the right
steps. I step through the CIW and get all of my exchange related settings in
place such as server name, user name, pst and then i export the settings to a
PRF. I manually edit the PRF file to change the PST to Unicode etc... Then
i again go into the CIW and take the Import PRF option. I finish and
generate a new MST. I then run the custom install using the MST. This is
where the problem begins. When a user with an exisitng profile on the
computer logs in all is fine. When someone logs in fresh you are prompted
for user name, exchange server name. All of this is defined in the
PRF....why am i getting this??? Below is a portion of my PRF.

;Automatically generated PRF file from the Microsoft Office Customization
and Installation Wizard

; **************************************************************
; Section 1 - Profile Defaults
; **************************************************************

[General]
Custom=1
DefaultProfile=Yes
OverwriteProfile=Append
ModifyDefaultProfileIfPresent=TRUE

; **************************************************************
; Section 2 - Services in Profile
; **************************************************************

[Service List]
Service1=Microsoft Exchange Server
ServiceEGS=Exchange Global Section
Service2=Personal Folders
Service3=Outlook Address Book
;ServiceX=Microsoft Outlook Client

;***************************************************************
; Section 3 - List of internet accounts
;***************************************************************

[Internet Account List]

;***************************************************************
; Section 4 - Default values for each service.
;***************************************************************

[Service1]
OverwriteExistingService=No
UniqueService=Yes
MailboxName=%UserName%
HomeServer=smtp.trhmc.org
AccountName=Microsoft Exchange Server

[ServiceEGS]
MailboxName=%UserName%
HomeServer=smtp.trhmc.org

[Service2]
UniqueService=No
Name=Personal Folders
PathToPersonalFolders=%homeshare%\setup\exchange\mailbox.pst
EncryptionType=0x50000000

 

[Dave M]

If I go through the CIW and use that to set the exchange settings everything
works fine except the personal folder service being set up so based on what I
saw in another posting i saw the bug in the CIW so i did the export PRF
option to change the

EncryptionType=0x50000000

Then when i make that change and go back through the CIW and chose Import
PRF and use the edited file i have issues with new users logging on. Now if
i understand what i read in the Resource Kit correctly i dont have to do
anything else, the settings should work when you try this method since they
are then stored in the Transform.

I am also aware that MS does not support storing PST's on a network share
but its corporate policy since we enforce exchange limits and the higher ups
dicatate that the PST must be backed up daily so thus the placement on a
network share. We have never had any issues with this so far.

Thanks,
Dave

MailboxName=%UserName%
HomeServer=smtp.trhmc.org

What's the network environment? Is the user trying to set up the PRF over the Internet using RPC over HTTP? If they're doing it internally, try replacing smtp.trhmc.org with the network computer name of the server.

Also, is the user name unique? If you have users named boba and bobab, boba will not resolve and the user will get a prompt.

PathToPersonalFolders=%homeshare%\setup\exchange\mailbox.pst

You are aware, I hope, that Microsoft does not support storage of .pst files on network drives and warns that at best, you'll have extra network traffic and, at worst, data corruption?

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

I am having some trouble and i want to make sure i am following the right
steps. I step through the CIW and get all of my exchange related settings in
place such as server name, user name, pst and then i export the settings to a
PRF. I manually edit the PRF file to change the PST to Unicode etc... Then
i again go into the CIW and take the Import PRF option. I finish and
generate a new MST. I then run the custom install using the MST. This is
where the problem begins. When a user with an exisitng profile on the
computer logs in all is fine. When someone logs in fresh you are prompted
for user name, exchange server name. All of this is defined in the
PRF....why am i getting this??? Below is a portion of my PRF.

