Installing Office 2000

[syndicate47]

I am rolling out an upgrade from Office 97 to Office 2000 on 200+ PC's. I am using .msi files and using switches so I don't need to get involved with the install. The problem is with my 95 machines, they need a reboot and a final logon to the network to complete the install. Does anyone know how I could automate this. Maybe there are other switches I could use.

Thanks

 

[Databaseguy]

Yeah, download the 2000 Resource Kit. It includes the custom installation wizard that creates the *.mst file for you.

Then, perform an administrative install on your server (setup.exe /a).

Next, from your workstations, you'll run something like this from the run command

setup.exe TRANSFORMS="C:\OFPRODSK\New Custom Setup File.MST" /qn+

This one runs set up in the background(/q switch) so you don;t even see it running. No prompt for a CD key or nything. We went from 20 minutes per workstation to 5....

 

[syndicate47]

I cannot find a tool on the kit that will create *.mst files. Do you know what it is called and where it is??

 

[syndicate47]

I've found it now.