Re: Win 7 IE Temp Environment variable woes Outlook cannot create the work file

2011-05-11 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 10 May 2011 at 7:40, Jonathan wrote: I know it has been less than 24 hours since I posed the question, and i'm usually a pretty patient guy when it comes to this list, but the guy is probably going to begin the format/reinstall process today if I don't have a solution for him. Any ideas?

Re: Win 7 IE Temp Environment variable woes Outlook cannot create the work file

2011-05-11 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 2:30 PM, Jonathan ncm...@gmail.com wrote: Rule #1 - end users LIE! Indeed. One guy calls it rule #7, but I think it's misplaced: http://trioptimum.com/truth/ -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: Win 7 IE Temp Environment variable woes Outlook cannot create the work file

2011-05-11 Thread Michael B. Smith
Temp Environment variable woes Outlook cannot create the work file On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 2:30 PM, Jonathan ncm...@gmail.com wrote: Rule #1 - end users LIE! Indeed. One guy calls it rule #7, but I think it's misplaced: http://trioptimum.com/truth/ -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security

RE: Win 7 IE Temp Environment variable woes Outlook cannot create the work file

2011-05-11 Thread John Aldrich
Ain't that the truth! :D -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 2:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Win 7 IE Temp Environment variable woes Outlook cannot create the work file I call this House Rule #1

Re: Win 7 IE Temp Environment variable woes Outlook cannot create the work file

2011-05-10 Thread Jonathan
I know it has been less than 24 hours since I posed the question, and i'm usually a pretty patient guy when it comes to this list, but the guy is probably going to begin the format/reinstall process today if I don't have a solution for him. Any ideas? Thanks, and I apologize for being a pest.

Re: Win 7 IE Temp Environment variable woes Outlook cannot create the work file

2011-05-10 Thread James Rankin
Have you tried running Process Monitor to find out what changes the setting? As you know the path, it should be easy to filter the log down to the necessary items. Process Monitor has a sort of persistent mode that will log during a restart, as I remember, although I can't remember the right term

Re: Win 7 IE Temp Environment variable woes Outlook cannot create the work file

2011-05-10 Thread RichardMcClary
. cc Subject Re: Win 7 IE Temp Environment variable woes Outlook cannot create the work file I know it has been less than 24 hours since I posed the question, and i'm usually a pretty patient guy when it comes to this list, but the guy is probably going to begin the format/reinstall process

Re: Win 7 IE Temp Environment variable woes Outlook cannot create the work file

2011-05-10 Thread Jonathan
System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Press this button if the To is a fax number. Enter in the fax number like 123-456-7890. cc Subject Re: Win 7 IE Temp Environment variable woes Outlook cannot create the work file I know it has been less than 24 hours since I posed

Re: Win 7 IE Temp Environment variable woes Outlook cannot create the work file

2011-05-10 Thread James Rankin
ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com To NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Press this button if the To is a fax number. Enter in the fax number like 123-456-7890. cc Subject Re: Win 7 IE Temp Environment variable woes Outlook cannot create the work

Re: Win 7 IE Temp Environment variable woes Outlook cannot create the work file

2011-05-10 Thread Jonathan
Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Press this button if the To is a fax number. Enter in the fax number like 123-456-7890. cc Subject Re: Win 7 IE Temp Environment variable woes Outlook cannot create the work file I know it has been less than 24 hours since I posed

Re: Win 7 IE Temp Environment variable woes Outlook cannot create the work file

2011-05-10 Thread James Rankin
@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Press this button if the To is a fax number. Enter in the fax number like 123-456-7890. cc Subject Re: Win 7 IE Temp Environment variable woes Outlook cannot create the work file I know it has been less than 24 hours since I posed the question

Re: Win 7 IE Temp Environment variable woes Outlook cannot create the work file

2011-05-10 Thread andy
Subject Re: Win 7 IE Temp Environment variable woes Outlook cannot create the work file I know it has been less than 24 hours since I posed the question, and i'm usually a pretty patient guy when it comes to this list, but the guy is probably going to begin the format/reinstall

Re: Win 7 IE Temp Environment variable woes Outlook cannot create the work file

2011-05-10 Thread Jonathan
ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com To NT System Admin Issues mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Press this button if the To is a fax number. Enter in the fax number like 123-456-7890. cc Subject Re: Win 7 IE Temp Environment variable

