FIX: The options to prevent addition of an Exchange, POP3, IMAP, or Other Server Types accounts are not available in Outlook 2002 (317819)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Outlook 2002

This article was previously published under Q317819
IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry

SYMPTOMS

By default, the options to prevent the addition of a Microsoft Exchange Server, Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3), Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP), and Other Server Types accounts in a profile are not available in Outlook 2002.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

307841 OFFXP: How to Obtain the Latest Office XP Service Pack

The English-language version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
   Date           Time  Version      Size      File name     
   --------------------------------------------------------
   29-Nov-2001    01:21 10.0.3527.0  47,432    Recall.dll
   20-Dec-2001    18:44 10.0.3618.0  92,488    Outlmime.dll
   23-Jan-2002    00:32 10.0.3716.0  342,344   Exsec32.dll
   05-Feb-2002    15:14 10.0.3729.0  117,064   Outlph.dll
   11-Apr-2002    14:40 10.0.4009.0  534,856   Outlcm.dll
   11-Apr-2002    14:40 10.0.4009.0  6,306,120 Outllib.dll

				

After you apply the fix, you must add registry keys to the registry to activate the fix. 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.

  1. Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe).
  2. Locate and then click the following registry key:

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Outlook\Options

  3. On the Edit menu, point to New, click DWORD value, and then add one or more of the following registry values:

    Value name: DisablePOP3
    Data type: DWORD
    Value data: 1

    Value name: DisableIMAP
    Data type: DWORD
    Value data: 1

    Value name: DisableExchange
    Data type: DWORD
    Value data: 1

    Value name: DisableOtherTypes
    Data type: DWORD
    Value data: 1

  4. Quit Registry Editor.
  5. Start Outlook 2002.

Administrative Information

If you are updating an administrative installation with the administration version of this fix, use the following information to update the administrative installation and network clients.

How to Update Administrative Installations

To update an administrative installation use a command line similar to the following

msiexec /a Admin Path\MSI File /p MSP path SHORTFILENAMES=1

where Admin Path is the path to your administrative installation point for Microsoft Office XP (for example, C:\OfficeXP),

where MSI File is the MSI database package for the Office XP product (for example, ProPlus.msi), and

where MSP path is the path to the administrative update for the fix (for example, c:\hotfixfiles\Outlook_admin.msp).

How to Update Network Clients

After you complete the administrative installation of the fix, update each network client. To deploy the update to the client workstations, use a command line similar to the following

msiexec /i Admin Path\MSI File REINSTALL=OUTLOOKFiles,OUTLOOKNonBootFiles REINSTALLMODE=vomus

where Admin Path is the path to your administrative installation point for Office XP (for example, C:\OfficeXP), and

where MSI File is the MSI database package for the Office XP product (for example, ProPlus.msi).

WORKAROUND

You can use the Prevent users from making changes to Outlook profiles policy option to workaround this problem. This policy prevents users from making any changes to their existing profile.

For more information about how to turn on (enable) the Prevent users from making changes to Outlook profiles policy option, see the System Policies documentation at the following Microsoft Web site: After you add the Outlook Template, change the policy setting by following these steps to turn on the Prevent users from making changes to Outlook profiles policy option in either the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in or the System Policy Editor:
  1. Expand the Outlook 2002 node.
  2. Expand the Miscellaneous node.
  3. Click to select the Prevent users from making changes to Outlook profiles check box.
  4. Click to select the Check to enforce setting on; uncheck to enforce setting off check box.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 2 (SP-2).

MORE INFORMATION

You can turn off (disable) Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) accounts that exists in Outlook 2002 with or without this fix installed on the Outlook client. Follow these steps to disable HTTP accounts in the registry
  1. Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe).
  2. Locate and then locate the following key in the registry:

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Outlook\Options

  3. On the Edit menu, point to New, click DWORD Value, and then add the following registry value:

    Value name: DisableHTTP
    Data type: DWORD
    Value data: 1

  4. Quit Registry Editor.
  5. Start Outlook 2002.
NOTE: If you want to manually set these registry values with system policies, use the following registry key instead of the previously listed key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Outlook\Options

For more information about system policies, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/27/2005
Keywords:kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbfunctions kbaccounts kbbug kbfix kbOfficeXPPreSP2fix kbOfficeXPsp2fix KB317819