Copy the names in AutoComplete to another computer

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Applies to
Microsoft Office Outlook® 2003

Do you miss the convenience of Outlook automatically completing people's names as you begin to type them on your new computer? Are you upgrading to a new computer and don't want to lose all the names stored in your Outlook AutoComplete feature? Wouldn't it be nice if Outlook installed on your new computer just "remembered" the names and filled them in for you?

You can copy the names in AutoComplete from your old computer to your new one.

Important You must exit Outlook before starting the following procedure. The names will be included in AutoComplete when you restart Outlook.

1. On the computer with the saved AutoComplete names, go to drive:\Documents and Settings\user name\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook.

   Note Depending on your file settings, this folder might be hidden. To view the files in this folder, do one of the following:

   Microsoft Windows XP

   1. Click Start, and then click My Computer.
   2. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options.
   3. Click the View tab, and then, under Advanced settings, under Hidden files and folders, click Show hidden files and folders.

   Microsoft Windows 2000

   1. Double-click My Computer on your desktop.
   2. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options.
   3. Click the View tab, and then click Show hidden files and folders.
2. Right-click profile name.nk2, and then click Copy.

   Tip You can copy the file to removable media, such as a floppy disk or a CD, and then copy the file to the correct location on the other computer. Or you can attach the file to an e-mail message and send the message to yourself. On the new computer, open the attachment in Outlook, and then save it to the correct location.

3. On the computer where you want to populate the AutoComplete feature, copy the file to drive:\Documents and Settings\user name\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook.
4. If the Outlook user profile name is different on the computer where you are moving the .nk2 file, you must rename the file with the same Outlook user profile name after you copy it to the correct folder. For example, if you move Kim Akers.nk2 from the original computer with an Outlook user profile name of Kim Akers, and you copy the Kim Akers.nk2 file to the new computer, you must rename it with the Outlook profile name being used on the new computer.
5. When prompted about replacing the existing file, click Yes.
6. Open Outlook to view changes.

Modify Master Browser Election by GPO

If you are getting the following in the Event Log on Your Domain controller

"The master browser has received a server announcement from the computer that believes that it is the master browser for the domain on transport NetBT_Tcpip_{1A4EAF02-78F1

-47. The master browser is stopping or an election is being forced."

- Join the club I had this problem 13/09/04 here’s how to fix it

Essentially you can stop this in two ways - Stop all the routers on your network forwarding UDP traffic (to much work for me) or change the registry key below on all your clients

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Browser\Parameters\MaintainServerList from Auto to FALSE
You can do this from login script (bear in mind all users don’t have rights to change this key - if your network is setup securely.)

As Im a lazy sod! I decided to farm this change out via Group policy.

Go to a client PC that has the domain admin tools installed (adminpak.msi is on the 2K/2K3 CD or you can download it from my website http://www.petenetlive.com/Downloads/download.htm)

Log on with administrative access.

Start > Run > Regedit {enter}

Navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Browser\Parameters

In the right hand window double click MaintainServerList and change its setting to FALSE (note upper case)

Exit the registry Editor

Click Start >administrative Tools > Active directory users and computers.

NOTE: At this point you can edit an existing policy if you wish but I prefer to keep a policy just for Registry changes,

Right click the domain name >Properties > Group policy > New

Call the new policy Reg_Changes, select the new policy and click Edit.

Computer Configuration > Windows Settings, In the right hand window open security settings.

Right Click Registry and select "Add Key"

Navigate to Machine > System > CurrentControlSet > Services > Browser > Parameters

Click OK, You will be prompted for security settings highlight USERS and select Full control, then Add Domain Users and give them Full Control. Click Apply then OK.

If you are prompted again for permissions select, "Propagate inheritable Permission to all sub keys" Click OK.

Exit Group policy Editor and Reboot.