Today i had to deploy OEM versions of Office 2003 to around 20 systems. Some needed Office 2003 Pro, some needed Office 2003 Basic. And i didn’t want to do it manually. Normally with VLK’s it’s easy. Now, every computer has it’s own unique installation key. What to do?
First get the installation files to the clients (basic or pro). Then perform an installation. Too bad you must enter a key to perform the installation. Later versions of Office don’t have this limitation.
The following command will do the trick. Just use a valid product code from one of your OEM cd’s for the product you’re installing (in this case Pro). Don’t worry; Office will not be activated yet and the license will be removed later.
start /wait c:\install\office2k3_pro\1-main\SETUP.EXE /qb PIDKEY=12345abcde12345abcde12345
Then apply SP3
start /wait C:\install\office2k3_pro\2-updates\Office2003SP3-KB923618-FullFile-NLD.exe /Q
And why not… Office 2007 Compatibility Toolkit (FileFormatConverters)
start /wait c:\install\office2k3_pro\3-2k7compat\FileFormatConverters.exe /quiet /norestart
Now that everything is installed i’m going to remove the license we’ve used to perform the installation. Note that the GUID may be different based on what product you’re installing.
reg delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Registration\{91110413-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9} /v ProductID /f
reg delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Registration\{91110413-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9} /v DigitalProductID /f
So.. this is the complete script:
@echo off
@echo Install Office 2003 Pro with temp license
start /wait c:\install\office2k3_pro\1-main\SETUP.EXE /qb PIDKEY=12345abcde12345abcde12345
@echo Install Office 2003 SP3
start /wait C:\install\office2k3_pro\2-updates\Office2003SP3-KB923618-FullFile-NLD.exe /Q
@echo Install Office 2007 File Format Converters
start /wait c:\install\office2k3_pro\3-2k7compat\FileFormatConverters.exe /quiet /norestart
@echo Install Office 2007 File Format Converters SP1
rem checking this out later, has some "i agree" button i can't get around
@echo Install Office 2007 File Format Converters SP2
rem checking this out later, has some "i agree" button i can't get around
@echo Remove Office temp license
reg delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Registration\{91110413-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9} /v ProductID /f
reg delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Registration\{91110413-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9} /v DigitalProductID /f
exit
When a user logs in and the first Office application opens, it’ll ask to enter the license key and Office will be registered.