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"quiet" install of Word 2003
I'm not sure if quiet install is the correct term but this is what I need to
acomplish: I want to install Word 2003 so that when a user opens Word the first time they do not get any prompts for their initials, etc. I just want Word to open. How do I accomplish this? Thanks. Will |
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"quiet" install of Word 2003
Hi Will,
If this is to support roaming/travelling users then the MS Installer creates a variety of entries for that user on first startup for that user. One of those is the name stored from Word's Tools=Options=User Info. Unless you're going to prepopulate the user area registry key with their information you may get that prompt. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/or...402061033.aspx ========== "Will" wrote in message ... I'm not sure if quiet install is the correct term but this is what I need to acomplish: I want to install Word 2003 so that when a user opens Word the first time they do not get any prompts for their initials, etc. I just want Word to open. How do I accomplish this? Thanks. Will -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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"quiet" install of Word 2003
Bob -
This is not for roaming users. The explanation is a bit convoluted so I'll try and make it brief. We serve an application via Terminal Server. Let's call it application X. For security reasons I have the Terminal Server locked down so that when the user logs in, the application X login pops up and they log in. They never see the windows desktop in the session nor any other windows. Now we have begun storing Word documents in application X's database. There is a link to the Word document in Application X that they click to see the document. Works fine in the test environment. But since Word is not on the production Terminal Server once I install it users will be prompted for the typical first run Word settings (user initials, etc.) when they click the document link for the first time, which is the crux of the problem - since the server is locked down they don't see the window to enter their initials etc. and Word never opens. So hence my question how to install Word so that the user is not prompted for any information the first time they run it. Thanks. "Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote: Hi Will, If this is to support roaming/travelling users then the MS Installer creates a variety of entries for that user on first startup for that user. One of those is the name stored from Word's Tools=Options=User Info. Unless you're going to prepopulate the user area registry key with their information you may get that prompt. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/or...402061033.aspx ========== "Will" wrote in message ... I'm not sure if quiet install is the correct term but this is what I need to acomplish: I want to install Word 2003 so that when a user opens Word the first time they do not get any prompts for their initials, etc. I just want Word to open. How do I accomplish this? Thanks. Will -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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"quiet" install of Word 2003
So here is yet another silly question, why give them the full Word
application when you can install the Word 2003 viewer? "Will" wrote in message ... Bob - This is not for roaming users. The explanation is a bit convoluted so I'll try and make it brief. We serve an application via Terminal Server. Let's call it application X. For security reasons I have the Terminal Server locked down so that when the user logs in, the application X login pops up and they log in. They never see the windows desktop in the session nor any other windows. Now we have begun storing Word documents in application X's database. There is a link to the Word document in Application X that they click to see the document. Works fine in the test environment. But since Word is not on the production Terminal Server once I install it users will be prompted for the typical first run Word settings (user initials, etc.) when they click the document link for the first time, which is the crux of the problem - since the server is locked down they don't see the window to enter their initials etc. and Word never opens. So hence my question how to install Word so that the user is not prompted for any information the first time they run it. Thanks. "Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote: Hi Will, If this is to support roaming/travelling users then the MS Installer creates a variety of entries for that user on first startup for that user. One of those is the name stored from Word's Tools=Options=User Info. Unless you're going to prepopulate the user area registry key with their information you may get that prompt. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/or...402061033.aspx ========== "Will" wrote in message ... I'm not sure if quiet install is the correct term but this is what I need to acomplish: I want to install Word 2003 so that when a user opens Word the first time they do not get any prompts for their initials, etc. I just want Word to open. How do I accomplish this? Thanks. Will -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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"quiet" install of Word 2003
It's not a silly question. In fact, I'd go so far as to say the suggestion
is brilliant if it solves the problem. I'll give it a try. Thanks. "neo [mvp outlook]" wrote: So here is yet another silly question, why give them the full Word application when you can install the Word 2003 viewer? "Will" wrote in message ... Bob - This is not for roaming users. The explanation is a bit convoluted so I'll try and make it brief. We serve an application via Terminal Server. Let's call it application X. For security reasons I have the Terminal Server locked down so that when the user logs in, the application X login pops up and they log in. They never see the windows desktop in the session nor any other windows. Now we have begun storing Word documents in application X's database. There is a link to the Word document in Application X that they click to see the document. Works fine in the test environment. But since Word is not on the production Terminal Server once I install it users will be prompted for the typical first run Word settings (user initials, etc.) when they click the document link for the first time, which is the crux of the problem - since the server is locked down they don't see the window to enter their initials etc. and Word never opens. So hence my question how to install Word so that the user is not prompted for any information the first time they run it. Thanks. "Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote: Hi Will, If this is to support roaming/travelling users then the MS Installer creates a variety of entries for that user on first startup for that user. One of those is the name stored from Word's Tools=Options=User Info. Unless you're going to prepopulate the user area registry key with their information you may get that prompt. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/or...402061033.aspx ========== "Will" wrote in message ... I'm not sure if quiet install is the correct term but this is what I need to acomplish: I want to install Word 2003 so that when a user opens Word the first time they do not get any prompts for their initials, etc. I just want Word to open. How do I accomplish this? Thanks. Will -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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"quiet" install of Word 2003
