If that’s true, and they don’t read the NAG, I’d
LOVE to find out how they’re doing it. Office 2007 no longer is
just a native MSI installer and needs to be setup driven, like stupid Adobe
products. I’d thought of just doing the Office Customization Wizard
(invoked from running setup.exe with the /admin switch) and generating the .MSP
patch so it has the options configured the way I want as well as eliminating
the activation process, and then just using GPO to put an install icon on the
Desktop, but since I can’t guarantee that the user is an admin (though it’s
easy enough to check), and I want the installer to execute as SYSTEM, I don’t
want to do it this way.
So if you can pass this along to them, that’d be
fantastic. I’m obviously not the only one interested in the GPO
solution. I wouldn’t care at all if we had SMS or SCCM2007, but I
don’t, so I need GPOs for now J
Thanks!
Jon
Jon Galbreath
MCSE/Security+
Systems Administrator
International Studies and Programs
Ph: 517-884-2144
From: MSU Network
Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Scott
Smith
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 9:44 PM
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Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Office 2003 or 2007?
We’re going to be starting the update in HR in a couple of
weeks, I’m told. The guys say they are going to do a GPO upgrade,
and I think they have tested it out, so this may not be correct information.
I have been using it for over a year. It takes some getting
used to coming out of 2003, but I find that I like it better. It was
worth the switch for me.
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Murray
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 3:48 PM
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Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Office 2003 or 2007?
I'm curious how Office 2007 installs are happening. In
the past I've deployed both Office 2002 and Office 2003 using GPO and it worked
seamlessly and with ease. In looking at some of the resource kit
documentation, I'm lead to believe that you cannot do a GPO install
of Office 2007 like you did with Office 2002 and 2003, is that correct?
-t
On Jan 14, 2009, at 3:40 PM, Ehren Benson wrote:
Any new installs are getting 2007, people with 2003/XP are
getting upgraded as they request it.
Ehren J. Benson, MCSE
Windows Systems Administrator
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Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 3:31 PM
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Subject: [MSUNAG] Office 2003 or 2007?
We're in the middle of deciding of we need to upgrade.
Our department is still on Office 2003. Are you all upgrading to 2007 or
are you still on 2003?
Cheryl
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Microcomputer Support - Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
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Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
517-884-5298
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Troy Murray
Systems/Database Administrator
Michigan State University
Clinical And Translational
Sciences
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