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Exchange2003 , outlook Stationery

Last Post 22 Jul 2011 11:13 AM by c0y0te. 8 Replies.

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hioctaine

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16 Aug 2007 06:42 AM
Hi Everyone Is the a way in exchange2003 to set everyones outlook stationery to be the same or would i have to go around to every pc and change the stationery in outlook itself thanks Chris

Matt_Thomson

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19 Aug 2007 08:59 AM
I don't think this is possible within Exchange 2003, but maybe you could achieve this with group policy.

hioctaine

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22 Aug 2007 06:15 AM
ok thanks for that how can i do it with gruop policys

BobMuir

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22 Aug 2007 07:29 AM
I don't recommend using stationery for business. Not all email clients can view email with stationery properly, it clogs up mail servers with graphics, and many recipients find it annoying.

jaylweb

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13 Dec 2007 04:21 PM
You cannot disable Outlook Stationery with any default group policies including the ones in the Office Resource Kits. This goes for both Outlook 2003 and 2007. However, Outlook Stationery can be disabled via a custom group policy. You will need to create a custom administrative template and add it to your GPO by right clicking the Administrative Templates under User Configuration. These templates will allow you to prevent the user from choosing a stationery under options, plus it will prevent them from creating new messages using "More Stationery" from the action menu. Just copy and paste the following into notepad and save in the C:\windows\inf folder with the preceding file names. (Note: Make sure the file extension is ADM and not ADM.TXT) For Outlook 2003, name the file "Stationery11.adm" and paste the following text. CLASS USER CATEGORY !!CustomUserSettings CATEGORY !!Outlook2003 POLICY !!DisableNewStationery EXPLAIN !!DisableNewStationery_Explain KEYNAME "Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Common\MailSettings" VALUENAME "NewStationery" VALUEON "" VALUEOFF NUMERIC 1 END POLICY POLICY !!DisableNewTheme EXPLAIN !!DisableNewTheme_Explain KEYNAME "Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Common\MailSettings" VALUENAME "NewTheme" VALUEON "" VALUEOFF NUMERIC 1 END POLICY POLICY !!DisableMoreStationery EXPLAIN !!DisableMoreStationery_Explain KEYNAME Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\DisabledCmdBarItemsList VALUENAME "TCID99" VALUEON "5611" VALUEOFF NUMERIC 1 END POLICY END CATEGORY END CATEGORY [strings] DisableNewStationery="Disable Modify Default Stationery DisableNewStationery_Explain="Prevents users from changing the default stationery. NOTE: To disable, set to 'Not Configured' or move GPO out of scope. DisableNewTheme="Disable Modify Default Theme DisableNewTheme_Explain="Prevents users from changing the default theme. NOTE: To disable, set to 'Not Configured' or move GPO out of scope. DisableMoreStationery="Disable More Stationery DisableMoreStationery_Explain="To disable Actions > New Mail Message Using > More Stationery. This prevents creating a new message using stationery. Outlook2003="Outlook 2003 CustomUserSettings="Custom User Settings For Outlook 2007, name the file "Stationery12.adm" and paste the following text. CLASS USER CATEGORY !!CustomUserSettings CATEGORY !!Outlook2007 POLICY !!DisableNewStationery EXPLAIN !!DisableNewStationery_Explain KEYNAME "Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\MailSettings" VALUENAME "NewStationery" VALUEON "" VALUEOFF NUMERIC 1 END POLICY POLICY !!DisableNewTheme EXPLAIN !!DisableNewTheme_Explain KEYNAME "Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\MailSettings" VALUENAME "NewTheme" VALUEON "" VALUEOFF NUMERIC 1 END POLICY POLICY !!DisableMoreStationery EXPLAIN !!DisableMoreStationery_Explain KEYNAME Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\DisabledCmdBarItemsList VALUENAME "TCID99" VALUEON "5611" VALUEOFF NUMERIC 1 END POLICY END CATEGORY END CATEGORY [strings] DisableNewStationery="Disable Modify Default Stationery DisableNewStationery_Explain="Prevents users from changing the default stationery. NOTE: To disable, set to 'Not Configured' or move GPO out of scope. DisableNewTheme="Disable Modify Default Theme

c0y0te

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13 Feb 2008 03:51 PM
Thank you for the templates. I added these in my group policy from my workstation. When I open the group policy on a domain controller, I am getting the following error: The following error occured in \\domain.com\SysVol\domain.com\Policies\{7E1DABD3-6049-44A5A64F-67CC26074F17}\Adm\StationeryXX.adm on line 5: Error 62 The corresponding string was not found in the [strings] section Found: !!customusersettings The file can not be loaded. This does not occur on the workstation and it seems the policy is in effect. Any suggestions other than recreating the original policies? Thank you.

krjumper

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07 Apr 2009 06:46 AM
Does anyone know a simular group policy template for Office XP? Thank you in advance :-)

Ditmeion

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15 Apr 2009 07:56 AM
quote: Originally posted by: c0y0te Thank you for the templates. I added these in my group policy from my workstation. When I open the group policy on a domain controller, I am getting the following error: The following error occured in \\domain.com\SysVol\domain.com\Policies\{7E1DABD3-6049-44A5A64F-67CC26074F17}\Adm\StationeryXX.adm on line 5: Error 62 The corresponding string was not found in the [strings] section Found: !!customusersettings The file can not be loaded. This does not occur on the workstation and it seems the policy is in effect. Any suggestions other than recreating the original policies? Thank you. I had same problem, all I did was remove the 2 exclamation marks and put it in quotes...ie instead of CATEGORY !!CustomUserSettings I changed it to: CATEGORY "CustomUserSettings" I had to change it on all fields with 2 exclamation marks...works like a charm

c0y0te

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22 Jul 2011 11:13 AM
Has anyone tried this for Outlook 2010? Would just changing the names to "outlook2010" and changing the paths to Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\MailSettings" work?

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