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Ratzaz - 26 Jun 2008 21:14 GMT

i am admin for our department which is in an ou with around 100 machines. we
have been using office 2003 and want to upgrade everything but access at the
time being to 2007. we have the version with enterprise version, and im
currently pushing (via gpo)out or trying to, just the main progs, no groove,
no onenote, no publisher, and no access. Then i push out 2003 access
only(via gpo

my problem is that im not finding consistancy, and programs from 2007 are
being installed i thought i had told not available, hidden and locked (the
four above).
in trying to get the sequence correct, ive installed and uninstalled (by
turning off those gpo's and doing a gpupldate /force on the target machines,
rebooting then turning gpo's back on) doesnt seem to make any desireable
changes.

any expert assistance with this?

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Jan Hyde (VB MVP) - 27 Jun 2008 09:15 GMT

Ratzaz <Ratzaz@discussions.microsoft.com>'s wild thoughts
were released on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:14:01 -0700 bearing the
following fruit:

>i am admin for our department which is in an ou with around 100 machines. we
>have been using office 2003 and want to upgrade everything but access at the
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>any expert assistance with this?

This is a visual basic group. It's unlikely you'll find much
assistance with your issue here.

I'm not really sure what a more appropriate group might be,
perhaps try one of the Office groups.

--
Jan Hyde

https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Jan.Hyde

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Josie - 16 Jul 2008 22:39 GMT

I used the office customization tool to create an msp. My msp includes SP1
and the SaveAsPDF add in. It works great. The only thing that I have run
into is sometimes it doesn't uninstall the previous 2003 install which was
done with an MSI and via GPO.

I have created a windows script that looks up WMI info and works well too.
It is a work in progress.... Feel free to use it.

Set wshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

Set objWMIService =
GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\.\root\cimv2")

Set colSoftware = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_Product")

Set colComputer = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from
Win32_ComputerSystem")

Set colDisks = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * From Win32_LogicalDisk
Where DeviceID = 'C:'")

For Each objSoftware In colSoftware
If objSoftware.Caption = "Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007" Then
OfficeInstalled = True
Exit For
End If

Next

If OfficeInstalled <> True Then

Set oExec = wshShell.Exec("\\cisl-sokka\software\office2007\setup.exe
/adminfile \\cisl-sokka\software\office2007

\updates\office.msp")
Do While oExec.Status = 0
WScript.Sleep 100

Loop

End If

******************************************************

I have been trying to get a memory and free hard drive check to work with
this. Can't seem to figure out the numerics for the sizes. If anyone has any
ideas...

For Each objComputer In colComputer

If objComputer.TotalPhysicalMemory < "500" Then
AmountOfMemory = True
Exit For
End If

Next

For Each objDisk In colDisks

If objDisk.FreeSpace < "1000" Then
AmountOfHDSpace = True
Exit For
End If

> i am admin for our department which is in an ou with around 100 machines. we
> have been using office 2003 and want to upgrade everything but access at the
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> any expert assistance with this?

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Ratzaz - 28 Jul 2008 17:58 GMT

Thanks for the response... this is what im doing.
i created a custom response file, but cannot NOT install 3 of the software i
dont want on the machines... so i edited the xml file to suit my needs. Msp
and config.xml are in the updates folder.

batch file added to machine startup on gpo: named office2007deploy.bat.
contents of batch file: \\server\office2007\updates\office2k7.msp

if i dont use the bat file, office installs in its entirety. if i use the
batch file, nothing is installed... noting that this is on a machine i have
pushed to before to test.

all machines have office 2003 currently installed via gpo.

im missing something simple... what is it.

> I used the office customization tool to create an msp. My msp includes SP1
> and the SaveAsPDF add in. It works great. The only thing that I have run
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> > any expert assistance with this?

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Josie - 28 Jul 2008 18:10 GMT

I have a similar issue... Previous Office installs do not uninstall with
either the office 2007 msi or msp installs. I have gotten Office 2007 to
install but if the previous 2003 install was done with an msi and gpo I then
have both versions installed. I am trying to figure out a way to write a
script that will uninstall the previous version. I kinda wonder if this a
bug.

Also, I would make sure that you are looking for the correct previous
version. So for example I use.....If objSoftware.Caption = "Microsoft Office
Professional Plus 2007" Then What I have in my quotes is exactly what is
in the WMI library.

-josie

> Thanks for the response... this is what im doing.
> i created a custom response file, but cannot NOT install 3 of the software i
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> > > any expert assistance with this?

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