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by renslin 1 view

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I have a problem. I have 30 users that share 16 Windows NT 4.0 workstations. My problem is finding the easiest way to setup Outlook nad personal folders for each of these users on each of the computers. Right now I setup email for each user one time and then export the settings from the registry. Current user\software\microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version\Windows Messaging Subsystem. Now, this always works when I show them how to double-click on the registry file and it enters it, but as soon as I walk away they become stupid and forget how to do it. Then, half of them end up deleting the file that I made for them and they dont know how to setup Outlook. I am stuck on what to do next to make this easier for myself and the users.

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by nils_hess

Try using multiple exchange profile settings for the users if they all use the same username on the NT workstations, alternatively use seperate usernames and profiles for each user on the workstations

by marence

Definitely profiles... much safer, too, than letting end-users mess around in the registry. Go to Mail Properties in Control Panel, choose Show Profiles, then Add. You can choose unique names for any users sharing the PCs, then when they open Outlook, they have a drop down choice as to whose profile is loaded.

by renslin

They are not using a shared login. That is the problem. I already had it setup for exchange profiles when they were using a share login. But now that we have moved to individual logins, I need an easy setup for email.

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