running the OCT February 18, 2010
Posted by examROAR in MCITP: Enterprise Desktop Administrator 7 (70-686).Tags: 70-686, OCT, Office 2007
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The Office Customization Tool is used to customize the deployment of Office 2007. You launch the tool with the office setup.exe command and /admin. Like this:
e:\office2007\setup.exe /admin
Once you run it, you’ll be able to define how you want Office 2007 installed on your Windows 7 machines.
Office Customization Tool
When you’re finished, save the file in a folder named Updates within the Office 2007 distribution point. The save operation in the OCT will create an update package (MSP file) that Setup.exe will detect and apply.
Saving the MSP file
For more information, check out technet!
setup properties in OCT February 18, 2010
Posted by examROAR in MCITP: Enterprise Desktop Administrator 7 (70-686).Tags: 70-686, deployment, OCT, Office 2007
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When deploying office with the Office Customization Tool, you’re able to modify additional setup properties.
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- Office Customization Tool
The properties available to you are listed below and taken from technet here:
Available properties
The following properties can be used when you install the 2007 Office system:
- HIDEUPDATEUI–If set to True, hides the Check for Updates button on the completion dialog. This property is ignored if the completion dialog is not displayed. The default value is False.
- PRIMARYFOLDER–Designates a primary folder for the installation.
- ROOTDRIVE–Specifies the default drive for the destination folder of the installation. The value for this property must end with ‘\’.
- SETUP_REBOOT–Determines how Setup restarts the computer after installation. You must use all uppercase letters, SETUP_REBOOT.
- AutoAlways–Always initiate a reboot. Do not prompt the user.
- Always–Always prompt for a reboot at the end of setup.
- IfNeeded–Prompt for a reboot at the end of setup if setup requires a reboot. (Default)
- AutoIfNeeded–Initiate a reboot if setup requires a reboot. Do not prompt the user.
- Never–Never initiate or prompt for a reboot.
You set these properties in the Modify Setup properties page of the OCT, or the Setting element in the Config.xml file.
