I have fully done my xp sp2 unattended, and it works great

I have also do the full sp1 of office 2003, and prepared it for a silent intall.

I would like to know where I put this command:

ECHO.

ECHO Installing Office 2003 Professional with Frontpage

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\Office2003\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qb-

and where do I put the whole office 2003 folder?

Thanks for any help

The command can be put in the main_batch.cmd file.

I don't know where to put the folder, because I don't have MS Office.

But you could search the Unattended Tutorial.

I believe slipstreaming/adding MS Office to a Unattended-CD is covered in there.

Look at this site:

http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/office2003_advanced.htm

There is also a program to shrink MS Office.

Just search the forum and you will find it.

EDIT:

The answer to where to put the folder is in your command:

start /wait %systemdrive%\Office2003\

%systemdrive% is the $1-folder.

EDIT2:

Here is the link to the office shrinker thread:

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...16709&hl=shrink

EDIT3:

A link to the new improved version:

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...16529&hl=shrink

So this is me RunOnceEx cmd file:

cmdow @ /HID

@echo off

SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx

REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Installing Applications" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\001 /VE /D "Preparing Installation..." /f

REG ADD %KEY%\001 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\prepare.cmd" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\010 /VE /D "Installing MSN Messenger 6 Final" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\010 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\apps\MsnMsgs.msi /QB"

REG ADD %KEY%\020 /VE /D "Office 2003 Professional" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\020 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\apps\Office2003\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qb-"

REG ADD %KEY%\030 /VE /D "Cleaning Up and Rebooting" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\030 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\cleanup.cmd" /f

EXIT

so I am putting my office2003 dir in to $OEM$\$1\apps

Where do I put the Unattended.MST file?

The MST has to be in the same folder as the MSI to which it applies.

So, your Unattended.MST is to be present in "%systemdrive%\apps\Office2003" directory.

Hi,

I am trying to add an office 2003 unattended install. I went through the steps on the unattended website.

I copied the cab files & other files to:

C:\xpcd\$OEM$\$1\Install\office2003

I also had the Unattended.MST file made & is sitting in the same folder.

My runonceex.cmd file reads (I dumped most of the other stuff out):

cmdow @ /HID
@echo off

SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx

REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Installing Slipstreamed Applications" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\001 /VE /D "Preparing Installation..." /f
REG ADD %KEY%\001 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\prepare.cmd" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\050 /VE /D "Dreamweaver MX 2004" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\050 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\Dreamweaver\setup.exe -s" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\050 /V 2 /D "taskkill.exe /F /IM IEXPLORE.EXE" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\055 /VE /D "Office 2003 Professional" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\055 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\Office2003\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qb-"

REG ADD %KEY%\060 /VE /D "Cleaning Up and Rebooting..." /f
REG ADD %KEY%\060 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\cleanup.cmd" /f

EXIT

Office doesnt actually install. Any ideas why?

I had originally tried it with the /f command added:

REG ADD %KEY%\055 /VE /D "Office 2003 Professional" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\055 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\Office2003\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qb-" /f

But it doesnt work either way.

Am I doing something wrong? Should I set the runonceex.cmd to run a office.cmd file that has this command:

ECHO.
ECHO Installing Office 2003 Professional with Frontpage
ECHO Please wait...
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\Office2003\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qb-

Taken from the http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/office2003_advanced.htm page

Thanks,

Rich

I have been playing with this for a while and I have read that it won't work with the unattended.mst file from RunOneEx.cmd it you leave the source on the DVD vice having it copied to the %systemdrive%

Although, I can get it install this way with several commandlines

REG ADD %KEY%\090 /VE /D "Office 2003 Premium w/SP1" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\090 /V 1 /D "%cdrom%\APPS\Office2003SP1\PRO11.msi /t unattended.mst /qb" /f
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or

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REG ADD %KEY%\090 /VE /D "Office 2003 Premium w/SP1" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\090 /V 1 /D "%cdrom%\APPS\Office2003SP1\setup.exe /qb" /f

Both of these seem to work for me.

This might work for you as well. Just modify the path to your install method.

So is your directory on the cdrom as follows:

XPCD (Root)

Apps (Root)

Apps\office2003sp1

?

Mine would be?

REG ADD %KEY%\060 /VE /D "Office 2003 Professional" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\060 /V 1 /D "%cdrom%\$OEM$\$1\Install\office2003\PRO11N.MSI /t unattended.mst /qb" /f