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ohotfix - file ...SP1 with Office 2003

Posted: 20 Aug 2004 06:12 AM PDT

Uninstall and reinstall Office and try again.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Joerg Reuling
asked:

| On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 14:34:30 +0100, "DL" <co> wrote:
|
|| the Q being?
||
|| "Joerg Reuling" <de> wrote in message
|| news:com...
|||
||
| Hi DL
|
| I have tried to install the SP1 for my Office 2003 pro version but it
| just doesn´t work. As soon as the install-procedure looks for
| pro11.msi and accesses the file, the following text appears: "Dieses
| Update konnte nicht angewendet werden" - something like this update
| could not be applied. that is ... I have tried both versions of SP1 ,
| the small one (about 24 mb and the big one). Both cause the same
| problem.
|
| greetigns from germany.
|
| joerg

How can I custom reinstall Office 2003 SBE?

Posted: 19 Aug 2004 06:58 PM PDT

Hi Greg,

To 'reinstall' Office with different settings you'd
need to first uninstall it then restart the PC then install
using the 'custom' installation choice, but, if your copy
of MS Office System 2003 is running satisfactorily then
when you are in Add/Remove Programs and select the [Change]
button, you can choose the Add or Remove Features choice
to take you to the listing of all features.

Once there, if you choose the top 'sugar cube' and set it
to 'run all from my computer' you can add any missing features
when that is accomplished, or you can choose differing levels
of the feature tree and set individual features or groups of
features to run from your computer or to run on 1st use or
to not available (don't install that feature).

========
<<"Gregg Hill" <com> wrote in message news:phx.gbl...
Hello!

I want to re-install Office 2003 SBE OEM. When I run the CD, it gives me
three choices: Add or Remove Features, Reinstall or Repair, or Uninstall. If
I choose Reinstall, I do not get the chance to choose what features I want.

Basically, I want to reinstall, but I want to make sure it is a full
installation of Word and Excel, including everything they offer.

Is there a command-line switch I can use to force a custom reinstall?

Thank you for helping!

Gregg Hill>>
--
I hope this helps you,

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Office 2003 explained
http://microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.asp

re-install upgrade version of 97

Posted: 19 Aug 2004 12:43 PM PDT

You may have original, and its key, but unless you still poccess the
origonal product you used for the upgrade you no longer have a licence for
the O97 upgrade


"Brian McKee" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:94c301c48624$d4fb7350$gbl... 

Telephone activation broken

Posted: 19 Aug 2004 11:25 AM PDT

The real question here is why does pressing "Next" after selecting "I want to activate the software by telephone" make the Microsoft Office 2003 Activation Wizard dialog disappear? Can anyone imagine why this might happen? If I could get to contacting Microsoft about it, the other question would be answered...

- Bryce

Bryce Schober wrote:
 

free trial

Posted: 19 Aug 2004 01:28 AM PDT

You seem to be a thief at heart, but the answer is still no.,


<microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Office 2003 customization wizard

Posted: 18 Aug 2004 10:47 AM PDT

What option did you choose on Screen #17?

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"Brian Harber" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com... 
 

Four New KBs Issued on Updating Office 2003 SP1 Aug 18, 2004 (from Sloan Crayton?--Thanks)

Posted: 18 Aug 2004 08:58 AM PDT

Chad:

I'm happy to hear the attachment wasn't intentional. Glitches happen.

steve

"Chad Harris" <com> wrote in message
news:%phx.gbl... 
that 
expected 
in 
body 
<org> 

All Office 2000 programs open during Boot Process

Posted: 18 Aug 2004 06:03 AM PDT

19 August 2004

Thanks! I went to Msconfig and unchecked the Office
programs that were auto loading, they were all grouped
together and not difficult to find. I never saw them
before, and have no idea how they were checked.

The Microsoft Office Tools program still loads at the end
of the boot sequence. I tried to find it in the Msconfig
section to turn it off, but was unsuccessful. Can you
suggest how I can turn that one of so that it doesn't auto
load?

