Configuring User Profiles
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Creating a User Profile

  1. From the Windows Desktop, click the Start Button to display the Start menu.
  2. Point to Settings and then click Control Panel.
  3. Double-click Mail to display the Properties dialog box.
  4. On the Services tab, click Show Profiles to display a list of profiles currently available on this computer.

Properties Dialog Box

 

  1. Click Add to start the Microsoft Outlook Setup Wizard.
    The Inbox Setup Wizard dialog box will be displayed.
  2. Click on Microsoft Exchange Server.
  3. Click Next.

  1. Type a name for your profile.
    (this is generally your name, i.e. Jane Doe)
  2. Click Next

 

  1. Type the name of your server in the Microsoft Exchange Server box.
  2. In the Mailbox box, type the name of your mailbox
    (i.e. doej for Jane Doe)
  1. Click Next

 

  1. Answer "No" to "Do you travel with this computer?"
    (unless you are configuring a laptop)
  2. Click Next

  1. Leave the default address book as it appears unless you are positive your Personal Address Book is in another location.
  2. Click Next

 

  1. Click Finish

  1. Leave the default for "Do not add to the StartUp group."
  2. Click Next
  3. Click Close
  4. Congratulations!
    You have successfully added a new profile to your computer.

 

Multiple Profiles on a single machine

If you have more than one profile you wish to use on your computer, you must change Outlook’s options so that it prompts you to choose a profile when it opens. To do this:

  1. Open Outlook
  2. Click Tools, and then click Options
  3. Select the Mail Services tab
  4. In the Startup Services section, select "Prompt for a profile to be used," and then click OK
  5. Click File and then click Exit and Log Off to close Outlook. The next time you open Outlook, it will prompt you to choose a profile
 
 

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This page was last edited on 05/25/2001.