I need to deploy a customized Office XP installation but my
company has purchased both Standard and Professional
versions and because of how they were purchased each
version has two installation keys that I need to distribute. I
tried to setup an administrative installation point to deploy
Office XP and have run into a problem. I created the install
using the Setup.exe -a method to extract the setup files to
the server so that I could make my custom .ini and .mst
files but doing this causes Setup to prompt you for an
install key and it then uses that key for all installations
from that administrative installation point. What I would
like to do is set up a Pro and a Standard install point but
have the serial number in the .ini or .mst file so that I don’t
have to make four separate install points to roll out Office
XP. Is there a way to set up the install point without a serial
number so that I can put that information into a
configuration file? Can theserial number from an install
point be overridden and the time of client install? Is there a
different way to distribute custom Office installations than
creating an administrative installation point that would
allow me to customize the install key? I really don’t want
the confusion and wasted space that comes from having 4
installation points!
Craig