;Automatically generated PRF file from the Microsoft Office Customization
and Installation Wizard

; **************************************************************
; Section 1 - Profile Defaults
; **************************************************************

[General]
Custom=1
DefaultProfile=Yes
OverwriteProfile=Append
ModifyDefaultProfileIfPresent=TRUE

; **************************************************************
; Section 2 - Services in Profile
; **************************************************************

[Service List]
Service1=Microsoft Exchange Server
ServiceEGS=Exchange Global Section
Service2=Personal Folders
Service3=Outlook Address Book
;ServiceX=Microsoft Outlook Client

;***************************************************************
; Section 3 - List of internet accounts
;***************************************************************

[Internet Account List]

;***************************************************************
; Section 4 - Default values for each service.
;***************************************************************

[Service1]
OverwriteExistingService=No
UniqueService=Yes
MailboxName=%UserName%
HomeServer=smtp.trhmc.org
AccountName=Microsoft Exchange Server

[ServiceEGS]
MailboxName=%UserName%
HomeServer=smtp.trhmc.org

[Service2]
UniqueService=No
Name=Personal Folders
PathToPersonalFolders=%homeshare%\setup\exchange\mailbox.pst
EncryptionType=0x50000000

 

[Dave M]

also to answer your questions, user names are unique and we have to use
smtp.trhmc.org for our home server. this does work fine as mentioned below
when everything is done using the CIW only and not exporting and importing
the PRF

MailboxName=%UserName%
HomeServer=smtp.trhmc.org

What's the network environment? Is the user trying to set up the PRF over the Internet using RPC over HTTP? If they're doing it internally, try replacing smtp.trhmc.org with the network computer name of the server.

Also, is the user name unique? If you have users named boba and bobab, boba will not resolve and the user will get a prompt.

PathToPersonalFolders=%homeshare%\setup\exchange\mailbox.pst

You are aware, I hope, that Microsoft does not support storage of .pst files on network drives and warns that at best, you'll have extra network traffic and, at worst, data corruption?

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

I am having some trouble and i want to make sure i am following the right
steps. I step through the CIW and get all of my exchange related settings in
place such as server name, user name, pst and then i export the settings to a
PRF. I manually edit the PRF file to change the PST to Unicode etc... Then
i again go into the CIW and take the Import PRF option. I finish and
generate a new MST. I then run the custom install using the MST. This is
where the problem begins. When a user with an exisitng profile on the
computer logs in all is fine. When someone logs in fresh you are prompted
for user name, exchange server name. All of this is defined in the
PRF....why am i getting this??? Below is a portion of my PRF.

;Automatically generated PRF file from the Microsoft Office Customization
and Installation Wizard

; **************************************************************
; Section 1 - Profile Defaults
; **************************************************************

[General]
Custom=1
DefaultProfile=Yes
OverwriteProfile=Append
ModifyDefaultProfileIfPresent=TRUE

; **************************************************************
; Section 2 - Services in Profile
; **************************************************************

[Service List]
Service1=Microsoft Exchange Server
ServiceEGS=Exchange Global Section
Service2=Personal Folders
Service3=Outlook Address Book
;ServiceX=Microsoft Outlook Client

;***************************************************************
; Section 3 - List of internet accounts
;***************************************************************

[Internet Account List]

;***************************************************************
; Section 4 - Default values for each service.
;***************************************************************

[Service1]
OverwriteExistingService=No
UniqueService=Yes
MailboxName=%UserName%
HomeServer=smtp.trhmc.org
AccountName=Microsoft Exchange Server

[ServiceEGS]
MailboxName=%UserName%
HomeServer=smtp.trhmc.org

[Service2]
UniqueService=No
Name=Personal Folders
PathToPersonalFolders=%homeshare%\setup\exchange\mailbox.pst
EncryptionType=0x50000000

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

I understand what you did and why, but in order to try to understand and reproduce the results, I'm still looking for your answers to a couple of questions.

Also, you might want to look directly at the .prf file file that setup copies to the Office11 folder for processing by Outlook and make sure it really did get the settings you want.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

If I go through the CIW and use that to set the exchange settings everything
works fine except the personal folder service being set up so based on what I
saw in another posting i saw the bug in the CIW so i did the export PRF
option to change the

EncryptionType=0x50000000

Then when i make that change and go back through the CIW and chose Import
PRF and use the edited file i have issues with new users logging on. Now if
i understand what i read in the Resource Kit correctly i dont have to do
anything else, the settings should work when you try this method since they
are then stored in the Transform.