Than you for all of your time and assistance

Juan
 
items from opening. 
intact. Due to 
to my personal 
Juan asked: 
in 
How 

office 2K, setup error

Posted: 18 Aug 2004 05:59 AM PDT

Hi Chris Schatte, thanks for your respond
refering to this article 217714, i have to change
permissions admin on the installer. but how am i able to
do that?
Thank you for your help

 
us;217714&Product=Off2kset 
us/default.mspx 
fix 
but 
the 

Parallel installation of Office 97 and Office 2000 on a W2k

Posted: 18 Aug 2004 04:08 AM PDT

Hi Matt,

My PC has versions of Office going back to DOS ones <g>

Office 97 uses the older AcmeSetup for installation and
MS Office 2000 and higher uses MS Windows Installer (MSI)
When you switch to an Office 97 app (can't have multiple
Excel copies) the installer resets registry entries to make
that version current, but you don't see any dialogs to advise
you of that. When you next run a newer version you will see
an 'Installer preparing to run dialog' as that version switches
things back so that it can run correctly. In general, for the
scenario you outline, things should be okay for support purposes
although there could be some issues if you're using add-ins
in the two versions. Also, if you're trying to replicate
a specific error condition, then you may not see it in a mixed
environment (i.e. you may have a 'fixed'(updated) common DLL
in play, for example).

You may want to look at using MS Virtual PC setups with the
different versions of Office. There's a 45 day trial copy
available.
http://microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc

=========
<<"Matt" <microsoft.com> wrote in message news:109a01c48518$d4712270$gbl...
Hi!
Thanks for your reply and tip!

I did a number of searches on support.microsoft.com but
missed that one! Very informative.

May I ask if your own experience is that there indeed are
no problems in real life than? Would you say that the
article cover everything essential?

The reason for the parallel installation is that we need
to give user support (mainly less complicated telephone
support) to users with different Excel versions.
The idea is that the operator should have the exact same
menus and dialogues as the caller.


Thanks again.
Matt >>
--
I hope this helps you,

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Office 2003 explained
http://microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.asp

Office 2K install runs every time a user logs in

Posted: 18 Aug 2004 02:03 AM PDT

Thanks for your help.

This is a school so all users have roaming profiles, and don't have a local
status: group assignment as far as I understand. The profiles are petty much
locked down, but I suppose the only problem is that the office install isn't
saved once it has run once.

I read somewhere once about giving permissions to something on the local PC
to all users, if that jogs anyones memory.

I also suspect the install maybe needed some switches to enable office to
run in this environment/ manner

Mark


"garfield-n-odie" wrote:
 

Disk Cleanup not working after installing Office Pro 2003

Posted: 17 Aug 2004 10:17 PM PDT

This may apply;
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=812248
applies to win2k also

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" <org>
wrote in message news:phx.gbl... 
are 

Outlook 2003 and XP SP2

Posted: 17 Aug 2004 09:01 PM PDT

Don't you love admins that change stuff and "forget" to tell the other IT
staff? Anyway, glad to see you have it sorted out.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Joe McCann asked:

