XCCC: How to Make Exchange 2000 Conferencing Server Available in Outlook 2000 (263267)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Exchange 2000 Conferencing Server
  • Microsoft Outlook 2000
This article was previously published under Q263267
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256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry

SUMMARY

This article discusses how to enable the Microsoft Exchange Conferencing option in the drop-down list in the meeting request form and the Join Conference menu command in Microsoft Outlook 2000.

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WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

To enable Outlook 2000 users to use the Microsoft Exchange Conferencing option in the This is an online meeting using box, you must add a registry entry to the user's profile.

To add this registry entry to the user's profile:
  1. Click Start, click Run, and then type Regedt32.exe.
  2. Locate the following key in the registry:

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Outlook

  3. On the Edit menu, click Add Key, and then type the following in the Key name box: ExchangeConferencing
  4. Close Registry Editor.
You can also use Microsoft Notepad to create a file that users can start on their own computers to change the registry. To do this:
  1. Open Notepad and create a file that contains the following text:

    REGEDIT4
    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Outlook\ExchangeConferencing]

  2. Save the file with a .reg extension, for example, Confsvc.reg.
  3. Send the registry file to your Outlook users and instruct them to double-click the file.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:4/25/2005
Keywords:kbinfo KB263267
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