Microsoft® Office 2003 Editions Resource Kit

Updating Outlook Profiles by Using PRF Files

If you need to update Microsoft Outlook profile information after installing Microsoft Office Outlook 2003, you have two main methods to choose from:

• Update profile information in an Outlook profile file (PRF file), and distribute the file to your users. When Outlook imports the PRF file, user profile settings are updated.

• Use the Custom Maintenance Wizard to reconfigure profile settings, save those settings in a configuration maintenance file, and apply that file to your users’ installations.

Using a PRF file to update users’ profiles might be the best choice if one or more of the following circumstances apply:

• You saved a PRF file with your users’ Outlook profile configurations when you installed ...