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MSOffice Server Replaced - reg settings

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by nicholasp

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I had some consultants set up 40 PC's for us and they set up MS Office 97 Pro using a server which they took away after they left. This has caused all the PC's to have registry settings pointing to a server that does not exist. Is there a way to remedy this? Office was installed localy... but there are still refernces to the server

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by dmiles

Removing the server settings will inevitably cause some application problems and their is no use trying to use the ERD disk because they were created with the server settings.
There is no remedy that will be a quick fix not knowing what effect the settings will have on the installation.Even recreating the installation locally would mean that you will have to install office over the network which means redoing the work you paid for.

by gutridgesj

you could export the registry entry that contains the path for the office install and then modify it to use a cd rom drive on the pc.

then, either put that .reg file on a floppy or a network if you have one and then double-click the .reg file on each pc. That will overwrite just that portion of the registry with the new value.

this assumes all the pcs have the same drive letter for the Cdrom

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