Microsoft® Office 2003 Editions Resource Kit

Updating Outlook 2003 by Using the Custom Maintenance Wizard

If you need to update your Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 installation, you have two main methods of doing so:

• Use the Custom Maintenance Wizard to reconfigure Outlook settings, save those settings in a configuration maintenance file (CMW file), and apply this file to your users’ installations.

• 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.

Using the Custom Maintenance Wizard to update users’ profiles might be the best choice if you are doing one or more of the following:

• Making other changes to Microsoft Office settings at the same time that you want to modify ...