Office 2000 ReInstall

[Sup]

I want to automate/script following for more than 10 users/PCs:

1) Uninstall any oofice installation (including Office 2000) from user's PC
2) Reinstall Office 2000 Sr-1 Professional from an Administrative Install
point.

Please help.

Note: I have tried 'Office Removal Wizard'; and 'SetupPro.exe' with '/x'
switch to uninstall and then install using .cmd file.
Thank you.

 

[Gerry Hickman]

Hi,

For removal of "old versions" you may be able to use CIW to create a
TRANSFORM telling it to remove older versions; you can certainly do this
in Office 2003.

To remove Office 2000 itself before re-installing, you could try

Echo Uninstalling Office 2000...
MSIEXEC /x "(xxxx-yyyyy-zzzzz-wwwwwwwwwwwwww}" /qn
Echo ErrorLevel is %ErrorLevel%

Where "xyzw" is the product code for the version of o2k you have
residing on that machine. You can also use the path to the old MSI file,
but that's potentially problematic as you'd need a network session and
valid path to the original source.

If it was me, I'd do it like this:

1. Audit target machines to see if Office 2000 is installed
2. Use the product code from #1 to uninstall from every machine
3. Audit target machines again to confirm it's really gone
4. Roll out the new version

Note that you should slipstream SP3 to your AIP, not SR1. You should
also slipstream all post SP3 patches.

 

[Gerry Hickman]

Hi,

For removal of "old versions" you may be able to use CIW to create a
TRANSFORM telling it to remove older versions; you can certainly do this
in Office 2003.

To remove Office 2000 itself before re-installing, you could try

Echo Uninstalling Office 2000...
MSIEXEC /x "(xxxx-yyyyy-zzzzz-wwwwwwwwwwwwww}" /qn
Echo ErrorLevel is %ErrorLevel%

Where "xyzw" is the product code for the version of o2k you have
residing on that machine. You can also use the path to the old MSI file,
but that's potentially problematic as you'd need a network session and
valid path to the original source.

If it was me, I'd do it like this:

1. Audit target machines to see if Office 2000 is installed
2. Use the product code from #1 to uninstall from every machine
3. Audit target machines again to confirm it's really gone
4. Roll out the new version

Note that you should slipstream SP3 to your AIP, not SR1. You should
also slipstream all post SP3 patches.

 

[Gerry Hickman]

Hi,

For removal of "old versions" you may be able to use CIW to create a
TRANSFORM telling it to remove older versions; you can certainly do this
in Office 2003.

To remove Office 2000 itself before re-installing, you could try

Echo Uninstalling Office 2000...
MSIEXEC /x "(xxxx-yyyyy-zzzzz-wwwwwwwwwwwwww}" /qn
Echo ErrorLevel is %ErrorLevel%

Where "xyzw" is the product code for the version of o2k you have
residing on that machine. You can also use the path to the old MSI file,
but that's potentially problematic as you'd need a network session and
valid path to the original source.

If it was me, I'd do it like this:

1. Audit target machines to see if Office 2000 is installed
2. Use the product code from #1 to uninstall from every machine
3. Audit target machines again to confirm it's really gone
4. Roll out the new version

Note that you should slipstream SP3 to your AIP, not SR1. You should
also slipstream all post SP3 patches.

 

[Gerry Hickman]

Hi,

For removal of "old versions" you may be able to use CIW to create a
TRANSFORM telling it to remove older versions; you can certainly do this
in Office 2003.

To remove Office 2000 itself before re-installing, you could try

Echo Uninstalling Office 2000...
MSIEXEC /x "(xxxx-yyyyy-zzzzz-wwwwwwwwwwwwww}" /qn
Echo ErrorLevel is %ErrorLevel%

Where "xyzw" is the product code for the version of o2k you have
residing on that machine. You can also use the path to the old MSI file,
but that's potentially problematic as you'd need a network session and
valid path to the original source.

