Remove an Administrative Installation Point?

[KHauer]

Hi,

We've got an Office 2003 Administrative Installation point on a server
that's scheduled for migration/decommissioning. We'd like to remove the
Administrative Installation point from that server, since we no longer deploy
Office in that method (we include in the image when the workstations are
built now). Is there a method for removing an Administrative Installation
point, or can we simply decommission the server?

Thanks,
Kirk Hauer, CCNA, MCSE
Superior Court of California

 

[Gerry Hickman]

Hi,

I've you uninstalled all Office 2003 clients that used to point to the
AIP, the re-installed as client only, then you can just delete the AIP.

What I do before deleting an AIP for any software product is run a scan
of all HKCR Classes to see if any of them are pointing to an old AIP.
I've not seen this with Office products, but have seen it with some
non-Microsoft products.

AIP is the superior technology, LIS is a joke. Is it true AIP won't be
available for Office 2007?

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Gerry,

The Office Admin Point has been replaced, in Office 2007, by the Office Network Installation Point (oNIP). The oNIP is created by
copying one (or more) Office 2007 products into a folder on the server.

The Local Installation Source (LIS) is no longer an optional item. It's a required feature on each box and is not supported as
'relocatable'. Setup is basically accomplished from the LIS. So the LIS can be precached/deployed ahead of time or as part of an
image and setup then runs pretty much 'local'.

http://microsoft.com/office/ork

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Hi,

I've you uninstalled all Office 2003 clients that used to point to the
AIP, the re-installed as client only, then you can just delete the AIP.

What I do before deleting an AIP for any software product is run a scan
of all HKCR Classes to see if any of them are pointing to an old AIP.
I've not seen this with Office products, but have seen it with some
non-Microsoft products.

AIP is the superior technology, LIS is a joke. Is it true AIP won't be
available for Office 2007? <<
--

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*