MailboxName=%UserName%
HomeServer=smtp.trhmc.org

What's the network environment? Is the user trying to set up the PRF over the Internet using RPC over HTTP? If they're doing it internally, try replacing smtp.trhmc.org with the network computer name of the server.

Also, is the user name unique? If you have users named boba and bobab, boba will not resolve and the user will get a prompt.

I am having some trouble and i want to make sure i am following the right
steps. I step through the CIW and get all of my exchange related settings in
place such as server name, user name, pst and then i export the settings to a
PRF. I manually edit the PRF file to change the PST to Unicode etc... Then
i again go into the CIW and take the Import PRF option. I finish and
generate a new MST. I then run the custom install using the MST. This is
where the problem begins. When a user with an exisitng profile on the
computer logs in all is fine. When someone logs in fresh you are prompted
for user name, exchange server name. All of this is defined in the
PRF....why am i getting this??? Below is a portion of my PRF.

;Automatically generated PRF file from the Microsoft Office Customization
and Installation Wizard

; **************************************************************
; Section 1 - Profile Defaults
; **************************************************************

[General]
Custom=1
DefaultProfile=Yes
OverwriteProfile=Append
ModifyDefaultProfileIfPresent=TRUE

; **************************************************************
; Section 2 - Services in Profile
; **************************************************************

[Service List]
Service1=Microsoft Exchange Server
ServiceEGS=Exchange Global Section
Service2=Personal Folders
Service3=Outlook Address Book
;ServiceX=Microsoft Outlook Client

;***************************************************************
; Section 3 - List of internet accounts
;***************************************************************

[Internet Account List]

;***************************************************************
; Section 4 - Default values for each service.
;***************************************************************

[Service1]
OverwriteExistingService=No
UniqueService=Yes
MailboxName=%UserName%
HomeServer=smtp.trhmc.org
AccountName=Microsoft Exchange Server

[ServiceEGS]
MailboxName=%UserName%
HomeServer=smtp.trhmc.org

[Service2]
UniqueService=No
Name=Personal Folders
PathToPersonalFolders=%homeshare%\setup\exchange\mailbox.pst
EncryptionType=0x50000000

 

[Dave M]

Interestingly enough, there is no PRF file copied to the directory where we
have Outlook to, we do not have it install to the default location. I did a
search of the directory and no PRF file came up. I went back through the CIW
and made sure i specified the location where to import the PRF from so it
gets used but nothing.

I understand what you did and why, but in order to try to understand and reproduce the results, I'm still looking for your answers to a couple of questions.

Also, you might want to look directly at the .prf file file that setup copies to the Office11 folder for processing by Outlook and make sure it really did get the settings you want.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

If I go through the CIW and use that to set the exchange settings everything
works fine except the personal folder service being set up so based on what I
saw in another posting i saw the bug in the CIW so i did the export PRF
option to change the

EncryptionType=0x50000000

Then when i make that change and go back through the CIW and chose Import
PRF and use the edited file i have issues with new users logging on. Now if
i understand what i read in the Resource Kit correctly i dont have to do
anything else, the settings should work when you try this method since they
are then stored in the Transform.

MailboxName=%UserName%
HomeServer=smtp.trhmc.org

What's the network environment? Is the user trying to set up the PRF over the Internet using RPC over HTTP? If they're doing it internally, try replacing smtp.trhmc.org with the network computer name of the server.

Also, is the user name unique? If you have users named boba and bobab, boba will not resolve and the user will get a prompt.

I am having some trouble and i want to make sure i am following the right
steps. I step through the CIW and get all of my exchange related settings in
place such as server name, user name, pst and then i export the settings to a
PRF. I manually edit the PRF file to change the PST to Unicode etc... Then
i again go into the CIW and take the Import PRF option. I finish and
generate a new MST. I then run the custom install using the MST. This is
where the problem begins. When a user with an exisitng profile on the
computer logs in all is fine. When someone logs in fresh you are prompted
for user name, exchange server name. All of this is defined in the
PRF....why am i getting this??? Below is a portion of my PRF.

