Installing/publishing a standard signature for all users

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Outlook 2003

Is it possible to make all users use a single, standardised signature for an
enterprise and is it possible to deploy it across the network, without me
having to run from PC to PC and do it?
 
Yes. You can use a logon script or the office deployment tools.

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And where can I find examples/explanations of how to do either?

Diane Poremsky said:
Yes. You can use a logon script or the office deployment tools.

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Brian said:
Outlook 2003

Is it possible to make all users use a single, standardised signature for
an
enterprise and is it possible to deploy it across the network, without me
having to run from PC to PC and do it?
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It's not so easy. You can certainly deploy signatures to the user's
Signatures folder (http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm) with a CIW
transform or a CMW file, but actually setting the default signature is hard.
But since signatures are applied in Outlook 2003 per-account, not per-user,
they're part of the profile setting -- and not in such a way that you can
set them with a PRF file. I'm working on a brute force script to apply the
same signature to all accounts, but can't get the changes to "stick" yet.
Assuming I do get it to work, you'll see it when you get Chapter 9. <g>

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
I create a signature file for all users in \\svr\sig, they are created
by a FoxPro program I wrote that creates a txt, rtf & htm file for each
user. Then, I put following in outlooksig.reg:
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Common\MailSettings]
"NewSignature"="signature"
"ReplySignature"="signature"

Then, I put following in login script:
regedit /s F:\win95\setups\REGARCHI\outlooksig.reg
xcopy /chiy \\svr\sig\%username%.* "%userprofile%\Application
Data\Microsoft\Signatures\signature.*"

Works like a charm!
 
That's fine for Outlook 2002, but Outlook 2003 keeps signature settings with
the mail profiles.
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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers



John Schmerold said:
I create a signature file for all users in \\svr\sig, they are created by a
FoxPro program I wrote that creates a txt, rtf & htm file for each user.
Then, I put following in outlooksig.reg:
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Common\MailSettings]
"NewSignature"="signature"
"ReplySignature"="signature"

Then, I put following in login script:
regedit /s F:\win95\setups\REGARCHI\outlooksig.reg
xcopy /chiy \\svr\sig\%username%.* "%userprofile%\Application
Data\Microsoft\Signatures\signature.*"

Works like a charm!

It's not so easy. You can certainly deploy signatures to the user's
Signatures folder (http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm) with a CIW
transform or a CMW file, but actually setting the default signature is
hard. But since signatures are applied in Outlook 2003 per-account, not
per-user, they're part of the profile setting -- and not in such a way
that you can set them with a PRF file. I'm working on a brute force
script to apply the same signature to all accounts, but can't get the
changes to "stick" yet. Assuming I do get it to work, you'll see it when
you get Chapter 9. <g>
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