You might have some old PC which isn't able of running Office XP or 2003.

So... 2000 is IMHO the 'best' solution: it is quite backwards-compatible with XP/2003 documents, and not as cheap as 97.

On this site I found some interesting stuff on patching and some how-to's to slipstream MS patches.

Basicly, I did this:
1. Perform an administrative install (setup /a)
2. Download the right admin servicepacks for Office 2000 @ http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/update...000/default.htm
3. This is: SP1a (~50 mb), and SP3 (two files, one ~40 MB and the other ~130 MB)
4. Extract the .MSP files using Total Commander (select the file, CTRL_Pagedown, and yada yada, there you go!)
5. Apply the patch using

6. Repeat step 3-4-5 for SP3, if necessary
7. Slipstreaming: done

And for silent install, just use: msiexec /i data1pro.msi /qb

This will install using the default setup. Haven't had time to set up proper settings, but as with Office 2003, I suppose this should be done by using the Office 2000 resource kit.

Hi,
I've one question of making an admin-install of o2k.

When I start it with setup /a the setup routine starts as well. But I can't tell setup an destination folder. So all files an folders of o2k will be copied to the root-path in my case d:\ !
This isn't funny.
What must I do let the admin-install use a spezial folder?

Ralph

Thanks for info. worked great.
Is there any way integrate the post-sp3 updates into Office 2000?