Office 2003 OEM Basic/SBE/Pro on 1 CD slipstreamed w SP2

[n38778]

Hello,

I have about 30 desktops to install to the (almost) same configuration, however some machines have to be provided by Office2003 Basic edition (W, E, O), some with Small Business (W, E, P, O) and some with Pro (W, E, P, A, O).

The Office 2003 software is an OEM Hungarian version in all three cases without any Service Pack integrated in the installation CD. The product keys are of course different for each individual setup (can't be fully unattended therefore).

What I did so far:

1) Created a local source

Well it is not necessary at all, however it is faster to copy files from the HDD than from the CDROM. Therefore I created an \ORIG directory and \ORIG\BAS, \ORIG\SBE, \ORIG\PRO directories, and copied all files from the first CD of all releases to the relevant directory.

2) Created the custom installation for each version of Office 2003

By using ORK, I easily managed to have an MST file per version that provides the necessary functionalities our users require.

3) All-in-one

Most of the original setup files are the same by size, creation date and time and version. Just copy them together into one folder: \OFF2003. BUT before doing so, rename \ORIG\xxx\FILES\SETUP\SETUP.INI to \ORIG\xxx\FILES\SETUP\SETUPxxx.INI (where xxx is the version as above: BAS, SBE or PRO).

4) Created batch files for easy start

My MST files are located in the \ORIG\xxx directories, therefore they are now in \OFF2003 folder. The batch files are also located there, and contain the followings:

BAS.BAT

setup.exe /settings files/setup/setupbas.ini TRANSFORMS=BAS.MST CDCACHE=0

SBE.BAT

setup.exe /settings files/setup/setupsbe.ini TRANSFORMS=SBE.MST CDCACHE=0

PRO.BAT

setup.exe /settings files/setup/setuppro.ini TRANSFORMS=PRO.MST CDCACHE=0

5) Burn an AIO OEM Office 2003 CD

That was simple. I just used drag-and-drop for \OFF2003 folder in Nero and burnt it! It works.

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Now the problem:

I would like to integrate Office 2003 SP2 and the latest Outlook junk email filter update. What do you think, how can I do that? According to the documentation of Office Shrink, for the Administrative install point I have to provide my product key. But that is different for each installation (and version)!

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance. Sorry for the pure English.

[tarquel]

Welcome to MSFN

As I recall [and its been mentioned many times on the forum already - you really should use the search button] you cannot do this with OEM versions of office 2003.

Regards

N.

[n38778]

Hmmm.... I should have used that bloody Search before....

Thanks anyway for the clear answer.

Regards,

n38778