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Office 2007 config.xml and GPOs
"Niel Smith" <niel.smith[ at ]nana.com> 6/21/2007 11:15:02 PM
Anyone have any tips on how to get Office 2007 to use the config.xml file
when pushed out with a GPO?

I've added my corporate product code to the config.xml file in the same
folder as the .msi but it seems to ignore it.
I am following instructions posted on the MS TechNet site,
http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/efd0ee45-9605-42d3-9798-3b698fff3e081033.mspx?mfr=true

RE: Office 2007 config.xml and GPOs
GrahamR 6/22/2007 12:56:00 PM
Hello Niel

It may seem an obvious question but have you un commented out the line in
the xml file? (removed the <!-- at the start of the line and --> at the end)

I have found that the product key also needs to be entered without the
hypens, ie just the characters surrounded by speach marks).

Also, to my cost of a few sleepless nights, when I deployed through active
directory I found that the keys in the XML are case sensitive. When I
specified some optionstate details (later in the file) I found that I had put
OptionState ID rather than OptionState Id which generated a nasty error when
trying to allocate the msi though GPO. You may want to check that the cases
are exactly the same as the original MS file.

Regards

Graham

"Niel Smith" wrote:

[Quoted Text]
> Anyone have any tips on how to get Office 2007 to use the config.xml file
> when pushed out with a GPO?
>
> I've added my corporate product code to the config.xml file in the same
> folder as the .msi but it seems to ignore it.
> I am following instructions posted on the MS TechNet site,
> http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/efd0ee45-9605-42d3-9798-3b698fff3e081033.mspx?mfr=true
>
Re: Office 2007 config.xml and GPOs
"Niel Smith" <niel.smith[ at ]nana.com> 6/26/2007 5:42:05 PM
That worked great Graham, Thanks!

"GrahamR" <GrahamR[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EEF007B2-5DBE-4269-8D54-93F7008B3D96[ at ]microsoft.com...
[Quoted Text]
> Hello Niel
>
> It may seem an obvious question but have you un commented out the line in
> the xml file? (removed the <!-- at the start of the line and --> at the
> end)
>
> I have found that the product key also needs to be entered without the
> hypens, ie just the characters surrounded by speach marks).
>
> Also, to my cost of a few sleepless nights, when I deployed through active
> directory I found that the keys in the XML are case sensitive. When I
> specified some optionstate details (later in the file) I found that I had
> put
> OptionState ID rather than OptionState Id which generated a nasty error
> when
> trying to allocate the msi though GPO. You may want to check that the
> cases
> are exactly the same as the original MS file.
>
> Regards
>
> Graham
>
> "Niel Smith" wrote:
>
>> Anyone have any tips on how to get Office 2007 to use the config.xml file
>> when pushed out with a GPO?
>>
>> I've added my corporate product code to the config.xml file in the same
>> folder as the .msi but it seems to ignore it.
>> I am following instructions posted on the MS TechNet site,
>> http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/efd0ee45-9605-42d3-9798-3b698fff3e081033.mspx?mfr=true
>>

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