The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Exchange Windows 95 client, versions 4.0, 5.0
SUMMARY
Using the Exchange Resource Kit utility Profgen.exe, you can set up roving
users for the Exchange Windows 95 client without using server-based Windows
95 profiles. Several conditions must be met and several steps must be
followed to accomplish this. Although it is possible to do this with the
aid of the Exchange Resource Kit utility Profgen.exe, the use of
Profgen.exe is not officially supported by Microsoft Product Support
Services (PSS) and is offered "as is."
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PSS recommends that roving Exchange users be set up by using server-based
Windows 95 user profiles. It is possible to set up Exchange roving users
without using server-based Windows 95 profiles with the aid of the Exchange
Resource Kit utility Profgen.exe. When you set up Exchange roving users
using Profgen.exe, the roving user's mailbox name must match the roving
user's Windows NT username, because Profgen.exe creates a temporary profile
referencing a mailbox name that is drawn from the currently logged on
user's Windows NT username. Perform the following steps to set up Exchange
roving users with Profgen.exe:
- Run the Exchange Setup Editor (Stfedtr.exe) against the client install
point.
The Exchange Setup Editor is in the <client_install_point>\Stfedtr
subdirectory. The client install point is created by running the
Setup.exe program from the appropriate language subdirectory (for
example, \Eng) of the Exchange Client CD.
After you bring up the Exchange Setup Editor, specify the following
options:
From the User Options dialog box:
- Specify a "Home Server". This home server does not have to be the
same server that all users have their mailbox on, but it does need to be
a server in the same Exchange site that the roving users have their
mailboxes in.
From the Setup Program Options dialog box:
- Specify to install only the Exchange Server Service on the Services
tab.
- Specify "C:\Exchange" as the "Directory for client software" on the
General tab.
After you run the setup editor against the appropriate client install
point, the Default.prf file is created in the client install point and
contains the Exchange profile settings that you just applied. Now, when
the user installs Exchange from the client install point, the
Newprof.exe and Default.prf files are copied down to the Exchange client
directory during Setup. The client must be installed in the "Exchange"
directory (the default) on all computers that will be used for roving
users.
- You must copy Profgen.exe to the user's Exchange directory on the client
computer. Also, every computer that is to be used as a "roving" client
must have a copy of the Profgen.ini file in its Windows directory with
the following settings:
[NEWPROF]
PathToExeFile=c:\exchange\newprof.exe
PathToPRFFile= C:\exchange\default.prf
DisplayUI=0
AutoExecute=0
[PROFGEN]
Logging=0
UpdateMailboxName=0
DoNotRenamePRF=1
UseLoginIDAsProfileName=1
;must have this entry for multiple users at the same computer or
;any profiles after the 1st one will not be created
- Profgen.exe must be called with a login script or must be called with
the Load=statement in the Win.ini file as follows:
Load=c:\exchange\profgen.exe
When started, Profgen.exe will create the Profgen.tmp file in the root
of the hard disk drive of the client computer. Profgen.tmp is a modified
copy of the Default.prf file and is used by Newprof.exe to set up a
profile with a mailbox based on the currently logged-on user's ID.
- When the user logs on to the Exchange client, this newly created profile
will be the default profile and will have the name of the user's
mailbox. As long as the Windows NT user ID matches the mailbox name, the
user can access messages.
After you set up a Windows 95 computer for roving users this way, it is
not necessary to restart a computer that another account is logged on to
if you want to access your messages. If you select Start, Shut Down, and
then "Close all programs and log on as a different user", Windows 95
will run Profgen.exe again and create a new profile. This assumes that
this particular Windows 95 computer is set up for the option "Users can
customize their preferences and desktop settings" (in Control Panel /
Passwords / User Profiles).
It is important to use the latest version of Profgen.exe when setting this
up. The correct version has a file size of 78 KB (80,752 bytes) and a date
of 8/07/96. This is available on the Microsoft Web site @
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/exchange/exchange-unsup-ed/
For more information, please see the following articles in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE ID: Q159978
TITLE : XADM: Troubleshooting Profgen.exe Problems
ARTICLE ID: Q159504
TITLE : XCLN: Profgen.exe Fails to Replace MailBoxName
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