Howto encode serial in office 2000

[Trix]

please does anybody know how to encode the serial into office 2000 so u dont have to enter it manually? like winbeta did on there 2003 beta release does anybody have any ideas? please becose i relly need the answer foir tomorrow! thnx !

[Aaron]

Run setup.exe with the /a switch to create an installation point with an embedded serial and name/organisation. At that point, you can burn this installation point to CD or slipstream further service packs to it.

[Trix]

cool thnx i dunno how i could hav missed that in the guide but do u know were i could get Office 2000 resource kit? sorry but ur gonna have to spoon feed me on that ! other wise im sorta set on how to make my cd after this ill be testing it

[Aaron]

Here you go:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...&DisplayLang=en

This includes the Custom Installation Wizard for Office 2000.

[Trix]

THNX FOR ALL UR HELP COZ IM DEVELPOIN IT FOR MY MATE COZ HE REINSTALLS ALOT AND ALL I NEED IN IT IS THE XP, OFFICE 2000, WINRAR, RPC PATCH (W32.BLASTER) AND I MITE ADD ADOBE ACROAT READER 6 IF IT WORKS COZ IM CURRENTLY TESTING IT IN VMWARE

[Trix]

oh sorry i just relised i posted in all caps sorry my bad

[Aaron]

The edit button on your post allows you to change it

[Trix]

ok thnx i will do that next time any way my next concern is that when i try to install nav after it has extracted the files it comes up with a error that it cannot run the file because it cannt be found im gonna work on this if i cnt seem t get it working or another problem comes up ill ask

[Aaron]

Are you using a compressed SFX archive to extract during the batch? If so, give a time gap between the 'extraction' and 'starting the installation' in your batch, because there may be some delays in the extraction.

Another reason might be that you have specified a bad path in the SFX in extract to