Outlook 2003\SBS2003 RPC over HTTP

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Keith Russo - 31 Jul 2007 00:38 GMT

Strange brew is a happening.

I have a new laptop that was setup a few months ago and Outlook 2003 SP2 is
working fine on a SBS2003R2 network. Now I want to configure Outlook 2003SP2
for RPC over HTTP. I went to the "Connections" tab but the Exchange over the
internet section is missing.

Not sure if the matters but this laptop came preinstall with office.

Why would Outlook with the same version number have it and the other not?
Hum . . . .

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neo [mvp outlook] - 31 Jul 2007 00:49 GMT

Assuming both units in question are Windows XP (SP2), then I would suspect a
registry key that is suppressing it. The value you are looking for is
EnableRPCTunnelingUI. This value can be located at:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\RPC
and/or
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\RPC

/neo

PS - If set to 1 (or missing all together), then the dialogs you are after
should be visible.

> Strange brew is a happening.
>
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> Why would Outlook with the same version number have it and the other not?
> Hum . . . .

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Keith Russo - 31 Jul 2007 18:02 GMT

I can't have the user hack the keys in this case. Can they reinstall on top
of it without worrying about losing anything? I would have them use the copy
that SBS2003 provides.

> Assuming both units in question are Windows XP (SP2), then I would suspect a
> registry key that is suppressing it. The value you are looking for is
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> > Why would Outlook with the same version number have it and the other not?
> > Hum . . . .

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neo [mvp outlook] - 31 Jul 2007 23:46 GMT

If the value is stored under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\RPC, then
a uninstall/reinstall might not resolve since I wouldn't be sure if said
value is being set by a local/domain policy object or by the Office
installer itself.

>I can't have the user hack the keys in this case. Can they reinstall on top
> of it without worrying about losing anything? I would have them use the
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>> > not?
>> > Hum . . . .

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