A
Alan Rueckgauer
I have a problem affecting W2K users having roaming
profiles and different versions of Outlook installed on
different computers. I wonder if anyone has a solution to
this other than the most obvious to just upgrade everyone
to Office 2003 right away.
Network is W2K Server with W2K Pro workstation. All users
have roaming profiles.
User's Desktop has Office 2003 Professional installed.
Outlook 2003 is configured for both Exchange 2000 and POP3
accounts.
User's Notebook still has Office 2000 Professional
installed. Outlook on it was configured identically.
Once the user's profile that was saved from the desktop
machine replaces the one on the notebook, the notebook no
longer has any POP3 accounts listed, the Exchange Server
is still there, but attempting to recreate the POP
accounts fails if you give the accounts the same names
they had (have on the 2003 machine), claiming they already
exist. If you give them different names, they will take
but only exist until the next time the desktop's profile
replaces the notebook. On the desktop, it seems to only
be possible to send mail via the Exchange Server, even if
one of the POP accounts was explicitly selected.
Is it possible for 2003 and 2000 to coexist in a roaming
profile environment?
Thanks,
Alan
profiles and different versions of Outlook installed on
different computers. I wonder if anyone has a solution to
this other than the most obvious to just upgrade everyone
to Office 2003 right away.
Network is W2K Server with W2K Pro workstation. All users
have roaming profiles.
User's Desktop has Office 2003 Professional installed.
Outlook 2003 is configured for both Exchange 2000 and POP3
accounts.
User's Notebook still has Office 2000 Professional
installed. Outlook on it was configured identically.
Once the user's profile that was saved from the desktop
machine replaces the one on the notebook, the notebook no
longer has any POP3 accounts listed, the Exchange Server
is still there, but attempting to recreate the POP
accounts fails if you give the accounts the same names
they had (have on the 2003 machine), claiming they already
exist. If you give them different names, they will take
but only exist until the next time the desktop's profile
replaces the notebook. On the desktop, it seems to only
be possible to send mail via the Exchange Server, even if
one of the POP accounts was explicitly selected.
Is it possible for 2003 and 2000 to coexist in a roaming
profile environment?
Thanks,
Alan