Multiple Installs for Multiple Users

[NaMS]

I work in the IT deparment for the college of business in a university, and we've run into quite an inconvience concerning Office 2003. Each time a user tries to start up Office, if they haven't used it on the computer they are logged into, Office goes into a mini-setup. I looked through the Resource KIT and have not been able to find anything as of yet. Has anybody been able to resolve this problem or have any ideas?

Thanks

 

[Chris Schatte]

Hi NaMS,
Not an answer but a question out of curiosity.
How was Office deployed to the workstations?
Thanks for any information.

Chris Schatte

 

[Chris Schatte]

Hi NaMS,
Not an answer but a question out of curiosity.
How was Office deployed to the workstations?
Thanks for any information.

Chris Schatte

 

[Chris Schatte]

Hi NaMS,
Not an answer but a question out of curiosity.
How was Office deployed to the workstations?
Thanks for any information.

Chris Schatte

 

[Chris Schatte]

Hi NaMS,
Not an answer but a question out of curiosity.
How was Office deployed to the workstations?
Thanks for any information.

Chris Schatte

 

[Chris Schatte]

Hi NaMS,
Not an answer but a question out of curiosity.
How was Office deployed to the workstations?
Thanks for any information.

Chris Schatte

 

[Chris Schatte]

Hi NaMS,
Not an answer but a question out of curiosity.
How was Office deployed to the workstations?
Thanks for any information.

Chris Schatte

 

[Chris Schatte]

Hi NaMS,
Not an answer but a question out of curiosity.
How was Office deployed to the workstations?
Thanks for any information.

Chris Schatte

 

[Chris Schatte]

Hi NaMS,
Not an answer but a question out of curiosity.
How was Office deployed to the workstations?
Thanks for any information.

Chris Schatte

 

[Chris Schatte]

Hi NaMS,
Not an answer but a question out of curiosity.
How was Office deployed to the workstations?
Thanks for any information.

Chris Schatte

 

[NaMS]

For our classrooms and labs, we use Symantec Ghost to create and push out an image. As it turns out, I resolved the problem this afternoon before leaving work. I found the solution in an earlier post, which I will search for and give proper credit to when I have a chance. This is what I ended up doing. Using the ORK, I made a custom install file. I used this b/c we don't use outlook b/c we use groupwise and it gets messy with both on the machine. So I basically took outlook off and made a few other tweakings we needed (the ORK is great for this kind of thing). I then wrote a batch file and made a new CD with the office install and the batch file. The batch file could be run so you wouldn't have to use the command line for the install. After the install, I logged in as a regular user and went through the normal mini-install. Then I logged back in as the Admin. From here, go to the Control Panel > System > Advanced > User Profile Settings. I highlighted the user's profile under which I had done the mini-install, then clicked copy, and selected Default User. Then copied the user profile into Default User. This propagated the changes to all users, so there were no more mini-installs. If anybody has any questions regarding this, feel free to post or send me an e-mail at (e-mail address removed).

 

[NaMS]

For our classrooms and labs, we use Symantec Ghost to create and push out an image. As it turns out, I resolved the problem this afternoon before leaving work. I found the solution in an earlier post, which I will search for and give proper credit to when I have a chance. This is what I ended up doing. Using the ORK, I made a custom install file. I used this b/c we don't use outlook b/c we use groupwise and it gets messy with both on the machine. So I basically took outlook off and made a few other tweakings we needed (the ORK is great for this kind of thing). I then wrote a batch file and made a new CD with the office install and the batch file. The batch file could be run so you wouldn't have to use the command line for the install. After the install, I logged in as a regular user and went through the normal mini-install. Then I logged back in as the Admin. From here, go to the Control Panel > System > Advanced > User Profile Settings. I highlighted the user's profile under which I had done the mini-install, then clicked copy, and selected Default User. Then copied the user profile into Default User. This propagated the changes to all users, so there were no more mini-installs. If anybody has any questions regarding this, feel free to post or send me an e-mail at (e-mail address removed).

 

[NaMS]

For our classrooms and labs, we use Symantec Ghost to create and push out an image. As it turns out, I resolved the problem this afternoon before leaving work. I found the solution in an earlier post, which I will search for and give proper credit to when I have a chance. This is what I ended up doing. Using the ORK, I made a custom install file. I used this b/c we don't use outlook b/c we use groupwise and it gets messy with both on the machine. So I basically took outlook off and made a few other tweakings we needed (the ORK is great for this kind of thing). I then wrote a batch file and made a new CD with the office install and the batch file. The batch file could be run so you wouldn't have to use the command line for the install. After the install, I logged in as a regular user and went through the normal mini-install. Then I logged back in as the Admin. From here, go to the Control Panel > System > Advanced > User Profile Settings. I highlighted the user's profile under which I had done the mini-install, then clicked copy, and selected Default User. Then copied the user profile into Default User. This propagated the changes to all users, so there were no more mini-installs. If anybody has any questions regarding this, feel free to post or send me an e-mail at (e-mail address removed).

 

[NaMS]

For our classrooms and labs, we use Symantec Ghost to create and push out an image. As it turns out, I resolved the problem this afternoon before leaving work. I found the solution in an earlier post, which I will search for and give proper credit to when I have a chance. This is what I ended up doing. Using the ORK, I made a custom install file. I used this b/c we don't use outlook b/c we use groupwise and it gets messy with both on the machine. So I basically took outlook off and made a few other tweakings we needed (the ORK is great for this kind of thing). I then wrote a batch file and made a new CD with the office install and the batch file. The batch file could be run so you wouldn't have to use the command line for the install. After the install, I logged in as a regular user and went through the normal mini-install. Then I logged back in as the Admin. From here, go to the Control Panel > System > Advanced > User Profile Settings. I highlighted the user's profile under which I had done the mini-install, then clicked copy, and selected Default User. Then copied the user profile into Default User. This propagated the changes to all users, so there were no more mini-installs. If anybody has any questions regarding this, feel free to post or send me an e-mail at (e-mail address removed).

