Software Deployment

Use the original (vendor) MSI, do not repackage this.

And frustrated.  I used this tool to make some MSI's a few years ago and it was very easy.

Even a few years ago Wininstall LE was nothing but a simple software that gave the illusion that msi-packaging is easy. Forget Wininstall LE and other click-and-finish -products. Msi (re)packaging is not easy. You really have to know what you are doing and validate, inspect, test and whatever your msi-packages.

My current problem is trying to get an installation of MS Office 2003.
I am not doing anything special, just the before, install, and after to create the package.

Your current problem is that you are trying to do something extremely special that is not going to succeed (re-package MS Office) and you are using completely wrong tools. [;)] Office 2003 is already an msi and there are tons of instructions how to deploy it. Re-packaging is not part of them.

Start from here: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ork2003/default.aspx

First read the Deployment-chapter. After that prepare, customize and finally deploy Office 2003. Good luck.

Mikko Järvinen

Thank you for setting me straight. I was really on the wrong track there.