;Automatically generated PRF file from the Microsoft Office Customization
and Installation Wizard

; **************************************************************
; Section 1 - Profile Defaults
; **************************************************************

[General]
Custom=1
DefaultProfile=Yes
OverwriteProfile=Append
ModifyDefaultProfileIfPresent=TRUE

; **************************************************************
; Section 2 - Services in Profile
; **************************************************************

[Service List]
Service1=Microsoft Exchange Server
ServiceEGS=Exchange Global Section
Service2=Personal Folders
Service3=Outlook Address Book
;ServiceX=Microsoft Outlook Client

;***************************************************************
; Section 3 - List of internet accounts
;***************************************************************

[Internet Account List]

;***************************************************************
; Section 4 - Default values for each service.
;***************************************************************

[Service1]
OverwriteExistingService=No
UniqueService=Yes
MailboxName=%UserName%
HomeServer=smtp.trhmc.org
AccountName=Microsoft Exchange Server

[ServiceEGS]
MailboxName=%UserName%
HomeServer=smtp.trhmc.org

[Service2]
UniqueService=No
Name=Personal Folders
PathToPersonalFolders=%homeshare%\setup\exchange\mailbox.pst
EncryptionType=0x50000000

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Did you search the entire drive, including hidden and system folders? This has nothing to do with the location from which you imported the PRF into the CIW.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

Interestingly enough, there is no PRF file copied to the directory where we
have Outlook to, we do not have it install to the default location. I did a
search of the directory and no PRF file came up. I went back through the CIW
and made sure i specified the location where to import the PRF from so it
gets used but nothing.

I understand what you did and why, but in order to try to understand and reproduce the results, I'm still looking for your answers to a couple of questions.

Also, you might want to look directly at the .prf file file that setup copies to the Office11 folder for processing by Outlook and make sure it really did get the settings you want.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

If I go through the CIW and use that to set the exchange settings everything
works fine except the personal folder service being set up so based on what I
saw in another posting i saw the bug in the CIW so i did the export PRF
option to change the

EncryptionType=0x50000000

Then when i make that change and go back through the CIW and chose Import
PRF and use the edited file i have issues with new users logging on. Now if
i understand what i read in the Resource Kit correctly i dont have to do
anything else, the settings should work when you try this method since they
are then stored in the Transform.


:

MailboxName=%UserName%
HomeServer=smtp.trhmc.org

What's the network environment? Is the user trying to set up the PRF over the Internet using RPC over HTTP? If they're doing it internally, try replacing smtp.trhmc.org with the network computer name of the server.

Also, is the user name unique? If you have users named boba and bobab, boba will not resolve and the user will get a prompt.

I am having some trouble and i want to make sure i am following the right
steps. I step through the CIW and get all of my exchange related settings in
place such as server name, user name, pst and then i export the settings to a
PRF. I manually edit the PRF file to change the PST to Unicode etc... Then
i again go into the CIW and take the Import PRF option. I finish and
generate a new MST. I then run the custom install using the MST. This is
where the problem begins. When a user with an exisitng profile on the
computer logs in all is fine. When someone logs in fresh you are prompted
for user name, exchange server name. All of this is defined in the
PRF....why am i getting this??? Below is a portion of my PRF.

;Automatically generated PRF file from the Microsoft Office Customization
and Installation Wizard

; **************************************************************
; Section 1 - Profile Defaults
; **************************************************************

[General]
Custom=1
DefaultProfile=Yes
OverwriteProfile=Append
ModifyDefaultProfileIfPresent=TRUE

; **************************************************************
; Section 2 - Services in Profile
; **************************************************************

[Service List]
Service1=Microsoft Exchange Server
ServiceEGS=Exchange Global Section
Service2=Personal Folders
Service3=Outlook Address Book
;ServiceX=Microsoft Outlook Client

;***************************************************************
; Section 3 - List of internet accounts
;***************************************************************

[Internet Account List]

