[Tigerj]

I have looked and looked through here to see if this info was around but I couldn't find anything.

I have Office XP Corp here at work and I am about to slipstream SP3 into it. This is the easy part and that isn't the problem. My problem is that I have the Administrative Installation Point from the University slipstreaming SP1 and SP2. So now when I create new computers for the Radiology department I work in, it shows as "Strong Health ISD" in the Organization box.

The problem is that I want to change this so it says "University of Rochester". I can type it in manually each time I install office on a new PC but the problem is that it doesn't take when say looking at the About link or load up Word. It will still show as "Strong Health ISD". I am sure I can do it by Hex Editing the .mst file but I don't want to do that if I can.

Is there a way to change this through slipstreaming SP3 with out having the original CD? Cause like I said, I already have the Administrative Installation Point files to burn and I can't create a new one as instructed on the site cause it isn't the original files.

When I tried that this is the error I get...



This is because the files have been already extracted from the CD. I have tried this from the directory from the original first slipstream and also from the CD that was created from the updates slipstreams.

I hope someone knows what I am asking here, thanks

[prathapml]

You have 3 options:

1. Download the Office XP Resource Kit (also called ORK - approx. 11 MB) from microsoft.com - it is a free download. Then use the "Custom Installation Wizard" (a component of the ORK) to modify your MST.

2. Specify your department name at the command-line install (for example:)

proplus.msi TRANSFORMS=myautomated.mst COMPANYNAME="University of Rochester" /QB-!

3. You can also do point 2 (above) in a different way. Edit "setup.ini" in your Admin-install-point (\Files\SETUP\) to add any (or all) properties that you apply from the command-line. Example:

[Options]
; If a value is present, the [Options] section gives the values of properties to apply to
; this installation.  Specify them in the format: 
; PropName=PropValue
; Remember to uncomment the value names.
;
;USERNAME=Customer
COMPANYNAME="University of Rochester"
TRANSFORMS=myautomated.mst

And then simply run "proplus.msi /QB-!" (from within the Admin-point folder, of course).

[Tigerj]

Ahhh ok I see it now as I did have the ORK program installed, I must of just missed it.

The funny thing is that the original .mst in the setup.ini is ; out. Thus it isn't being used at all I would think. Plus it isn't even pointing to the drive but a network server. So since this wasn't activated in the setup.ini I would assume that it be set as an plain install but it's not.

So where the hell is it getting the "Strong Health ISD" name for the Organization field if the .mst has been hash out from the .ini file?

[prathapml]

Tigerj, on Jul 21 2004, 12:19 AM, said:

the original .mst in the setup.ini is ; out.
Plus it isn't even pointing to the drive but a network server.

So where the hell is it getting the "Strong Health ISD" name for the Organization field if the .mst has been hash out from the .ini file?

No, don't bother about what the rest of the INI file says - we are only concerned with the section that I mentioned previously. Lines that are ";" out can be left as-is, unless you want to customize that setting, and *KNOW* exactly what it does.

Just follow my previous post, and you'll be fine - don't bother with anything else (for now). After the setup runs as you desire, is when you would start fiddling with the commented-out (";"-ed out) lines.

[Tigerj]

prathapml, on Jul 20 2004, 12:58 PM, said:

Tigerj, on Jul 21 2004, 12:19 AM, said:

the original .mst in the setup.ini is ; out.
Plus it isn't even pointing to the drive but a network server.

So where the hell is it getting the "Strong Health ISD" name for the Organization field if the .mst has been hash out from the .ini file?

No, don't bother about what the rest of the INI file says - we are only concerned with the section that I mentioned previously. Lines that are ";" out can be left as-is, unless you want to customize that setting, and *KNOW* exactly what it does.

Just follow my previous post, and you'll be fine - don't bother with anything else (for now). After the setup runs as you desire, is when you would start fiddling with the commented-out (";"-ed out) lines.

Oh I know what you were saying I was just wonder why it was adding the "Strong Health ISD" in the Organization field when the .MST wasn't being used in the first place on my CD I have with SP2?

But also at the same time is isn't listed in the Setup.ini file.

I can take the files here shown in the image...



Burn a CD from them and it will start the install with out needing the CD-Key and it will add "Strong Health ISD" in the Organization field.

My question here is this...Where is it getting that info from? It's not in the setup.ini file for sure.

[prathapml]

Tigerj, on Jul 21 2004, 12:41 AM, said:

I can take the files here shown in the image.... burn a CD from them and it will start the install with out needing the CD-Key and it will add "Strong Health ISD" in the Organization field.

You have what is called an 'Administrative Install Point' shown in that pic.
And you're right - the key/Organization is not stored in setup.ini (it is scrambled and stored in proplus.msi). But it doesn't matter, as the entries in setup.ini will override those integrated into the MSI.

If you pick up a plain-VLK CD of OfficeXP, and run an administrative install from it (run "proplus.msi /A"), you would understand better about the whole process (and about the point at which Organization Name and product key are asked for and stored).