enable "make Outlook the default program" checkbox

You are missing the fact that, unless the ADM template is already installed,
there is no way for group policy to control the setting you're referring to.
Even if you install the ADM template to a different GPO, all you'll
accomplish is to have the policy set one way in one GPO and the other way in
another.

Please go to a workstation where you can not change the setting and run RSOP
as I described in my previous post. It'll only take you 3 minutes, and if
in fact a group policy is controlling what you're seeing, RSOP will tell you
exactly which policy contains the setting. From there, you can just go to
the SBS, open the group policy mgmt console, and change the policy.


"Sharon" wrote in message

> When I edit the Default Domain Policy, there is no Microsoft Office
> Outlook 2003 folder under User Configuration > Administrative
> Templates.
>
> The only place the Outlook folder shows up is when I run gpedit (which
> seems to open the editor for the Local Computer Policy).
>
> --Sharon
>
 >> Stay informed about: enable ""make Outlook the default program"" checkbox 

Dave,
My apologies. I am new to usenet, and didn't see your response until
Friday. After running RSOP I don't see any policies that look like
they would be affecting this. I finally wrapped my head around how to
install the Outlook template in whatever policy I wanted it. For now
I've put it in Default Domain Policy, but your suggestion of creating a
separate Office policy seems like a sound one. I still can't get the
particular setting I want to be anything but disabled or not
configured. However, since the policy not only disables the checkbox,
but unchecks it, I have at least achieved the effect I wanted. Thank
you so much for your help, and patience with my being so slow on the
uptake - group policies are not yet my forte.
--Sharon
 >> Stay informed about: enable ""make Outlook the default program"" checkbox 

No apology necessary. I'm glad to hear your problem is solved for now. I
wonder what could have caused the setting to be disabled if not a GPO. I
know there are ways these types of settings can be controlled during the
install process, but you'd know if you had done that. Anyway, if you figure
it out, please post back with an update.

I always do separate GPOs for specific topics. I've got my Office XP and
Office 2003 settings all in one policy, but at least it's all Office. I
learned this the hard way when the Default Domain Policy got set back to its
default during a troubleshooting thing a couple of years ago. If I had not
had things like Office controlled by the default domain policy, at least I
wouldn't have had to try and figure those policies out again from scratch.
But the real reason is that if a policy change has an unintended result, you
can just disable the whole thing to minimize the effect while sorting it
out.


"Sharon" wrote in message

> Dave,
> My apologies. I am new to usenet, and didn't see your response until
> Friday. After running RSOP I don't see any policies that look like
> they would be affecting this. I finally wrapped my head around how to
> install the Outlook template in whatever policy I wanted it. For now
> I've put it in Default Domain Policy, but your suggestion of creating a
> separate Office policy seems like a sound one. I still can't get the
> particular setting I want to be anything but disabled or not
> configured. However, since the policy not only disables the checkbox,
> but unchecks it, I have at least achieved the effect I wanted. Thank
> you so much for your help, and patience with my being so slow on the
> uptake - group policies are not yet my forte.
> --Sharon
>
 >> Stay informed about: enable ""make Outlook the default program"" checkbox 

Well, I actually didn't do the install - our network consultant did
that. But he was as baffled as I was by why the setting was disabled.
I don't get the sense that Exchange is his strong suit, though.
--Sharon
 >> Stay informed about: enable ""make Outlook the default program"" checkbox