Changing and Administrative Install point

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PJ ALex

We have remote offices on a slow network line that we have installed Office
2003 by CD's created from an Office install point on our server. I need to
redirect the pcs that have Office to a permenant administrative install point
on a new server. How can I change the desktops to point to the new install
point without reinstalling Office again on all the pcs? Is there a registry
change what could do this? Thank you for your help.
 
B

Bob Buckland ?:-\)

Hi P.J.,

It depends on what you're trying to accomplish with the change on what you can do just by pointing to a new location.
You can change the Admin Point location but to change from a CD installation to an Office Admin Point you'd probably recache the
installations. For Office 2003 a CD install would use the \MSOCache folder to store the CD content on the local system. With an
Office Admin Point the choice was between using the \MSOCache basis *or* doing a customized install.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/889496/en-us?FR=1

You could copy the CD to a network folder and point to that location as the installation source instead of the original CD drive or
Method 2 here may work
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/267362/en-us?FR=1


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We have remote offices on a slow network line that we have installed Office
2003 by CD's created from an Office install point on our server. I need to
redirect the pcs that have Office to a permenant administrative install point
on a new server. How can I change the desktops to point to the new install
point without reinstalling Office again on all the pcs? Is there a registry
change what could do this? Thank you for your help. >>
--
I hope this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?:)
MS Office system products MVP

LINKS to the 2007 Office System

1. Read about it, try it, or watch the movie :)
the 2007 Microsoft Office system info,
online Test Drive, or downloadable beta is at
http://microsoft.com/office/preview

2. Already have 2007 Office System Beta 2?
Send Microsoft your feedback (with pictures)
http://sas.office.microsoft.com/

3. Use the 2007 OfficeOnline website without Office2007

a. Install the ActiveX access control
http://office.microsoft.com/search/redir.aspx?AssetID=XT101650581033
b. then visit http://officebeta.iponet.net
 
B

Bob Buckland ?:-\)

Hi P.J.,

It depends on what you're trying to accomplish with the change on what you can do just by pointing to a new location.
You can change the Admin Point location but to change from a CD installation to an Office Admin Point you'd probably recache the
installations. For Office 2003 a CD install would use the \MSOCache folder to store the CD content on the local system. With an
Office Admin Point the choice was between using the \MSOCache basis *or* doing a customized install.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/889496/en-us?FR=1

You could copy the CD to a network folder and point to that location as the installation source instead of the original CD drive or
Method 2 here may work
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/267362/en-us?FR=1


=========
We have remote offices on a slow network line that we have installed Office
2003 by CD's created from an Office install point on our server. I need to
redirect the pcs that have Office to a permenant administrative install point
on a new server. How can I change the desktops to point to the new install
point without reinstalling Office again on all the pcs? Is there a registry
change what could do this? Thank you for your help. >>
--
I hope this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?:)
MS Office system products MVP

LINKS to the 2007 Office System

1. Read about it, try it, or watch the movie :)
the 2007 Microsoft Office system info,
online Test Drive, or downloadable beta is at
http://microsoft.com/office/preview

2. Already have 2007 Office System Beta 2?
Send Microsoft your feedback (with pictures)
http://sas.office.microsoft.com/

3. Use the 2007 OfficeOnline website without Office2007

a. Install the ActiveX access control
http://office.microsoft.com/search/redir.aspx?AssetID=XT101650581033
b. then visit http://officebeta.iponet.net
 
B

Bob Buckland ?:-\)

Hi P.J.,

It depends on what you're trying to accomplish with the change on what you can do just by pointing to a new location.
You can change the Admin Point location but to change from a CD installation to an Office Admin Point you'd probably recache the
installations. For Office 2003 a CD install would use the \MSOCache folder to store the CD content on the local system. With an
Office Admin Point the choice was between using the \MSOCache basis *or* doing a customized install.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/889496/en-us?FR=1

You could copy the CD to a network folder and point to that location as the installation source instead of the original CD drive or
Method 2 here may work
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/267362/en-us?FR=1


=========
We have remote offices on a slow network line that we have installed Office
2003 by CD's created from an Office install point on our server. I need to
redirect the pcs that have Office to a permenant administrative install point
on a new server. How can I change the desktops to point to the new install
point without reinstalling Office again on all the pcs? Is there a registry
change what could do this? Thank you for your help. >>
--
I hope this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?:)
MS Office system products MVP

LINKS to the 2007 Office System

1. Read about it, try it, or watch the movie :)
the 2007 Microsoft Office system info,
online Test Drive, or downloadable beta is at
http://microsoft.com/office/preview

