wk210003 Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Hi every body,I have prepared an unattended installation for windows xp including office 2003. I was following all the guides in this presious site.It worked perfectly for the administrator account but later on when i created new users strange things happened. For example when u try to run any office product it is asking for inserting the source cd also some problems that i used registry files to register some programs serial numbers for example getright i find that it is still in trial mode. also language settings of windows is different. Any suggestions ???Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Zugec Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 This Office behavior is normal - Windows Installer use "cache" mode, it is not really installed, it is only published... To see cache for msi product, use commandwmic product get Name, PackageCache Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wk210003 Posted January 6, 2005 Author Share Posted January 6, 2005 So is there any work around for that because it is not logical to insert the original office cd for each user creation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Zugec Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Sorry, I cant help... I am using network installation and every client contact server in order to configure office. I would recommend U to locate PackageCache with command I provided and then try to redirect Office to this source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbouchard Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 What happens when a new user launches Office for the first time it is not installing office but setting up the users office profile. Now, as to your problem with being prompted for the CD when a new user logs in. How are you installing Office? Are you creating an Admin install then including it on the CD? If so, you may want to look at using the Compressed CD install method, you can find info Here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wk210003 Posted January 6, 2005 Author Share Posted January 6, 2005 Hi Soulini've ran the command it showed some .msi files for some installed applications.i didnt get what u mean by redirect office to that location Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wk210003 Posted January 6, 2005 Author Share Posted January 6, 2005 mbouchardshould i replace that setup file with the original one. i'm using a transform installation file setup.exe TRANSFORMS=unattended.MST /qb- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tguy Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Use the Office 2003 Resource Kit and edit the unattended.mst file to include caching of the source files locally on the PC's hard drive.It will create a folder called MSOCache on the C:\drive that Office 2K3 will use as each new user logs on and opens Office for the first time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wk210003 Posted January 8, 2005 Author Share Posted January 8, 2005 i was not able to find any option in the .mst file that can include caching on local drive. Any help please?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wk210003 Posted January 9, 2005 Author Share Posted January 9, 2005 Guys, No solutions?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbouchard Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 The link that I provided in my first post explains how to do this, look under Setting local installation source options Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prathapml Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 In the folder from where you are installing Office (whether its from CD or by AIP), browse through to:\FILES\SETUP\setup.iniYou can set the Caching settings. That is the simplest way to do what you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wk210003 Posted January 11, 2005 Author Share Posted January 11, 2005 i'll try and i'll inform u with the results.thanks to u all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wk210003 Posted January 18, 2005 Author Share Posted January 18, 2005 Guys i still have a problem.i have replaced the old setup.exe with the new one (in the already slipstreamed files).then i modified the setup.ini. attached below a copy of my modification. but after windows installation is complete and during the applications installation it bypasses the office What is my mistake ?? : [Cache]; The cache section provides settings for caching the install source locally ; Value Default Description; CDCACHE 2 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=2;LOCALCACHEDRIVE=C:\ DELETABLECACHE=0PURGE=0ENFORCECACHE=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcBlackBox Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 In addition to Configuring local installation source in ORK, this is what I change in setup.ini. [Cache]CDCACHE=autoLOCALCACHEDRIVE=%SystemDrive%DELETABLECACHE=0PURGE=0This worked for me, as newly created (full/limited) users are able to access Office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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