Office 2010 Install on XP
Here is my situation:
I am new to deploying software installations via Kbox but i have a office wide move to Office 2010. I have gleamed from this forum and from the notes on 2010 specifically the following:
I use the OCT to create an MSP file with all my customizations, leave the MSP file in the root and zip everything in the folder. I "manually configure" kbox to open the zip file and run the setup.exe with the /adminfile pointing to my MSP file in the root. I also added the activation line to run in post installation.
Now i have successfully run the installer over the network before zipping it for kbox and it did great for a silent install. It uninstalled the current install of office without any problems and installed 2010 activated. When I run the distribution through kbox it prompts me to upgrade from 2007 instead of silently uninstalling as it had done previously in an over the network installation. I am not sure why it is not using the MSP file even though i am specifically calling it in my command line.
I dont have enough experience with kbox to see what i am doing wrong so i wanted to reach out to you folks on the forum to see if i missed something or could help me come up with the fix.
I am new to deploying software installations via Kbox but i have a office wide move to Office 2010. I have gleamed from this forum and from the notes on 2010 specifically the following:
I use the OCT to create an MSP file with all my customizations, leave the MSP file in the root and zip everything in the folder. I "manually configure" kbox to open the zip file and run the setup.exe with the /adminfile pointing to my MSP file in the root. I also added the activation line to run in post installation.
Now i have successfully run the installer over the network before zipping it for kbox and it did great for a silent install. It uninstalled the current install of office without any problems and installed 2010 activated. When I run the distribution through kbox it prompts me to upgrade from 2007 instead of silently uninstalling as it had done previously in an over the network installation. I am not sure why it is not using the MSP file even though i am specifically calling it in my command line.
I dont have enough experience with kbox to see what i am doing wrong so i wanted to reach out to you folks on the forum to see if i missed something or could help me come up with the fix.
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Posted by:
lira.j
12 years ago
So a quick update to my situation. It appears that while i was working on the initial steps of getting a MSP going, someone else had saved a copy of their own MSP to the updates folder. I have since removed it from the ZIP file and replaced it with the correct version i have created. I have not removed the MSP from the root as I am using the /adminfile custom.msp for the configure manually command line.
I am still having a problem with office 2k7 prompting to upgrade or cancel installation which i was hoping the above would have corrected. I am not sure why the silent installation options are not kicking in and uninstalling all previous versions as it states.
I am still having a problem with office 2k7 prompting to upgrade or cancel installation which i was hoping the above would have corrected. I am not sure why the silent installation options are not kicking in and uninstalling all previous versions as it states.
Posted by:
anonymous_9363
12 years ago
IIRC, for UI stuff, you also need to use the XML file, a template for which - CONFIG.XML - lives alongside SETUP.EXE. To disable all prompts, you need
<Display Level="none" CompletionNotice="no" SuppressModal="yes" AcceptEula="yes" />
Posted by:
lira.j
12 years ago
ORIGINAL: VBScab
IIRC, for UI stuff, you also need to use the XML file, a template for which - CONFIG.XML - lives alongside SETUP.EXE. To disable all prompts, you need<Display Level="none" CompletionNotice="no" SuppressModal="yes" AcceptEula="yes" />
I dont appear to have a Config.xml file in my installation directory. Could this be the reason things are not working they way they should?
Where would i look for this file if it is not there?
Thank you for your reply by the way, I am getting close to having to install this manually on 60+ computers and this may be the missing clue i needed to fully automate this process.
Posted by:
lira.j
12 years ago
I did some additional googling into the config.xml and found a Tech Net article on it here:
Based on the information i created a very simple config.xml file as follows:
<Configuration Product="ProPlus">
<!-- <Display Level="none" CompletionNotice="no" SuppressModal="yes" AcceptEula="yes" /> -->
<Setting Id="AUTO_ACTIVATE" Value="1" />
<Setting Id="SETUP_REBOOT" Value="AutoAlways" />
</Configuration>
I simply want it to do a silent install, install using the customizations from the MSP, activate the product after installing and reboot the computer once completed.
Since i am not calling any values such as Company Name, will it pull these values from the MSP file?
Based on the information i created a very simple config.xml file as follows:
<Configuration Product="ProPlus">
<!-- <Display Level="none" CompletionNotice="no" SuppressModal="yes" AcceptEula="yes" /> -->
<Setting Id="AUTO_ACTIVATE" Value="1" />
<Setting Id="SETUP_REBOOT" Value="AutoAlways" />
</Configuration>
I simply want it to do a silent install, install using the customizations from the MSP, activate the product after installing and reboot the computer once completed.
Since i am not calling any values such as Company Name, will it pull these values from the MSP file?
Posted by:
anonymous_9363
12 years ago
For the UI stuff, you'll need to remove the comment marks from the 'Display' element of the XML. That is to say, change
<!-- <Display Level="none" CompletionNotice="no" SuppressModal="yes" AcceptEula="yes" /> -->to<Display Level="none" CompletionNotice="no" SuppressModal="yes" AcceptEula="yes" />IIRC, you need to populate the PIDKEY element in the same file with your Office product key.
Posted by:
lira.j
12 years ago
ORIGINAL: VBScab
For the UI stuff, you'll need to remove the comment marks from the 'Display' element of the XML. That is to say, change<!-- <Display Level="none" CompletionNotice="no" SuppressModal="yes" AcceptEula="yes" /> -->to<Display Level="none" CompletionNotice="no" SuppressModal="yes" AcceptEula="yes" />IIRC, you need to populate the PIDKEY element in the same file with your Office product key.
Caught that one after i posted as i was going through. Does it not pull the office product key from the MSP? I will add that to my config.xml file. Also, it still does not appear to be working properly but would the PIDKEY element be a possible cause for it to not install silently?
Posted by:
krisstewart
12 years ago
Hello,
I was wondering if we can update Office 2007 to Office 2010 without installing the whole package?
Regards
I was wondering if we can update Office 2007 to Office 2010 without installing the whole package?
Regards
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