Moving the hd arround to copy files as per (2) - (4) is not going to work,
for any program installation
"genojoe" <genojoe[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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[Quoted Text] > I have a Site Licence CD for 2007 Pro and want to easily install on
> new
> computers. I can easily do the task by individually installing then
> doing
> the upgrades on all computers. I am looking for an easier way to get
> Office
> installed. I tried the steps listed below.
>
> These steps are successful for everything except for Office. When I
> try to launch an Office application, I get messages about files not found,
> rerun setup, etc. Is there somewhere on the Internet that outlines a
> method
> to do this type of multiple installation? Or can someone outline for me a
> way to solve this problem? Again, my steps are listed below and prove
> successful for all but Office. My Computers are Compaq dx2400's.
>
> (1) Do full install of all software on new computer #1. Complete success
> (2) Take hard disk from #1 and make it a slave on another computer and
> copy
> its entire file structure including all copyable hidden files to an
> external
> hard disk.
> (3) Take a hard disk from computer #2 and make it a slave then copy all
> files from external drive to hard disk from computer #2.
> (4) Reinstall hard disk #2 into Computer #2 and apply power.
>
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