Unable to make administrative install for Office11

[drscouse]

The original Office11 CD I have will not let me create an admin install, so that I can create an unattended install of office. When I try to run setup.exe /a, it gets as far as sticking in the key, and then tells me that this function is only available with the Enterprise version of Office.

Is there a workaround, or alternative method???

Cheers

[gosherm]

Not that I'm particuarly aware of. However, you only need the administrative install if you are going to slipstream the updates (which, AFIK, means that any subsequent updates have to be installed as administrative updates, and not from the Office Update website).

Personally, I like the ability to use the Office Update website, so I don't do an administrative install by choice. I just install (currently) Office 2003 sp2 & the latest Outlook Junk Mail Filter immediately after the Office install. Probably takes a little bit longer for the actual install, but well worth it in my opinion.

If you follow the guidelines for an unattended install located at MSFN's Office 2003 Unattended - Advanced Method, you will be able to configure everything you want to (including product key, etc.) for your unattended install.

Here's the code from my CMD file.

Call :BuildComponent "Installing Office related software"
 type %COMPONENT_LOG% >> %XPCD_LOGFILE%

	CALL :BuildPackage "Installing Microsoft Office 2003 Professional (Access, Excel, Outlook, Word)" ^
					   "%AUTOPATH%\Office\Office2003\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qb-"
	  type %PACKAGE_LOG% >> %XPCD_LOGFILE%

	CALL :BuildPackage "Installing Office 2003 Service Pack 2" ^
					   "%AUTOPATH%\Office\OfficeUpdates\Office2003SP2-KB887616-FullFile-ENU.exe /q"
	  type %PACKAGE_LOG% >> %XPCD_LOGFILE%

	CALL :BuildPackage "Installing Other Office Updates" ^
					   "%AUTOPATH%\Office\OfficeUpdates\office2003-KB906173-FullFile-ENU.exe /q"
	  type %PACKAGE_LOG% >> %XPCD_LOGFILE%

	CALL :BuildPackage "Installing Microsoft Office Profiles" ^
					   "*pushd '%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office11'" ^
					   "proflwiz.exe /r D:\Matthew\Computer\Outlook\Matthew.OPS /p"
	  type %PACKAGE_LOG% >> %XPCD_LOGFILE%

[drscouse]

Gone through all of that.. run the setup command for the new installer and get the following error:

"Product: Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003 -- Quiet-mode installation is supported only in Enterprise versions of Microsoft Office 2003."

So it dont look possible with the version I have... nack to the drawing board!!!

Thanks for help....:-)

[gosherm]

So it dont look possible with the version I have... nack to the drawing board!!!

Lucky for you, I'm a good artist . Here's a solution that I just developed and wrote up for an

Office 2003 Silent without enterprise version.

(I put it in a new thread because it's a fairly definitive solution, and it will be easier for people to find it there rather than in a "do you know" thread. Nothing personal, I promise )

[drscouse]

Thanks gosherm... having a go now, certainly looks a simple enough procedure... its amazing how easy things are, when you know how!

CHEERS:)

[drscouse]

That was a breeze Worked like a charm...

Just need to find out how, or if I can bypass the activation request that appears when the prog first runs. It is a legit, licensed version... just a pain when reinstalling, that I have to activate it each time... time to do a little research...

THANKS

EDIT: Seems like opa11.dat is the file I need to save and replace!!!!

Edited November 3, 2005 by drscouse