can i make a silent install 4 office 2003 with -

[mazin]

l33t: it's controllable.

Adiel: here you are: http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/2003/ref/refa02.htm

[Adiel]

@mazin

thank u bro , after editing the MSI file with Orca, i managed to start an

Administrative Installation, now i'm sleapstrimming the Administrative sp1 .. thank u

[RichTJ99]

Which MSI are you "orca'ing"?

[RichTJ99]

One other thing. If I decided just to do the simple install (default settings are fine for me).

Can I edit the setup.ini to add the

PID="xxxxxx"

If so, where would I put the PID code information within the setup.ini file?

I couldnt find that info on the microsoft site (I understand how to use it, just not where to put the code).

[mazin]

I couldnt find that info on the microsoft site (I understand how to use it, just not where to put the code).

Under [Options], and I think it's PIDKEY not PID. Look it up in that link above.

[prathapml]

See "Setup.htm" in the root of the office CD, it gives more info about switches and setup properties.

[RichTJ99]

I see it says:

PIDKEY="1234567890123456789012345"

but in my setup.ini located in x:/files/setup

I dont see an [options] section, if I am supposed to put it in there, where in the setup.ini should I put it (or does it not matter?)

; Microsoft Office SETUP.EXE settings file.

[MSI]
; The MSI section gives the name of the MSI file to install. This file must be in 
; the same folder as Setup.exe, and both must be in the root of the installation 
; tree.
MSI=PRO11N.MSI

[Product]
ProductCode={91110409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9}
ProductName=Microsoft Office 2003
ProductVersion=11.0.5614.0
Recache=1

[Logging]
; The logging section provides settings for controlling the Setup log files.
;       Value           Default         Description
;       Type            vpiwaeo         Logging modes  
;                                       [a, c, e, i, m, o, p, r, u , v, 
;                                       w, *, +]
;       Path            %TEMP%          Path to create logfiles
;       Template        SetupLog(*).txt File name for log file should end in 
;                                       "(*).txt"; the * is replaced with a 4 
;                                       digit number to make the file name unique
Template=Microsoft Office 2003 Setup(*).txt
Type=piwaeo
;Path=\\MyServer\logfiles\ 
;Template=Product %UserName%(*).txt

[MinOSRequirement]
VersionNT_1=500
WindowsBuild_1=2195
ServicePackLevel_1=3

[Cache]
; The cache section provides settings for caching the install source locally 
;       Value           Default         Description
;       CDCACHE         auto             Option to specify cache level 
;                                       [auto, 0, 1, 2]
;       LOCALCACHEDRIVE <predefined>    Option to specify a drive to cache 
;                                       the install source to
;       DELETABLECACHE  1                Option to display UI to remove the 
;                                       cache at the end of setup [0,1]
;       PURGE           0               Option to always remove cache at end of 
;                                       setup [0,1]
CDCACHE=auto
;LOCALCACHEDRIVE=C:\ 
DELETABLECACHE=1
PURGE=0

[OfficeWebComponents]
MSI=OWC11.MSI

[RichTJ99]

See "Setup.htm" in the root of the office CD, it gives more info about switches and setup properties.

So, do you mean that it should be part of the setup string, not the setup.ini file?

ECHO.
ECHO Installing Office 2003
ECHO Please wait...
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Office2003\PRO11N.MSI /QB
EXIT

Should it be something like this:

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Office2003\PRO11N.MSI PIDKEY="1234567890123456789012345" /QB

The main reason I am not using the unattend.mst file is that everything I try to use it I get a product ID error, even though I am entering the correct one. I figured the simple method left less to error. Since I end up doing the default apps & locations anyway.

[mazin]

Add it, baby! This is mine:

[Options]

USERNAME=Mazin Mazin (any)

COMPANYNAME=Free Enterprises (any)

INSTALLLOCATION=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11 (default)

PIDKEY=soandso

OUTLOOKASDEFAULTMAILAPP=0

OWC10EXISTS=1

[RichTJ99]

This should be added to the setup.ini file in the X:/files/setup directory right?

I added it to mine but I keep getting a product Key error message. Product Key invalid.

Any ideas?

[l33t]

@RichTJ99

Can you post the error message being displayed to you?

l33t

[mazin]

Sorry for late reply, RichTJ99!

[Options]USERNAME=Type Your Name

COMPANYNAME=Type Your Company Name

INSTALLLOCATION=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11 default

PIDKEY=Type your Serial without dashes

OUTLOOKASDEFAULTMAILAPP=0 I think this is self-explainatory

OWC10EXISTS=1

[Display]

Display=Basic Basic shows progress bars & error messages, None shows nothing

CompletionNotice=No I think this is self-explainatory

REBOOT=Suppress I'm not sure if this is necessary but I do use it

You insert those lines into your setup.ini, then run setup.exe with no switches, at all!

CHEERS!

[prathapml]

[Display]

REBOOT=Suppress I'm not sure if this is necessary but I do use it

Hey, reboot is a property, not part of display-section.

You'd add "REBOOT=Suppress" to the [Options] section.

[mazin]

According to MS site, no recommended place to put it under.

However, it worked this way. This means either it's not necessary or it works from anywhere.

[sm7827]

setup.ini is located in ...\Files\setup folder.
Once I modified that one, it worked!!!