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Old September 9th, 2009, 03:32 PM posted to microsoft.public.office.setup
Eric Ashton
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Default 2007 Silent Install?

Hello Sarah,

If you are being prompted to choose a product to install when you are
running setup, then you have more than one "product" in your Office 2007
source. In other words you have more than one .ww folder. You will notice a
Onenote.ww folder and a Standard.ww (or enterprise or whatever). When you
have more than one product in the source you will need to call the config.xml
of the product you want to install.

So you could use:

setup.exe /adminfile XXXX.msp /config standard.ww\config.xml

Even if you didn't configure the config.xml for standard this is all you
would need for the install to skip the screen that asks you which product you
want to install.

Why did this change? There are a few possibilities. Either:

A. Someone added the OneNote standalone source to the Office 2007 source,
and that is why setup is now prompting for which product to install.

B. There was a config.xml in the root of the source before and it has since
been removed. (If you place the standard config.xml in the root and simply
run setup it will always use that config.xml and thus install standard.) This
is not recommended for a few reasons.)

you mention in your post that since you started having issues you noticed
that you are now also having additinal issues: "outlook uninstall msp
started to fail, as well as my live meeting and OCS 2007 installs "

You live meeting and OCS 2007 installs should have nothing to do with your
Office 2007 install and as such are probably not related. I am assuming that
your Outlook uninstall MSP is a "maintenance" MSP that removes the Outlook
feature. This would also have nothing to do with your Office install.


To Answer your questions:

1.
Question: Is there an easier way to fix this without having to edit every
xml file for
office pro 2007?

Answer: Don't have a source that contains multiple Office 2007
installations. IE: onenote standalone & Office 2007 suite. Also.... your
question sounds cynical. You cannot in fact edit "every XML file". You can
ONLY edit the config.xml files in the 2 WW folders. If you attempt to edit
any other XML files in the source (like setup.xml) your installation will
fail. Secondly, as mentioned above you do not NEED to edit the config.xml
files (although you should edit the single display level line for silent
install) you simply need to point to them during your install line as
mentioned above if your source contains multiple 2007 products. (IE: multiple
..ww folders)

2.
Question: i am unsure what the point of making the msp file if i have to
edit the xml files.

Answer: The OCT allows for thousands of customizations to your installation.
There are numerous reasons to make a custom msp whether you customize the
config.xml or not. Reminder: If you have multiple 2007 products in a single
source you need to "call" the config.xml of the product you are wanting to
install, but technically you do not need to edit it.

If you have any additional questions about this process please open a ticket
with MS.

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Thank you,
Eric A.
Microsoft Office Setup

Config.xml file in the 2007 Office system
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../cc179195.aspx

Office Customization Tool in the 2007 Office system
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../cc179097.aspx
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"Sarah" wrote:

Eric,

I am having the same issue. My question is though, I have never needed to
edit the XML files and my command line through SCCM: setup.exe /adminfile
XXXX.msp has been working fine until last week. I am unsure what is going
on, but when I manually try this command line without SCCM, I receive the
prompt to choose onenote or office 2007, which has never happened before.
When I choose either, it fails the install and then in the Application logs,
it appears that it is trying to install the word.en-us setup.xml.

also the weird thing is, once this started to fail, my outlook uninstall msp
started to fail, as well as my live meeting and OCS 2007 installs (which are
pushed through GPO) have also started to fail for server authentication.

is there an easier way to fix this without having to edit every xml file for
office pro 2007? i am unsure what the point of making the msp file if i have
to edit the xml files.

Sarah

"Eric A." wrote:

To avoid getting the setup screen that offers all the office products...

Call the config.xml that is in the standard.ww folder during setup..

Example = \\server\share\Office12\setup.exe /config
\\server\share\Office12\Standard.WW\Config.xml /adminfile
\\server\share\Office12\OCTFILE.msp

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Eric Palm
MSFT Office Setup


"AG" wrote:

I've built an .msp with the OCT, but still keep getting the selection screen
with all the Office products contained on the DVD (I have the volume
edition). When I run setup, this screen appears where I can select Access
2007, Office Standard 2007, etc. When I select Standard, the package is
applied, but how can I create a silent install so the Standard package I
built is installed without having user interaction?

 




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