Word Viewer didn't solve the issue. I installed Word Viewer and it correctly
opens Word documents. But, it does not open them if you attempt to open the Word document that is stored within Application X. However, if Word Viewer is already open then the Word document opens when clicked via Application X. So it appears there is nothing wrong with the file type association on the server - rather the problem must be something funky in the way Application X handles the association. Do you have any other ideas? Thanks. "neo [mvp outlook]" wrote: So here is yet another silly question, why give them the full Word application when you can install the Word 2003 viewer? "Will" wrote in message ... Bob - This is not for roaming users. The explanation is a bit convoluted so I'll try and make it brief. We serve an application via Terminal Server. Let's call it application X. For security reasons I have the Terminal Server locked down so that when the user logs in, the application X login pops up and they log in. They never see the windows desktop in the session nor any other windows. Now we have begun storing Word documents in application X's database. There is a link to the Word document in Application X that they click to see the document. Works fine in the test environment. But since Word is not on the production Terminal Server once I install it users will be prompted for the typical first run Word settings (user initials, etc.) when they click the document link for the first time, which is the crux of the problem - since the server is locked down they don't see the window to enter their initials etc. and Word never opens. So hence my question how to install Word so that the user is not prompted for any information the first time they run it. Thanks. "Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote: Hi Will, If this is to support roaming/travelling users then the MS Installer creates a variety of entries for that user on first startup for that user. One of those is the name stored from Word's Tools=Options=User Info. Unless you're going to prepopulate the user area registry key with their information you may get that prompt. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/or...402061033.aspx ========== "Will" wrote in message ... I'm not sure if quiet install is the correct term but this is what I need to acomplish: I want to install Word 2003 so that when a user opens Word the first time they do not get any prompts for their initials, etc. I just want Word to open. How do I accomplish this? Thanks. Will -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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"quiet" install of Word 2003
At this point I'm not sure what to suggest because I don't know how
Application X is pulling the data out of the database for presentation. By this I mean, is Application X reading the binary blob in database writing it to a temp file on the system display to user, embed/view the word document directly within its interface, or my original understanding that application x just gave a URL (http:/file to wherever the document was being stored. "Will" wrote in message ... Word Viewer didn't solve the issue. I installed Word Viewer and it correctly opens Word documents. But, it does not open them if you attempt to open the Word document that is stored within Application X. However, if Word Viewer is already open then the Word document opens when clicked via Application X. So it appears there is nothing wrong with the file type association on the server - rather the problem must be something funky in the way Application X handles the association. Do you have any other ideas? Thanks. "neo [mvp outlook]" wrote: So here is yet another silly question, why give them the full Word application when you can install the Word 2003 viewer? "Will" wrote in message ... Bob - This is not for roaming users. The explanation is a bit convoluted so I'll try and make it brief. We serve an application via Terminal Server. Let's call it application X. For security reasons I have the Terminal Server locked down so that when the user logs in, the application X login pops up and they log in. They never see the windows desktop in the session nor any other windows. Now we have begun storing Word documents in application X's database. There is a link to the Word document in Application X that they click to see the document. Works fine in the test environment. But since Word is not on the production Terminal Server once I install it users will be prompted for the typical first run Word settings (user initials, etc.) when they click the document link for the first time, which is the crux of the problem - since the server is locked down they don't see the window to enter their initials etc. and Word never opens. So hence my question how to install Word so that the user is not prompted for any information the first time they run it. Thanks. "Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote: Hi Will, If this is to support roaming/travelling users then the MS Installer creates a variety of entries for that user on first startup for that user. One of those is the name stored from Word's Tools=Options=User Info. Unless you're going to prepopulate the user area registry key with their information you may get that prompt. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/or...402061033.aspx ========== "Will" wrote in message ... I'm not sure if quiet install is the correct term but this is what I need to acomplish: I want to install Word 2003 so that when a user opens Word the first time they do not get any prompts for their initials, etc. I just want Word to open. How do I accomplish this? Thanks. Will -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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