Include the Product Key when Deploying Office via Group Policy

[Brian]

Hi

Does anyone know how I can get Office XP to just install
on a PC w/o it requiring a user to go through the setup
process, i.e., it would include the Product Key and be up-
and-running as soon as a user logs on to a PC?

I've seen the Resource Kit Tools, including the 'Custom
Installation Wizard', but at no point does it ask you to
enter the Product Key???

What's the point of being able to 'deploy' office via
Group Policy if it's going to require every user in the
organization to know and enter the Product Key!?

Please help.

I've spent hours looking at MS' website for how to do
this, but I've had no luck.

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Brian,

If you have a volume license agreement you can obtain
an Enterprise/Volume License Key. That key is used
to create the Office XP Admin Point (Admin points are
not supported for retail or OEM editions of Office XP)
When you use that key as part of the Admin point setup
users will not be prompted for a key.
http://microsoft.com/licensing/resources/vol/

For information and procedures for deploying MS Office XP
you can use the Office XP Resource Kit
http://microsoft.com/office/ork/xp
Review the information for setting up an Office Admin Point

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Hi

Does anyone know how I can get Office XP to just install
on a PC w/o it requiring a user to go through the setup
process, i.e., it would include the Product Key and be up-
and-running as soon as a user logs on to a PC?

I've seen the Resource Kit Tools, including the 'Custom
Installation Wizard', but at no point does it ask you to
enter the Product Key???

What's the point of being able to 'deploy' office via
Group Policy if it's going to require every user in the
organization to know and enter the Product Key!?

Please help.

I've spent hours looking at MS' website for how to do
this, but I've had no luck. >>
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I hope this helps you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

The Office 2003 System parts explained
http://microsoft.com/uk/office/preview/system.asp