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I tested it and it worked for that machine, THANKS! (i went w/ option 3)I'm going to image it later this week and will try typing in a different product key than I used to install orignially. Thanks for your help and quick replies.

With that switch, it looks like it's going to install. It goes thru unpacking the files, then goes into the setup, but stops with the error, "you have entered an invalid product key". Thanks again for the reply.

Thanks for the quick reply. I'm working with OEM copies of Office and every copy has a different product key. This setup is something similar to what I have currently, Office doesn't install. I'm currently just copying the setup files to the local hard drive, then imaging the computer, then installing Office. What I would like to accomplish is install Office, image the computer, then after all I have to do is type a product key in. Using the ORK, step 8 asks to configure local installation source, if you skip this, then it prompts to enter product key after you execute the .bat file. I don't have a VLK to type in here. Thanks

Hi all, If this isn't the right area, I appologize. I've been trying to get OEM Office SB 2003 installed without prompting for the product key initially. I was able to do this in Office XP with a particular switch that doesn't work in 2003. The reason I'm trying to do this is I'm trying to ghost these machines and don't want the key in the image. The only thing I've been able to do is copy the setup files, ghost, then install office afterwards. I know it's possible because I just received a pre-configured laptop from HP with Office 2003 already installed. When I opened one of the applications, it prompted for the product key. Thanks!