If it was me, I'd do it like this:

1. Audit target machines to see if Office 2000 is installed
2. Use the product code from #1 to uninstall from every machine
3. Audit target machines again to confirm it's really gone
4. Roll out the new version

Note that you should slipstream SP3 to your AIP, not SR1. You should
also slipstream all post SP3 patches.

 

[Gerry Hickman]

Hi,

For removal of "old versions" you may be able to use CIW to create a
TRANSFORM telling it to remove older versions; you can certainly do this
in Office 2003.

To remove Office 2000 itself before re-installing, you could try

Echo Uninstalling Office 2000...
MSIEXEC /x "(xxxx-yyyyy-zzzzz-wwwwwwwwwwwwww}" /qn
Echo ErrorLevel is %ErrorLevel%

Where "xyzw" is the product code for the version of o2k you have
residing on that machine. You can also use the path to the old MSI file,
but that's potentially problematic as you'd need a network session and
valid path to the original source.

If it was me, I'd do it like this:

1. Audit target machines to see if Office 2000 is installed
2. Use the product code from #1 to uninstall from every machine
3. Audit target machines again to confirm it's really gone
4. Roll out the new version

Note that you should slipstream SP3 to your AIP, not SR1. You should
also slipstream all post SP3 patches.

 

[Gerry Hickman]

Hi,

For removal of "old versions" you may be able to use CIW to create a
TRANSFORM telling it to remove older versions; you can certainly do this
in Office 2003.

To remove Office 2000 itself before re-installing, you could try

Echo Uninstalling Office 2000...
MSIEXEC /x "(xxxx-yyyyy-zzzzz-wwwwwwwwwwwwww}" /qn
Echo ErrorLevel is %ErrorLevel%

Where "xyzw" is the product code for the version of o2k you have
residing on that machine. You can also use the path to the old MSI file,
but that's potentially problematic as you'd need a network session and
valid path to the original source.

If it was me, I'd do it like this:

1. Audit target machines to see if Office 2000 is installed
2. Use the product code from #1 to uninstall from every machine
3. Audit target machines again to confirm it's really gone
4. Roll out the new version

Note that you should slipstream SP3 to your AIP, not SR1. You should
also slipstream all post SP3 patches.

 

[Gerry Hickman]

Hi,

For removal of "old versions" you may be able to use CIW to create a
TRANSFORM telling it to remove older versions; you can certainly do this
in Office 2003.

To remove Office 2000 itself before re-installing, you could try

Echo Uninstalling Office 2000...
MSIEXEC /x "(xxxx-yyyyy-zzzzz-wwwwwwwwwwwwww}" /qn
Echo ErrorLevel is %ErrorLevel%

Where "xyzw" is the product code for the version of o2k you have
residing on that machine. You can also use the path to the old MSI file,
but that's potentially problematic as you'd need a network session and
valid path to the original source.

If it was me, I'd do it like this:

1. Audit target machines to see if Office 2000 is installed
2. Use the product code from #1 to uninstall from every machine
3. Audit target machines again to confirm it's really gone
4. Roll out the new version

Note that you should slipstream SP3 to your AIP, not SR1. You should
also slipstream all post SP3 patches.

 

[Gerry Hickman]

Hi,

For removal of "old versions" you may be able to use CIW to create a
TRANSFORM telling it to remove older versions; you can certainly do this
in Office 2003.

To remove Office 2000 itself before re-installing, you could try

Echo Uninstalling Office 2000...
MSIEXEC /x "(xxxx-yyyyy-zzzzz-wwwwwwwwwwwwww}" /qn
Echo ErrorLevel is %ErrorLevel%

Where "xyzw" is the product code for the version of o2k you have
residing on that machine. You can also use the path to the old MSI file,
but that's potentially problematic as you'd need a network session and
valid path to the original source.

If it was me, I'd do it like this:

1. Audit target machines to see if Office 2000 is installed
2. Use the product code from #1 to uninstall from every machine
3. Audit target machines again to confirm it's really gone
4. Roll out the new version

Note that you should slipstream SP3 to your AIP, not SR1. You should
also slipstream all post SP3 patches.