 

[NaMS]

For our classrooms and labs, we use Symantec Ghost to create and push out an image. As it turns out, I resolved the problem this afternoon before leaving work. I found the solution in an earlier post, which I will search for and give proper credit to when I have a chance. This is what I ended up doing. Using the ORK, I made a custom install file. I used this b/c we don't use outlook b/c we use groupwise and it gets messy with both on the machine. So I basically took outlook off and made a few other tweakings we needed (the ORK is great for this kind of thing). I then wrote a batch file and made a new CD with the office install and the batch file. The batch file could be run so you wouldn't have to use the command line for the install. After the install, I logged in as a regular user and went through the normal mini-install. Then I logged back in as the Admin. From here, go to the Control Panel > System > Advanced > User Profile Settings. I highlighted the user's profile under which I had done the mini-install, then clicked copy, and selected Default User. Then copied the user profile into Default User. This propagated the changes to all users, so there were no more mini-installs. If anybody has any questions regarding this, feel free to post or send me an e-mail at (e-mail address removed).

 

[NaMS]

For our classrooms and labs, we use Symantec Ghost to create and push out an image. As it turns out, I resolved the problem this afternoon before leaving work. I found the solution in an earlier post, which I will search for and give proper credit to when I have a chance. This is what I ended up doing. Using the ORK, I made a custom install file. I used this b/c we don't use outlook b/c we use groupwise and it gets messy with both on the machine. So I basically took outlook off and made a few other tweakings we needed (the ORK is great for this kind of thing). I then wrote a batch file and made a new CD with the office install and the batch file. The batch file could be run so you wouldn't have to use the command line for the install. After the install, I logged in as a regular user and went through the normal mini-install. Then I logged back in as the Admin. From here, go to the Control Panel > System > Advanced > User Profile Settings. I highlighted the user's profile under which I had done the mini-install, then clicked copy, and selected Default User. Then copied the user profile into Default User. This propagated the changes to all users, so there were no more mini-installs. If anybody has any questions regarding this, feel free to post or send me an e-mail at (e-mail address removed).

 

[NaMS]

For our classrooms and labs, we use Symantec Ghost to create and push out an image. As it turns out, I resolved the problem this afternoon before leaving work. I found the solution in an earlier post, which I will search for and give proper credit to when I have a chance. This is what I ended up doing. Using the ORK, I made a custom install file. I used this b/c we don't use outlook b/c we use groupwise and it gets messy with both on the machine. So I basically took outlook off and made a few other tweakings we needed (the ORK is great for this kind of thing). I then wrote a batch file and made a new CD with the office install and the batch file. The batch file could be run so you wouldn't have to use the command line for the install. After the install, I logged in as a regular user and went through the normal mini-install. Then I logged back in as the Admin. From here, go to the Control Panel > System > Advanced > User Profile Settings. I highlighted the user's profile under which I had done the mini-install, then clicked copy, and selected Default User. Then copied the user profile into Default User. This propagated the changes to all users, so there were no more mini-installs. If anybody has any questions regarding this, feel free to post or send me an e-mail at (e-mail address removed).

 

[NaMS]

For our classrooms and labs, we use Symantec Ghost to create and push out an image. As it turns out, I resolved the problem this afternoon before leaving work. I found the solution in an earlier post, which I will search for and give proper credit to when I have a chance. This is what I ended up doing. Using the ORK, I made a custom install file. I used this b/c we don't use outlook b/c we use groupwise and it gets messy with both on the machine. So I basically took outlook off and made a few other tweakings we needed (the ORK is great for this kind of thing). I then wrote a batch file and made a new CD with the office install and the batch file. The batch file could be run so you wouldn't have to use the command line for the install. After the install, I logged in as a regular user and went through the normal mini-install. Then I logged back in as the Admin. From here, go to the Control Panel > System > Advanced > User Profile Settings. I highlighted the user's profile under which I had done the mini-install, then clicked copy, and selected Default User. Then copied the user profile into Default User. This propagated the changes to all users, so there were no more mini-installs. If anybody has any questions regarding this, feel free to post or send me an e-mail at (e-mail address removed).

 

[NaMS]

For our classrooms and labs, we use Symantec Ghost to create and push out an image. As it turns out, I resolved the problem this afternoon before leaving work. I found the solution in an earlier post, which I will search for and give proper credit to when I have a chance. This is what I ended up doing. Using the ORK, I made a custom install file. I used this b/c we don't use outlook b/c we use groupwise and it gets messy with both on the machine. So I basically took outlook off and made a few other tweakings we needed (the ORK is great for this kind of thing). I then wrote a batch file and made a new CD with the office install and the batch file. The batch file could be run so you wouldn't have to use the command line for the install. After the install, I logged in as a regular user and went through the normal mini-install. Then I logged back in as the Admin. From here, go to the Control Panel > System > Advanced > User Profile Settings. I highlighted the user's profile under which I had done the mini-install, then clicked copy, and selected Default User. Then copied the user profile into Default User. This propagated the changes to all users, so there were no more mini-installs. If anybody has any questions regarding this, feel free to post or send me an e-mail at (e-mail address removed).