2007 Silent Install?

[AG]

I've built an .msp with the OCT, but still keep getting the selection screen
with all the Office products contained on the DVD (I have the volume
edition). When I run setup, this screen appears where I can select Access
2007, Office Standard 2007, etc. When I select Standard, the package is
applied, but how can I create a silent install so the Standard package I
built is installed without having user interaction?

 

[Eric A.]

To avoid getting the setup screen that offers all the office products...

Call the config.xml that is in the standard.ww folder during setup..

Example = \\server\share\Office12\setup.exe /config
\\server\share\Office12\Standard.WW\Config.xml /adminfile
\\server\share\Office12\OCTFILE.msp

 

[AG]

Bingo. Thank you.

 

[AG]

Can you tell me which specific product folders I need for Standard, so I
don't have to copy the whole DVD to the share point? I tried just placing
Updates and Standard.ww, added the individual product .ww and -en-us folders
as well as Admin and Catalog, but the install won't start. Why would I need
the Visio and Project folders for Standard setup to run, using such a
specific install command as you gave me?

thx

 

[Eric A.]

You should need these folders for standard

Catalog
Excel.en-us
Office.en-us
Office64.en-us
Outlook.en-us
Powerpoint.en-us
Proofing.en-us
Rosebud.en-us
Standard.ww
Updates
Word.en-us

 

[Eric A.]

Oh.. and the admin folder if you are using a .MSP

 

[Eric A.]

Also...

It should be noted that if you copy those folders into it's own folder you
will no longer need to use the /config switch as standard will be the only
product to install so it will not ask which product to install.

 

[AG]

Thanks for the accurate answer, Eric. For my understanding, can you tell me
the difference between the .ww folders and the en-us folders? Why do I use
the Standard.WW folder, but the product en-us not .ww?

 

[Eric A.]

The short answer is that Office 2007 is "language neutral". So the main
office components can be integrated to run with any language..

If you were going to apply a french langauge pack for example you would move
the excel.fr-fr and word.fr-fr etc folders into the root and again run setup
pointing to the language neutral standard and it would then install the base
(standard) in French.