[how to] Making Office 2000 cab file

[joeyeti]

Hi Guys and Gals,

Ready to make a CAB file for Office 2000 and don't know how to?

Let's start up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You will need the following items:

1.) A copy of the original Office 2000 CD or ISO

2.) Administrator Update of SR-1a for Office 2000 (Download ~52MB)

3.) Administrator Update of SP3 for Office 2000 (Download ~59MB)

* To update to SP3, SR-1a is required to be updated first.

**If you get some errors upon installing the Service Packs (missing files), you can safely ignore them, as it will not affect installation.

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1.

1.) Create a folder called Office2000 on your hard drive. (A minimum of 800MB is required.)

2.) In this folder create three sub-folder called Admin, SR1a,, SP3 and cab.

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Extract O2KSR1aDL.EXE to the folder <Drive>:\Office2000\SR1a

Extract o2ksp3a.exe to the folder <Drive>:\Office2000\SP3

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1.) Insert your Microsoft Office 2000 CD.

2.) Type in <CD Drive>:\SETUP.EXE /A

3.) Click the OK button.

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1.) Enter your CD Key.

2.) Enter your Company (optional).

3.) Click the Next >> button.

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1.) Read the End-User License Agreement

2.) Select I accept the terms in the License Agreement.

3.) Click the Next >> button.

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1.) Enter the Install Location. (Note: Install Directory is where to store files until you burn them.) This would be your <Drive>:\Office2000\Admin

2.) Click the Install Now button.

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Wait for the process to finished.

Click the OK button.

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Next you need to run two commands from Start | Run or Command Prompt. These two commands will bring up a similar dialog as when you made the administrative point. (Note: SR-1a must be run first.)

For SR-1a:

msiexec /a <Drive>:\Office2000\Admin\Data1.msi /p <Drive>:\Office2000\SR1a\data1.msp SHORTFILENAMES=1

For SP3 Disk1:

msiexec /a <Drive>:\Office2000\Admin\Data1.msi /p <Drive>:\Office2000\SP3\MAINSP3ff.msp SHORTFILENAMES=1

In case you have also the Data2.msi, run also this one:

For SP3 Disk2:

msiexec /a <Drive>:\Office2000\Admin\Data2.msi /p <Drive>:\Office2000\SP3\SP3CD2ff.msp SHORTFILENAMES=1

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Wait while Setup is preparing...

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With both Service Packs do the following:

1.) Enter your CD Key.

2.) Enter your Company (optional).

3.) Click the Next >> button.

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1.) Read the End-User License Agreement

2.) Select I accept the terms in the License Agreement.

3.) Click the Next >> button.

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1.) Enter the Install Location. (Note: Install Directory is where to store files until you burn them.) This would be your <Drive>:\Office2000\Admin

2.) Click the Install Now button.

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Click the OK button.

Note: When applying Service Pack 3, SR-1 will be indicated. This does not affect anything.

You now have a ready and patched source of Office 2000.

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Next thing to do is to download the ORK tools for Office 2000. You will use the Custom Installation Wizard for your personalized installation (with custom options, selected packages and so on...)

Start it up and proceed through the options (also adding the Serial number of Office 2000). At the end an MST file will be generated that will be used for the unattended installation. Best rename it to (let's say) unattend.mst.

Now you have a ready Office 2000 source directory that we will use for making a single unattended EXE file from.

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2.

Next step - open up WinRAR (as I used it, I will show you how to do it in WinRAR - I have not used 7zip). Start creating a SFX type of archive, add Create Solid Archive and you can also add Recovery Record. The compression method is to your liking, I am unsure if higher ratio will result in longer decompression, you are free to test it and write me back your results.

On Advanced TAB select SFX options..., on General TAB put the following text into Run after extraction:

setup.exe /wait TRANSFORMS=unattend.MST /qn+

Now get to Modes TAB, select Unpack to temporary folder, check Hide start dialog, or Hide all (as you like), select Ask before overwrite or Overwrite all files (also as you like). This should be everything to do in SFX options...

Click OK and let WinRAR generate the standalone EXE, which after running will extract the Office 2000 setup files to a temporary directory, run the setup.exe /wait...... command, install Office 2000 silently with your pre-selected features, delete the temporary directory and exit.

