I have copied all 5 Works Suite CD's onto my server and attempted to incorp it into WPI with not much success.

Ideally, I would like to install this silently.

Another thing I have thought about is perhaps making an image of each disc and (if possible) merge them to one image. or somehow get the images to install Works Suite in sequence.

To strip it down: I'd like to install Works Suite in the quickest possible way. I'm aware that works suite is available on DVD, but at the moment we are supplying the CD versions.

Any suggestions here would be much appreciated.

Copy contents to hard disk (overwrite if already files present each time): CD5 to CD4 ; new CD4 to CD3 ; new CD3 to CD2 ; new CD2 to CD1. CD1 will be the DVD package.

At beginning I'm thinking about installing each product in silent install:

Microsoft Works (without text editor)

Microsoft Word XP

Microsoft Money

Microsoft AutoRoute

Microsoft Encarta

Microsoft PhotoPremium

...

but there are other components installed by setup which I don't understand why sometimes are installed or not (patchs/addons ...)

So I use AutoIt. Note you must enter key manually for microsoft word xp, you can't use administrative install ...

Thanks for this, I'll give it a try.

Any idea on how to make it a silent install?