Re: Win 7 IE Temp Environment variable woes Outlook cannot create the work file

2011-05-10 Thread Andrew S. Baker
In addition to what Richard suggested, try cleaning out the temp folders... *ASB *(Professional Bio http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio) *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... * On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 7:11 PM, Jonathan ncm...@gmail.com wrote: Any help here would

Re: Win 7 IE Temp Environment variable woes Outlook cannot create the work file

2011-05-10 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Also, does this problem happen for every user profile on the machine? If you suspect a migration issue, what did the user have before the migration? *ASB *(Professional Bio http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio) *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... * On Tue, May

Re: Win 7 IE Temp Environment variable woes Outlook cannot create the work file

2011-05-10 Thread Jonathan
There are only two user profiles on the machine, one of which was originally setup as an alternate Admin account and theoretically had not been used since it was setup.until yesterday. It does happen for both of the existing accounts. I suspect the *possibility* of a migration related issue,

Re: Win 7 IE Temp Environment variable woes Outlook cannot create the work file

2011-05-10 Thread Andrew S. Baker
*Curious - how would this impact the IE Temp file location?* Don't know, but lots of fun things happen when temp folders are full of remnants of previous installation or app usage activities. Maybe its falling back to a secondary temp folder if the primary is deemed unusable for some reason.

Re: Win 7 IE Temp Environment variable woes Outlook cannot create the work file

2011-05-10 Thread Jonathan
Clearing out all temp files and folders didn't do it. I even deleted everything in %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp (which included a folder called Temporary Internet Files, which is where the setting in IE said it was pointing). I moved the folder to the correct location under IE,

RE: Win 7 IE Temp Environment variable woes Outlook cannot create the work file

2011-05-10 Thread Joe Tinney
you find the service(s) that use(s) that command to launch if you need it: gwmi win32_service | fl Name,PathName Good luck, Joe From: Jonathan [mailto:ncm...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 12:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Win 7 IE Temp Environment variable woes Outlook

Re: Win 7 IE Temp Environment variable woes Outlook cannot create the work file

2011-05-10 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Jonathan ncm...@gmail.com wrote: Any more thoughts on what would be causing this? With that many different programs nominally all attempting to monkey with the MSIE setting, I'd suspect a shared library (DLL) to be the culprit -- something they're all calling

Re: Win 7 IE Temp Environment variable woes Outlook cannot create the work file

2011-05-10 Thread Jonathan
Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Win 7 IE Temp Environment variable woes Outlook cannot create the work file Clearing out all temp files and folders didn't do it. I even deleted everything in %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp (which included a folder called Temporary Internet Files, which is where

Re: Win 7 IE Temp Environment variable woes Outlook cannot create the work file

2011-05-10 Thread Jonathan
it: gwmi win32_service | fl Name,PathName Good luck, Joe *From:* Jonathan [mailto:ncm...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, May 10, 2011 12:24 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Win 7 IE Temp Environment variable woes Outlook cannot create the work file Clearing out all temp files

Re: Win 7 IE Temp Environment variable woes Outlook cannot create the work file

2011-05-10 Thread Jonathan Link
[mailto:ncm...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, May 10, 2011 12:24 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Win 7 IE Temp Environment variable woes Outlook cannot create the work file Clearing out all temp files and folders didn't do it. I even deleted everything in %USERPROFILE%\AppData

Re: Win 7 IE Temp Environment variable woes Outlook cannot create the work file

2011-05-10 Thread Jonathan
:* Re: Win 7 IE Temp Environment variable woes Outlook cannot create the work file Clearing out all temp files and folders didn't do it. I even deleted everything in %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp (which included a folder called Temporary Internet Files, which is where the setting in IE said

Re: Win 7 IE Temp Environment variable woes Outlook cannot create the work file

2011-05-10 Thread Jonathan Link
:* Jonathan [mailto:ncm...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, May 10, 2011 12:24 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Win 7 IE Temp Environment variable woes Outlook cannot create the work file Clearing out all temp files and folders didn't do it. I even deleted everything in %USERPROFILE

Re: Win 7 IE Temp Environment variable woes Outlook cannot create the work file

2011-05-10 Thread RichardMcClary
@lyris.sunbelt-software.com To NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Press this button if the To is a fax number. Enter in the fax number like 123-456-7890. cc Subject Re: Win 7 IE Temp Environment variable woes Outlook cannot create the work file Well, everyone who