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Office 2003 Unattended Installation Problems
Ted Wagner 21.07.2006 18:23:02
Using the information for the Office 2003 advanced installation:

http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/50

I downloaded the ORK.exe, installed it.

I then followed the directions to the letter. No problems. Created my
batch file with my command line.

When I try to test my unattended installation of Office 2003 on a Windows XP
Professional desktop, I get the following error in a Windows MsgBox:

Window Title: Windows XP Setup
Text: Please go to the Control Panel to install and configure system
components.

My batch file is this:

start /wait setup.exe TRANSFORMS=DR.MST /qb+

The batch file is in the Office2003 directory.

Any ideas why on an unattended installation XP is telling me instead to use
the Control Panel?

I've been looking for a couple of hours with no success via google and the
MS Support knowledgebase.

Thank you

Ted

Re: Office 2003 Unattended Installation Problems
"neo [mvp outlook]" <neo[ at ]online.mvps.org> 22.07.2006 13:31:00
Not knowing the directory/cd/network structure of how you are performing
this unattended install, you might find it better to set drive letter/paths
in your batch file. For example, I do nothing but unattended network
installs and have to use unc paths to install line of business applications
after XP finishes installing.

e.g.
start /w \\server\path\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=\\server\path\the.mst /qb-

"Ted Wagner" <Ted Wagner[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CA5FDEC0-985C-46EF-B303-52706B49D439[ at ]microsoft.com...
[Quoted Text]
> Using the information for the Office 2003 advanced installation:
>
> http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/50
>
> I downloaded the ORK.exe, installed it.
>
> I then followed the directions to the letter. No problems. Created my
> batch file with my command line.
>
> When I try to test my unattended installation of Office 2003 on a Windows
> XP
> Professional desktop, I get the following error in a Windows MsgBox:
>
> Window Title: Windows XP Setup
> Text: Please go to the Control Panel to install and configure system
> components.
>
> My batch file is this:
>
> start /wait setup.exe TRANSFORMS=DR.MST /qb+
>
> The batch file is in the Office2003 directory.
>
> Any ideas why on an unattended installation XP is telling me instead to
> use
> the Control Panel?
>
> I've been looking for a couple of hours with no success via google and the
> MS Support knowledgebase.
>
> Thank you
>
> Ted
>


Re: Office 2003 Unattended Installation Problems
Ted Wagner 24.07.2006 15:29:02
I've used both a unc path, local path etc. Each time I couldn't run the
install.

Ted

"neo [mvp outlook]" wrote:

[Quoted Text]
> Not knowing the directory/cd/network structure of how you are performing
> this unattended install, you might find it better to set drive letter/paths
> in your batch file. For example, I do nothing but unattended network
> installs and have to use unc paths to install line of business applications
> after XP finishes installing.
>
> e.g.
> start /w \\server\path\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=\\server\path\the.mst /qb-
>
> "Ted Wagner" <Ted Wagner[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:CA5FDEC0-985C-46EF-B303-52706B49D439[ at ]microsoft.com...
> > Using the information for the Office 2003 advanced installation:
> >
> > http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/50
> >
> > I downloaded the ORK.exe, installed it.
> >
> > I then followed the directions to the letter. No problems. Created my
> > batch file with my command line.
> >
> > When I try to test my unattended installation of Office 2003 on a Windows
> > XP
> > Professional desktop, I get the following error in a Windows MsgBox:
> >
> > Window Title: Windows XP Setup
> > Text: Please go to the Control Panel to install and configure system
> > components.
> >
> > My batch file is this:
> >
> > start /wait setup.exe TRANSFORMS=DR.MST /qb+
> >
> > The batch file is in the Office2003 directory.
> >
> > Any ideas why on an unattended installation XP is telling me instead to
> > use
> > the Control Panel?
> >
> > I've been looking for a couple of hours with no success via google and the
> > MS Support knowledgebase.
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> > Ted
> >
>
>
>
Re: Office 2003 Unattended Installation Problems
Ted Wagner 24.07.2006 16:16:02
AHA! Ok.

Here's what I wasn't doing...that now works. I had to think a little deeper
about wha tyou were saying here:

start /wait z:\setuppro.exe TRANSFORMS=z:\DR.MST /qb+

My problem was with the setup .... needed to be setuppro.exe...works just
fine now.

Ted

"neo [mvp outlook]" wrote:

[Quoted Text]
> Not knowing the directory/cd/network structure of how you are performing
> this unattended install, you might find it better to set drive letter/paths
> in your batch file. For example, I do nothing but unattended network
> installs and have to use unc paths to install line of business applications
> after XP finishes installing.
>
> e.g.
> start /w \\server\path\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=\\server\path\the.mst /qb-
>
> "Ted Wagner" <Ted Wagner[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:CA5FDEC0-985C-46EF-B303-52706B49D439[ at ]microsoft.com...
> > Using the information for the Office 2003 advanced installation:
> >
> > http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/50
> >
> > I downloaded the ORK.exe, installed it.
> >
> > I then followed the directions to the letter. No problems. Created my
> > batch file with my command line.
> >
> > When I try to test my unattended installation of Office 2003 on a Windows
> > XP
> > Professional desktop, I get the following error in a Windows MsgBox:
> >
> > Window Title: Windows XP Setup
> > Text: Please go to the Control Panel to install and configure system
> > components.
> >
> > My batch file is this:
> >
> > start /wait setup.exe TRANSFORMS=DR.MST /qb+
> >
> > The batch file is in the Office2003 directory.
> >
> > Any ideas why on an unattended installation XP is telling me instead to
> > use
> > the Control Panel?
> >
> > I've been looking for a couple of hours with no success via google and the
> > MS Support knowledgebase.
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> > Ted
> >
>
>
>

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