Office 2000/XP asks for CD

[barmstrong]

How do I keep Office from asking for the CD?

When I install Office on a user's machine (2000 & XP), I do a complete install under the administrator account, patch it and then open each application to verify that they work.

For some reason, if a user does something like connect to a domain and create a new account on the machine or make some sort of change to the computer or change the way Outlook gets mail (from POP3 to Exchange), Office will ask for the CD looking for Data1.msi. Even if you give it Data1.msi it will keep asking for different files.

Is there a way to make sure this will not happen anymore, that Office has all the files that it needs without having the put the whole CD on a users laptop before I send it to them? Thanks!

 

[techwanabe]

I''d like to know this too. I have over 150 computers at my office which I have to run the patches for Office 2000 and Office XP (have 150 user licenses).

My solution for Office 2000 was to put the disk on the file server. Then I could just point the computer to that folder and it would run thru the patch.

 

[Turkey22]

Office has to be installed as both users, you can just hit cancel and it should work anyways but to get rid of it you have to install it as both. If you are allowing them to create new accounts then you will have to have the cd available for them.

 

[barmstrong]

All my users are remote laptop users :/ Can't tell users to install SRs either or they end up needing the cd.

 

[barmstrong]

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