2. Already have 2007 Office System Beta 2?
Send Microsoft your feedback (with pictures)
http://sas.office.microsoft.com/

3. Use the 2007 OfficeOnline website without Office2007

a. Install the ActiveX access control
http://office.microsoft.com/search/redir.aspx?AssetID=XT101650581033
b. then visit http://officebeta.iponet.net
 
B

Bob Buckland ?:-\)

Hi P.J.,

It depends on what you're trying to accomplish with the change on what you can do just by pointing to a new location.
You can change the Admin Point location but to change from a CD installation to an Office Admin Point you'd probably recache the
installations. For Office 2003 a CD install would use the \MSOCache folder to store the CD content on the local system. With an
Office Admin Point the choice was between using the \MSOCache basis *or* doing a customized install.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/889496/en-us?FR=1

You could copy the CD to a network folder and point to that location as the installation source instead of the original CD drive or
Method 2 here may work
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/267362/en-us?FR=1


=========
We have remote offices on a slow network line that we have installed Office
2003 by CD's created from an Office install point on our server. I need to
redirect the pcs that have Office to a permenant administrative install point
on a new server. How can I change the desktops to point to the new install
point without reinstalling Office again on all the pcs? Is there a registry
change what could do this? Thank you for your help. >>
--
I hope this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?:)
MS Office system products MVP

LINKS to the 2007 Office System

1. Read about it, try it, or watch the movie :)
the 2007 Microsoft Office system info,
online Test Drive, or downloadable beta is at
http://microsoft.com/office/preview

2. Already have 2007 Office System Beta 2?
Send Microsoft your feedback (with pictures)
http://sas.office.microsoft.com/

3. Use the 2007 OfficeOnline website without Office2007

a. Install the ActiveX access control
http://office.microsoft.com/search/redir.aspx?AssetID=XT101650581033
b. then visit http://officebeta.iponet.net
 
B

Bob Buckland ?:-\)

Hi P.J.,

It depends on what you're trying to accomplish with the change on what you can do just by pointing to a new location.
You can change the Admin Point location but to change from a CD installation to an Office Admin Point you'd probably recache the
installations. For Office 2003 a CD install would use the \MSOCache folder to store the CD content on the local system. With an
Office Admin Point the choice was between using the \MSOCache basis *or* doing a customized install.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/889496/en-us?FR=1

You could copy the CD to a network folder and point to that location as the installation source instead of the original CD drive or
Method 2 here may work
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/267362/en-us?FR=1


=========
We have remote offices on a slow network line that we have installed Office
2003 by CD's created from an Office install point on our server. I need to
redirect the pcs that have Office to a permenant administrative install point
on a new server. How can I change the desktops to point to the new install
point without reinstalling Office again on all the pcs? Is there a registry
change what could do this? Thank you for your help. >>
--
I hope this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?:)
MS Office system products MVP

LINKS to the 2007 Office System

1. Read about it, try it, or watch the movie :)
the 2007 Microsoft Office system info,
online Test Drive, or downloadable beta is at
http://microsoft.com/office/preview

2. Already have 2007 Office System Beta 2?
Send Microsoft your feedback (with pictures)
http://sas.office.microsoft.com/

3. Use the 2007 OfficeOnline website without Office2007

a. Install the ActiveX access control
http://office.microsoft.com/search/redir.aspx?AssetID=XT101650581033
b. then visit http://officebeta.iponet.net
 
B

Bob Buckland ?:-\)

Hi P.J.,

It depends on what you're trying to accomplish with the change on what you can do just by pointing to a new location.
You can change the Admin Point location but to change from a CD installation to an Office Admin Point you'd probably recache the
installations. For Office 2003 a CD install would use the \MSOCache folder to store the CD content on the local system. With an
Office Admin Point the choice was between using the \MSOCache basis *or* doing a customized install.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/889496/en-us?FR=1

You could copy the CD to a network folder and point to that location as the installation source instead of the original CD drive or
Method 2 here may work
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/267362/en-us?FR=1


=========
We have remote offices on a slow network line that we have installed Office
2003 by CD's created from an Office install point on our server. I need to
redirect the pcs that have Office to a permenant administrative install point
on a new server. How can I change the desktops to point to the new install
point without reinstalling Office again on all the pcs? Is there a registry
change what could do this? Thank you for your help. >>
--
I hope this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?:)
MS Office system products MVP

LINKS to the 2007 Office System

1. Read about it, try it, or watch the movie :)
the 2007 Microsoft Office system info,
online Test Drive, or downloadable beta is at
http://microsoft.com/office/preview

2. Already have 2007 Office System Beta 2?
Send Microsoft your feedback (with pictures)
http://sas.office.microsoft.com/

3. Use the 2007 OfficeOnline website without Office2007

a. Install the ActiveX access control
http://office.microsoft.com/search/redir.aspx?AssetID=XT101650581033
b. then visit http://officebeta.iponet.net
 

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