Configuring Outlook for the first time as a non-administrative user

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We use mostly Outlook XP in our Office, and the majority of our
workstations are Win2K Pro (Sp4) and are members of an AD. All of our users
connect to an Exchange 2000 server to use email.

When we get new employees and setup their computer for the first time then
we have to make their user account a temporary member of the local
"administrators" group so that we can configure Outlook for their profile.
If we don't do this then the Outlook first-time setup pops up a dialog
stating "see your administrator to setup Outlook" (or similar).

I'm hoping that our current methodology of making the user a temporary
local administrator is a "messy workaround" and that there's a
Microsoft-approved "preferred" method for setting-up Outlook for a new user
for the first time that DOESN'T involve making them an administrator.

Could someone enlighten me as to what this method may be?!

Thanks,

Richard.
 
Hi Richard,

Thanks for your posting here.

The administrator permission is necessary to initialize the Outlook. To
workaround this behavior, you can use the "Run As" method. To do so, use
the following steps:

1. Locate to Outlook shortcut.

2. Right click with pressing the Shift key, and choose Run as.

3. Type the administrator account/password, then you can run it as an
administrator.

4. Continue with the instructions to finish the procedure.

For more information about "Run As", look into the following article:
301634 HOW TO: Use the RUN AS Command to Start a Program as an
Administrator in
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=301634

Hope this helps. Have a nice day!

Thanks & Regards
Alan Sun
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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We use mostly Outlook XP in our Office, and the majority of our
workstations are Win2K Pro (Sp4) and are members of an AD. All of our
users
connect to an Exchange 2000 server to use email.

When we get new employees and setup their computer for the first time
then
we have to make their user account a temporary member of the local
"administrators" group so that we can configure Outlook for their
profile.
If we don't do this then the Outlook first-time setup pops up a dialog
stating "see your administrator to setup Outlook" (or similar).

I'm hoping that our current methodology of making the user a temporary
local administrator is a "messy workaround" and that there's a
Microsoft-approved "preferred" method for setting-up Outlook for a new
user
for the first time that DOESN'T involve making them an administrator.

Could someone enlighten me as to what this method may be?!

Thanks,

Richard.
 
Hi Richard,

Thanks for your posting here.

The administrator permission is necessary to initialize the Outlook. To
workaround this behavior, you can use the "Run As" method. To do so, use
the following steps:

1. Locate to Outlook shortcut.

2. Right click with pressing the Shift key, and choose Run as.

3. Type the administrator account/password, then you can run it as an
administrator.

4. Continue with the instructions to finish the procedure.

For more information about "Run As", look into the following article:
301634 HOW TO: Use the RUN AS Command to Start a Program as an
Administrator in
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=301634

Hope this helps. Have a nice day!

Thanks & Regards
Alan Sun
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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That'll do nicely, thanks Alan.

Richard.
 
Hi Richard,

Thanks for your update.

I am glad to know my suggestion helps you.

Have a nice day!

Thanks & Regards
Alan Sun
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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Hi Richard,

Thanks for your posting here.

The administrator permission is necessary to initialize the Outlook. To
workaround this behavior, you can use the "Run As" method. To do so, use
the following steps:

1. Locate to Outlook shortcut.

2. Right click with pressing the Shift key, and choose Run as.

3. Type the administrator account/password, then you can run it as an
administrator.

4. Continue with the instructions to finish the procedure.

For more information about "Run As", look into the following article:
301634 HOW TO: Use the RUN AS Command to Start a Program as an
Administrator in
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=301634

Hope this helps. Have a nice day!

Thanks & Regards
Alan Sun
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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That'll do nicely, thanks Alan.

Richard.
 
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