;***************************************************************
; Section 4 - Default values for each service.
;***************************************************************

[Service1]
OverwriteExistingService=No
UniqueService=Yes
MailboxName=%UserName%
HomeServer=smtp.trhmc.org
AccountName=Microsoft Exchange Server

[ServiceEGS]
MailboxName=%UserName%
HomeServer=smtp.trhmc.org

[Service2]
UniqueService=No
Name=Personal Folders
PathToPersonalFolders=%homeshare%\setup\exchange\mailbox.pst
EncryptionType=0x50000000

 

[Dave M]

I did search the entire C drive for *.prf and nothing. I am going to regroup
and tackle this again tomorrow. i am at a loss right now.

For informations sake, when you use the import prf option its supposed to
copy that file to the target computer and use that as the default mail
profile when outlook is opened by people who have used the machine before and
new users?

Did you search the entire drive, including hidden and system folders? This has nothing to do with the location from which you imported the PRF into the CIW.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

Interestingly enough, there is no PRF file copied to the directory where we
have Outlook to, we do not have it install to the default location. I did a
search of the directory and no PRF file came up. I went back through the CIW
and made sure i specified the location where to import the PRF from so it
gets used but nothing.

I understand what you did and why, but in order to try to understand and reproduce the results, I'm still looking for your answers to a couple of questions.

Also, you might want to look directly at the .prf file file that setup copies to the Office11 folder for processing by Outlook and make sure it really did get the settings you want.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers



If I go through the CIW and use that to set the exchange settings everything
works fine except the personal folder service being set up so based on what I
saw in another posting i saw the bug in the CIW so i did the export PRF
option to change the

EncryptionType=0x50000000

Then when i make that change and go back through the CIW and chose Import
PRF and use the edited file i have issues with new users logging on. Now if
i understand what i read in the Resource Kit correctly i dont have to do
anything else, the settings should work when you try this method since they
are then stored in the Transform.


:

MailboxName=%UserName%
HomeServer=smtp.trhmc.org

What's the network environment? Is the user trying to set up the PRF over the Internet using RPC over HTTP? If they're doing it internally, try replacing smtp.trhmc.org with the network computer name of the server.

Also, is the user name unique? If you have users named boba and bobab, boba will not resolve and the user will get a prompt.

I am having some trouble and i want to make sure i am following the right
steps. I step through the CIW and get all of my exchange related settings in
place such as server name, user name, pst and then i export the settings to a
PRF. I manually edit the PRF file to change the PST to Unicode etc... Then
i again go into the CIW and take the Import PRF option. I finish and
generate a new MST. I then run the custom install using the MST. This is
where the problem begins. When a user with an exisitng profile on the
computer logs in all is fine. When someone logs in fresh you are prompted
for user name, exchange server name. All of this is defined in the
PRF....why am i getting this??? Below is a portion of my PRF.

;Automatically generated PRF file from the Microsoft Office Customization
and Installation Wizard

; **************************************************************
; Section 1 - Profile Defaults
; **************************************************************

[General]
Custom=1
DefaultProfile=Yes
OverwriteProfile=Append
ModifyDefaultProfileIfPresent=TRUE

; **************************************************************
; Section 2 - Services in Profile
; **************************************************************

[Service List]
Service1=Microsoft Exchange Server
ServiceEGS=Exchange Global Section
Service2=Personal Folders
Service3=Outlook Address Book
;ServiceX=Microsoft Outlook Client

;***************************************************************
; Section 3 - List of internet accounts
;***************************************************************

[Internet Account List]

;***************************************************************
; Section 4 - Default values for each service.
;***************************************************************

[Service1]
OverwriteExistingService=No
UniqueService=Yes
MailboxName=%UserName%
HomeServer=smtp.trhmc.org
AccountName=Microsoft Exchange Server

[ServiceEGS]
MailboxName=%UserName%
HomeServer=smtp.trhmc.org

[Service2]
UniqueService=No
Name=Personal Folders
PathToPersonalFolders=%homeshare%\setup\exchange\mailbox.pst
EncryptionType=0x50000000

 

[Dave M]

Ok, started out fresh today...here is what I did

1. ran through the CIW again and set the Exchange related settings and
exported to a prf. placed the on the admin installation share.
2. Went back through the CIW and imported the prf and created the transform
3. Used the MST viewer and found the references to the PRF file, all
exchange related settings do appear as well.
4. Loaded this on a PC, had a fresh user ID log in that was not on this one
before and you get prompted to enter the exchange info.
5. searched for a PRF and found none

something is just not right and i am at a loss.

