I've run into a similar problem with O2K and NT4 when the machines were
removed from the samba domain.  I had to add all of the users for that
machine into the local admin group, log in, run outlook, log back in as
admin (local), and remove them from the admin group.  Evidently dumping them
into the admin group gives them sufficient privileges to fix the registry
entries and launch Outlook.

Good Luck,
Dale


-----Original Message-----
From: tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org
[mailto:tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Tom Hudak
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 3:53 PM
To: tclug-list
Subject: [TCLUG] Outlook, samba, and roaming profiles


I recently ran into a serious issue with the way outlook does a number of
things. (This may in part be w2k's fault as well.)

Recently after downgrading our samba PDC from 2.2.1a to 2.2.0, outlook no
longer runs for users. After the downgrade went in place, the w2k machines
lost their trust accounts and needed to be re-added to the domain. This
includes the users on that box. (Which are assigned a completely unique ID
every single time they are added, whether it's the same user or not.)

My only conclusion is that in re-establishing the trust account and
re-adding
the users, outlook no longer runs, with an all-to-informational error of
"Cannot start microsoft outlook" and nothing more. I think that some
registry
setting is expecting a different UID than it's receiving upon execution of
Outlook by the newly re-added user. This has the side effect of not being
able
to run Outlook in any way by that user, on that workstation.

If anyone has run into this problem, I would be very interested in finding
out
what you did, until then I'll be scouring registry entries for anything
dealing with a uid or outlook, and playing until it works again. (No, not
even
a re-install seems to do the trick.)

I'm very disturbed that this behavior exists and I am very interested in
knowing why, so at a very minimum I can get my users functional again.

Any suggestions are MORE than appreciated, I've already spent WAY TO LONG on
this little fit w2k/o2k is throwing and I'm about to format/reinstall all of
those users from scratch.

Thanks,
--
Thomas J. Hudak
Systems Administrator
Sistina Software Inc. - www.sistina.com
Phone: 612.638.0500 x.513
Fax: 612.379.3952
Page: 612.318.1967
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