XCLN: Updated Version of the IExpress Deployment Kit Available

ID: Q237803

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Exchange Windows 95/98 client, version 5.0
Microsoft Outlook, versions 97, 98

SUMMARY

The IExpress Deployment Kit (IDK) is a group of utilities and Microsoft Knowledge Base articles that can be used to generate user-specific profiles, as well as roll out hotfixes or patches, by bundling all the appropriate files into one custom package. This custom package can be run as a stand-alone executable file or added to a logon script.

MORE INFORMATION

Administrators deploying Outlook need to dynamically generate profiles and update Outlook with the various patches and hotfixes that are available. By using the utilities and articles included in the IDK, administrators can accomplish both of these tasks in one step during installation.

The IDK contains all the files and articles necessary to guide you through the following tasks:

Creating an IExpress package.

Cleanly generating profiles with user-specific settings. A sample setup information (.inf) file is included to assist you in this process.

Applying the patches available for Outlook.

Adding your package to the Outlook Deployment Kit (ODK) for easy deployment.

The IDK also contains:

A fix for the "Out of Memory or System Resources" error that you may receive when creating new journal items after installing Outlook with the ODK.

Profile Designer (Designer.exe), a graphical utility that helps you generate the custom package necessary for a user-specific profile.

For additional information about the IDK, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q236616 XCLN: The IExpress Deployment Kit ReadMe Text

How to Obtain the IDK

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center. Click the file name below to download the file:

Idk99.exe

Release Date: Jul-20-1999

For more information about how to download files from the Microsoft Download Center, please visit the Download Center at the following Web address

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.asp

and then click How to use the Microsoft Download Center.

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Keywords : kbfile
Version : WINDOWS:5.0,97,98
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo