Creating user profiles with PRF

[jacatalfamo]

I have just completed a major multi-system deployment. Typically we
use web access as we have roaming users. I can not set up roaming
profiles due to bandwidth and disk space restrictions. I would like to
start using Outlook 2003. All of the new systems have Outlook 2003
installed. I would like to automate the Profile creation process. I
created a PRF file and added code to my vbs script to prompt the user
to create a profile. If yes, Outlook is started with the /importprf
switch. It appears to run, you see Outlook going through a first time
installation but the user is still prompted to create a profile. I
would like to not have to run (or have the user run) anything to
complete this task. As you may have gathered, I am new to this and
would like some guidance. Thanks!

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

How did you create your PRF file? Maybe there's a problem with it. Can you tell whether it's actually creating the desired profile?

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

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