I did search the entire C drive for *.prf and nothing. I am going to regroup
and tackle this again tomorrow. i am at a loss right now.

For informations sake, when you use the import prf option its supposed to
copy that file to the target computer and use that as the default mail
profile when outlook is opened by people who have used the machine before and
new users?

Did you search the entire drive, including hidden and system folders? This has nothing to do with the location from which you imported the PRF into the CIW.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

Interestingly enough, there is no PRF file copied to the directory where we
have Outlook to, we do not have it install to the default location. I did a
search of the directory and no PRF file came up. I went back through the CIW
and made sure i specified the location where to import the PRF from so it
gets used but nothing.

:

I understand what you did and why, but in order to try to understand and reproduce the results, I'm still looking for your answers to a couple of questions.

Also, you might want to look directly at the .prf file file that setup copies to the Office11 folder for processing by Outlook and make sure it really did get the settings you want.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers



If I go through the CIW and use that to set the exchange settings everything
works fine except the personal folder service being set up so based on what I
saw in another posting i saw the bug in the CIW so i did the export PRF
option to change the

EncryptionType=0x50000000

Then when i make that change and go back through the CIW and chose Import
PRF and use the edited file i have issues with new users logging on. Now if
i understand what i read in the Resource Kit correctly i dont have to do
anything else, the settings should work when you try this method since they
are then stored in the Transform.


:

MailboxName=%UserName%
HomeServer=smtp.trhmc.org

What's the network environment? Is the user trying to set up the PRF over the Internet using RPC over HTTP? If they're doing it internally, try replacing smtp.trhmc.org with the network computer name of the server.

Also, is the user name unique? If you have users named boba and bobab, boba will not resolve and the user will get a prompt.

I am having some trouble and i want to make sure i am following the right
steps. I step through the CIW and get all of my exchange related settings in
place such as server name, user name, pst and then i export the settings to a
PRF. I manually edit the PRF file to change the PST to Unicode etc... Then
i again go into the CIW and take the Import PRF option. I finish and
generate a new MST. I then run the custom install using the MST. This is
where the problem begins. When a user with an exisitng profile on the
computer logs in all is fine. When someone logs in fresh you are prompted
for user name, exchange server name. All of this is defined in the
PRF....why am i getting this??? Below is a portion of my PRF.

;Automatically generated PRF file from the Microsoft Office Customization
and Installation Wizard

; **************************************************************
; Section 1 - Profile Defaults
; **************************************************************

[General]
Custom=1
DefaultProfile=Yes
OverwriteProfile=Append
ModifyDefaultProfileIfPresent=TRUE

; **************************************************************
; Section 2 - Services in Profile
; **************************************************************

[Service List]
Service1=Microsoft Exchange Server
ServiceEGS=Exchange Global Section
Service2=Personal Folders
Service3=Outlook Address Book
;ServiceX=Microsoft Outlook Client

;***************************************************************
; Section 3 - List of internet accounts
;***************************************************************

[Internet Account List]

;***************************************************************
; Section 4 - Default values for each service.
;***************************************************************

[Service1]
OverwriteExistingService=No
UniqueService=Yes
MailboxName=%UserName%
HomeServer=smtp.trhmc.org
AccountName=Microsoft Exchange Server

[ServiceEGS]
MailboxName=%UserName%
HomeServer=smtp.trhmc.org

[Service2]
UniqueService=No
Name=Personal Folders
PathToPersonalFolders=%homeshare%\setup\exchange\mailbox.pst
EncryptionType=0x50000000