Office 2003 Install Peter Ellis 11.07.2006 17:23:01 Is running the Office 2003 install program the same as a network install? I want to copy the files from a CD Rom to the server to install a full version of Office 2003. I do not want to do a network install becuase if the server ever comes down, I still want the users to be able to run office fully. Is running setup from the server share the same as a network install and if so, how do I get around it. I have the licenses required for each workstation and simply want to avoid running the setup program from our few Cds on each of the several dozed workstations.

Re: Office 2003 Install "neo [mvp outlook]" <neo[ at ]online.mvps.org> 11.07.2006 18:47:11 * Running setup.exe /a from the CD is where you are setting up an Administrative Install Point (network install) * Copying the CD to network unc/local drive is creating a compressed CD image (When installing to desktop from this location by using setup, you still get the local installation source [MSOCache] folder so clients can do repairs, add/remove features, patch, .etc when the server is unavailable.) IMHO, I always recommend the compressed CD method because it offers the most flexibility. "Peter Ellis" <PeterEllis[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:70B73CF0-15FD-4289-AFB4-1F24AECEECA0[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Is running the Office 2003 install program the same as a network install? > > I want to copy the files from a CD Rom to the server to install a full > version of Office 2003. I do not want to do a network install becuase if > the > server ever comes down, I still want the users to be able to run office > fully. > > Is running setup from the server share the same as a network install and > if > so, how do I get around it. I have the licenses required for each > workstation and simply want to avoid running the setup program from our > few > Cds on each of the several dozed workstations. >