Thanks sixpack for the quickreply but will the installation read out the settings off unattended.MST when i take it out. I dont want to put in the serials and configure stuff during installation.

Bedankt nog

if you make a Administrative Installation Point

alleen hier voor

what you mean try installing it AFTER setup has finished

can give to me steps

thanks

basically, it'd be importing the RunOnceEX settings for Office at CMDLINES.TXT. That's it. If you currently are doing that, remove the command that starts the RunOnceEX process at the end of hte batch.

RunOnceEX isn't meant to be run during Windows Setup, unless you start it, witht he rundll32 command. Otherwise it pops up at first logon.

sixpack als ik die unattended.MST nou weglaat krijg ik dan een standaart office 2003 installatie ? waarbij ik later toch de cd erbij moet pakken?

ANYONE KNOW'S IF this will work

start /wait %systemdrive%\Install\Applications\Office2003\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=%systemdrive%\Install\Applications\Office2003\unattended.MST /qb-

i think the problem is that setup can't find the MST file

I hope it works this way

this is how I did it (I run office setup off the CDROM, during RunOnceEx) :::

Make it fit onto a Windows CD with ease... Word, Excel and Publisher in 295mb (it fits on my cd with ease... but I am using nLite as well)

1) use the "Custom Installation Wizard" to create your Unattend.MST file (choose options for what programs you want etc etc)

2) copy your entire Office CD Original Source to "C:\Office"

3) place your Unattend.MST file in the same directory

4) Use "OfficeShrink" and point it to C:\Office\Setup.exe and C:\Office\Unattend.MST.... tell it to install to C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$1\Install\Applications\Office

5) Once it has finished you get the message "Office setup completed successfully"

6) Make your install command = %systemdrive%\install\applications\office\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qb-

or, make Office install off the CD (saves copying 300mb of office setup files to the hard drive during text mode setup)

Same as above, except these steps different:

4) tell it to install to C:\XPCD\Office (instead of in the $OEM$ directory)

6) make your install command = %systemdrive%\install\office.cmd

7) make "office.cmd" and place it in $OEM$\$1\Install

office.cmd:

@echo off
echo.
echo Installing Office 2003 Professional
echo.
echo Please wait . . .
echo.
for %%i in (C: D: E: F: G: H: I: J: K: L:) do if exist %%i\CD.txt set CDROM=%%i
start /wait %cdrom%\office\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qb-
exit

Note: this batch file won't work unless you put a file in your cd root named CD.txt

I've tested this a few times now... works...

Thnx [bM]Crusher i'll try it out in the morning its almost 3 am here need some sleep.

Thnx cheeers