1. Download the administrative version of Office 2003 SP3 and save it to C:\ (click here for a different language than English) 2. Extract the Office2003SP3-KB923618-FullFile-ENU.exe file to C:\o2k3sp3a Start-> Run and type; C:\Office2003SP3-KB923618-FullFile-ENU.exe /t:c:\o2k3sp3a /c 3. Insert your Office 2003 CD and make an administrative installation point to C:\o2k3 To do this open the Run command again and type; D:\setup.exe /a (where D:\ is your CD-ROM drive) 4. When the installation point is created open the Run command again and type*: msiexec /a C:\o2k3\pro.msi /p C:\o2k3sp3a\MAINSP3.msp 5. When the update is finished you can write the content of C:\o2k3 to CD and you’ll have an Office 2003 SP3 slipstreamed CD! ... http://www.howto-outlook.com/otherprograms...treamo2k3sp.htm Doing an administrative installation you'll slipstream the key. I'm also interested (and have no idea) in your second question... how can i choose wich components i want to install?