You can use the Custom Installation Wizard (CIW) to customize the installation of Microsoft Office 2000 over a network. This article describes how to use the CIW to configure Outlook settings. The CIW creates a custom transform file (MST) that modifies the Windows Installer setup (MSI) file.

You can use the CIW to:

•	Choose where to install Office
•	Specify whether to remove previous versions
•	Set feature installation states
•	Add a profile with default program settings
•	Add custom files, registry entries, and shortcuts

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The CIW presents a series of steps to guide you through the process. After the third step, you can go to any step in the wizard by selecting it from the list in the upper right-hand corner of each step.

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To Specify Installation States for Outlook Features

Select 7 Set Feature Installations States from the list. Click the plus sign (+) next to Microsoft Outlook for Windows to expose the Outlook feature list, and then click the arrow beside each feature to select the installation state.

The installation states available are:

•	Run (all) from My Computer - Setup copies files to the user's computer and Outlook runs the feature from there.
•	Run (all) from Network - Setup leaves files on the administrative installation point and Outlook runs the feature from there.
•	Installed on First Use - Setup does not install the feature until the user tries to use it for the first time. At that time, Setup copies the files to the user's computer and Outlook runs the feature from there.
•	Not Available - Setup does not install the feature. In maintenance mode, Setup removes the feature from the user's computer if had been previously installed.

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To Customize Outlook Installation Options

To configure Outlook settings, select 14 Customize Outlook Installation Options. The following describes the various options found in this dialog box:

•	Do not customize Outlook profile and account information. Select this option if you want Outlook to prompt the user for profile and account information during its first run, or if you use a custom .prf file to set profile information for the user. NOTE: if you are installing Office on a computer that has restricted access to system areas and the Windows registry (is locked-down), then you cannot configure your Outlook profiles after you install Office.
•	Customize Outlook profile and account information. Select this option if you want to set default profile and account information for the user. Outlook reads the information you specify and creates a profile for the user during its first run. Outlook does not remove or change an existing profile. NOTE: Selecting this option selects the all the other options in this step.
•	Configuration type Select the desired installation mode from the list. the options are Corporate or Workgroup Settings, or Internet Mail Only Settings. If you choose either of these settings, Outlook automatically selects the appropriate options. If you do not make this selection, the Outlook.prf settings may not take effect and you may receive the following error message: Either there is no default mail client or the current mail client cannot fulfill the messaging request. Please run Microsoft Outlook and set it as the default mail client.

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Corporate or Workgroup Settings

•	General - Enter the profile name and the location of the default information store. The options are, the server, or a personal folders (PST) file.
•	Service List - Select the services to be installed. You must configure each service selected through its corresponding entry in the settings window to the left. If you include the Internet E-mail Service, you must enter information in both the Internet E-mail Settings and the POP3 Account Settings.
•	Outlook Settings - Use these settings if you use Microsoft Exchange Web Services for Outlook forms.
•	Exchange Settings - If you chose Microsoft Exchange from the Services List, use these setting to define the user's mailbox name, server name, offline store (OST) file path, and offline address book path.
•	MS Mail Settings - If you chose Microsoft Mail from the Services List, use these settings to define the MS Mail attributes.
•	Personal Folder Settings - Use these settings to define the user's Personal Folders (PST) file path, name, and Encryption options.
•	Internet E-mail Settings - If you chose Internet E-mail from the Services List, enter the Internet account names here. The long account name must be the same as the "short" account name, but preceded by "Internet E-mail -" (without the quotation marks). NOTE: The same "short" account name you enter here must also be entered in the POP3 Account Settings.
•	POP3 Account Settings - If you chose Internet E-mail from the Services List, enter information for the POP3 and SMTP accounts and servers here. NOTE: The account name used here must be the same as that used in the Internet E-mail Settings "short" account name.
•	MAPI LDAP Directory Settings - If you chose Microsoft LDAP Directory from the Services List, enter the attributes for the LDAP service here.

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Internet Only Settings

•	General - Click to select the account type, the options are POP3 or LDAP. You must configure the account type selected through its corresponding entry in the settings window.
•	POP3 Account Settings - If you chose "Create POP3 account" from the General Settings, enter information for the POP3 and SMTP accounts and servers here.
•	LDAP Account Settings - If you chose "Create LDAP account" from the General Settings, enter information for the LDAP account server here.

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Environment Variables

Environment variables, such as %username%, %userdomain%, and such, may be substituted for specific values where applicable.

For additional information about defining and using environment variables for Microsoft Windows NT, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: To use environment variables in Microsoft Windows 95/98, they must first be defined through the Autoexec.bat or other batch file using the set command. When used in the Autoexec.bat or Config.sys files, the set command sets the environment variable when the computer is started.

The syntax of the set command is

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For additional assistance, click Help in the lower left-hand corner of the dialog box.

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