yep, you are right. I think you replied to me in a different group, I
posted in serveral other groups and will now have to find those posts and
post finished replies. If I remember correctly, you posted in another group
to look at:
http://www.petri.co.il/office_xp_sp_slipstreaming.htm This
website let me to know of the new command in OfficeXp setup /a. Odly enogh
this website states that it is uncertain if it is possible to slipstream the
service pack into office2000. The msiexec commands I mentioned in my post
worked perfectly for office2000 and windows 2000.
Anyway, I created the admin install point on my hard drive with setup /a and
applied the service pack and then used the resource kit to customize the
installation and profile, and I'm in business. I mailed off the CD to the
customer today. It did leave me with one problem though that I didn't have
with my word2000 cd. After completing the process for OfficeXP, the custom
CD no longer prompted for a keycode, as it used the product key I used with
the admin install but the Office2000 CD didn't do that. It prompted for the
keycode, which is good because the customer I gave the CD to could enter his
own valid licensed product key.
I am surprised it took so long for someone to tell me something so simple
that I have to apply the .msp to an admin point created from setup /a and
then it would work. Thank you for replying! I think that I will just paste
this post into the other newsgroups that I requested help from to simplify
my response. This response is originally written to
"microsoft.public.office" in reply to "neo[mvp outlook]"