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Rename the freshly generated EXE file to let's say office2000unattended.exe. Under the cab directory (created at start) make another directory called svcpack. Move the office2000unattended.exe file here.

Next go up to the cab directory, create an INI file with a name entries_office2000.ini. Open it and add following code:

[general]
builddate=11/02/2006
description=MS Office 2000 Unattended Install with pre-selected features
language=English
title=MS Office 2000
version=1.0
website=

[EditFile]
I386\SVCPACK.INF,SetupHotfixesToRun,AddProgram

[AddProgram]
Office2000Unattended.exe

Change [general] fields to your liking.

Now you are ready to pack all this into a CAB file.

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Download CabPack and start it up. In the Source Dir or File select the <Drive>:\Office2000\cab directory, check Recurse Subdirectories, in the Destination Dir you can select the same (here the CAB file will be generated), leave the Compression Options as they are, rename the destination file name in CabinetName Template to Office2000.cab and hit OK. The CAB file will be generated...

and that's IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You should have a working nLite CAB file for integrating with the Program and installing Office 2000 unattended after Win installation.

Phew, the version 1.0 of this Guide is done.

I am open to comments and suggestions, even corrections of quirks you can find. Post them here.

Have a good luck!!!!!

Joe Yeti

Edited April 3, 2006 by joeyeti

[MarcLister]

Hi Joeyeti,

Just started playing with this guide earlier and it is going OK, up to a point. I've gotten to the point where I run the commands from Start|Run:

"Next you need to run two commands from Start | Run or Command Prompt. These two commands will bring up a similar dialog as when you made the administrative point. (Note: SR-1a must be run first.)

For SR-1a:

CODE

msiexec /a <Drive>:\Office2000\Admin\Data1.msi /p <Drive>:\Office2000\SR1a\data1.msp SHORTFILENAMES=1

For SP3 Disk1:

CODE

msiexec /a <Drive>:\Office2000\Admin\Data1.msi /p <Drive>:\Office2000\SP3\MAINSP3ff.msp SHORTFILENAMES=1

In case you have also the Data2.msi, run also this one:

For SP3 Disk2:

CODE

msiexec /a <Drive>:\Office2000\Admin\Data2.msi /p <Drive>:\Office2000\SP3\SP3CD2ff.msp SHORTFILENAMES=1"

I get the dialog box you mention for both SR1a and SP3 but nothing happens after I click the OK button. The dialog box exits and nothing seems to have happened to either of the .msp target files. What should be happening here?

You also say after the instructions I posted "Wait while Setup is preparing...", no setup is preparing here. Am I meant to run some setup or should it have been started automatically after doing the "msiexec /a <Drive>:\Office 2000\Admin\Data1.msi /p" etc etc?

Thanks in advance for any help you can give me on this.

[MarcLister]

I just realised I had my Office folder as "Office 2000". Removing the space makes the SP3 install start properly. However when I tried the SRa1 I got an error message with the text:

"The upgrade patch cannot be installed by the Windows Installer service because the program to be upgraded may be missing, or the upgrade patch may update a different version of the program. Verify that the program to be upgraded exists on your computer and that you have the correct upgrade patch."

What does that mean? I already have Office 2000 installed on my PC. Is this confusing the SR1a upgrade process?

[ZcWorld]

i would say

dont try to make it an addon

make it install at the runonce

or you going to go gray trying to work out why its not installing

i dont think any of the office 2000 and up can be installed at t-12 or so mark on windows install

[MarcLister]

i would say

dont try to make it an addon

make it install at the runonce

or you going to go gray trying to work out why its not installing

i dont think any of the office 2000 and up can be installed at t-12 or so mark on windows install

How would I make it install at the runonce? Wouldn't I have to pack it into a .cab file anyway?

Sorry for the questions but I'm a bit of a noob at this. Also what is the runonce and how do I make programs install at the runonce?

[machkris]

Can this be done for Office XP, Office 2003 and Office 2007 also?

If yes, please tell me how. I would like to slipstream Office XP or Office 2003 along with Windows XP SP2.

[ZcWorld]

as far as i know for office you cant install it in the pre windows env

you can install it at the run once

and use the silent install of it

BUT!

i cant tell you if you can install office 2007 BETA or what it is now /will be in the pre install ver of windows ( before windows boots up for the frist time )

but you can give it a go ..