| Ahh crap.. here's the solution to my problem:
|
| A fellow admin had been playing with the grou policy objects related
| to Office Outlook 2003. In so doing, he set up a policy for "Default
| Location For PST Files" being a remote location. Anyway, once I
| removed this policy all now works just fine.
|
| Thanks for all your patience... it is much appreciated.
|
| Joe
|
|
|
| "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:
|
||| but it pops up before I've given it my Username and Password. I
||| mean, the User/pass dialog box comes up, and behind it this error
||| message box pops up.
||| So it seems like it's not even trying to talk to the exchange
||| server... certainly it hasn't passed it my credentials yet since
||| I've not inputted them. Right?
|||
||| What do you make of this?
||
|| I think the workstation is passing credentials, but I don't think
|| authentication is the problem, so it really doesn't matter. Since
|| you can access themailbox, it's unlikely to be credential problem.
||
|| What OS is installed and do you have terminal services enabled? If
|| so, find the NoOst key and change it to 1. It should be at
|| HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\11.0\ Outlook\OST I
|| think.
||
|| --
|| Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
|| Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
|| Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
|| Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)
||
|| Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
|| Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com
|| Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/
||
|| Vote for your favorite Outlook and Exchange utilities in the
|| Slipstick Ratings Raffle at http://www.slipstick.com/contest/
||
|| "Joe McCann" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
|| news:com...
||| First, thank you for clarifying that one user account can indeed
||| have several
||| different profiles for Outlook, each having their own Exchange
||| Server Account. My mistake, to be sure.
|||
||| I created the new profile (naming it TEST) and added the Exchange
||| Server Account to it using the wizard it prompts me with initially.
||| The same errors
||| occur. I tried changing to "prompt for credentials..." and sure
||| enough, it
||| prompted me for them each time, but returned the same error.
||| Strangely enough, check this out:
|||
||| I have it set to deliver to "Mailbox - Joe McCann", and to prompt
||| for password every time. When I start up Outlook I get the same
||| error ("Unable
||| to open your default e-mail folders" along with some helpful advice
||| about accessing Outlook through a terminal server, which I am not
||| using by the way)
||| but it pops up before I've given it my Username and Password. I
||| mean, the User/pass dialog box comes up, and behind it this error
||| message box pops up.
||| So it seems like it's not even trying to talk to the exchange
||| server... certainly it hasn't passed it my credentials yet since
||| I've not inputted them. Right?
|||
||| What do you make of this?
|||
||| Once more, your help is so greatly appreciated. Thank you thank
||| you thank you!
|||
||| Joe
|||
||| PS: a thread this long will almost surely lead to the most simple
||| of solutions... I can feel it.
|||
|||
|||
||| "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:
|||
|||| Ok... lets start with the first problem - you are adding accounts
|||| to the profile, not creating a new profile. You can only have one
|||| exchange account
|||| per profile but can have as many profiles as you want. Control
|||| panel, mail,
|||| show profiles is the screen you need to create profiles.
||||
|||| Depending on how you have the workstation hooking into the domain,
|||| if outlook is trying to log onto your mailbox using the workstation
|||| credentials, you'll get the error. I use kerbos/ntlm without issue
|||| - it seems to be the same as None authentication in previous
|||| versions. Try using
|||| the always ask for user/pw option. (Open the profile from either
|||| the control
|||| panel or outlook's tools, email accounts and click on more
|||| settings, then the security tab to get to it.)
||||
|||| it's odd that it let you download mail to a pst but won;t let you
|||| use the mailbox. It should be the same authentication for both.
|||| Did you move the pst
|||| to a different folder or just left OL create it where it wanted it?
|||| --
|||| Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
|||| Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
|||| Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
|||| Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)
||||
|||| Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
|||| Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com
|||| Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/
||||
|||| Vote for your favorite Outlook and Exchange utilities in the
|||| Slipstick Ratings Raffle at http://www.slipstick.com/contest/
||||
|||| "Joe McCann" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
|||| news:com...
||||| Ok, here's where I'm at now after some more testing...
|||||
||||| I deleted my old profile containing my Exchange Account settings
||||| (because
||||| I
||||| can't add another Exchange account... it returns the error "You
||||| already have
||||| a Microsoft Exchange Server account set up. Outlook supports
||||| only one Exchange Server account at a time"), and added the
||||| account settings again.
|||||
||||| This time, I specified that the delivery location for the Exchange
||||| server
||||| should be my personal folders file, rather than "Mailbox - Joe
||||| McCann". When
||||| I went into Outlook all of my e-mails came pouring in off of the
||||| Exchange
||||| server and are now stored in my Personal Folders file (which is
||||| saved locally).
|||||
||||| If I go into account settings and try to change the delivery
||||| location back
||||| to Mailbox-Joe McCann (thus keeping my e-mail on the Exchange
||||| Server) it
||||| returns the error: "The Specified default store could not be
||||| opened. Please
||||| make sure you can access your default store and try again."
|||||
||||| Bizarre! Why can't it seem to communicate with Exchange?
|||||
||||| Thanks a million for the help... it is much appreciated.
|||||
||||| Cheers.
|||||
||||| joe
|||||
|||||
||||| "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:
|||||
||||||| Recall that this is a Microsoft Exchange enabled profile, so I
||||||| can't create
||||||| a new profile (in the same user account) using Exchange without
||||||| first
||||||| deleting the old one.
||||||
|||||| Why not? Click the add button and make one - call it Test.
||||||
||||||| When I try to "remove" the old profile using the MAIL
||||||| icon in COntrol Panel(the one I created with the wizard the
||||||| first time
||||||| I
||||||| ran
||||||| Outlook 2003 with this user account on this machine) I get this
||||||| error:
||||||| "You cannot delete the account containing your mail, contacts
||||||| and calendar.
||||||| You will first need to create a new location for your personal
||||||| data.
||||||
|||||| Are you creating a new profile or a new message store in the
|||||| existing profile?
||||||
|||||| Do you have a terminal session running on the machine? Are you
|||||| using cached
|||||| mode?
||||||
|||||| --
|||||| Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
|||||| Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
|||||| Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
|||||| Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)
||||||
|||||| Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
|||||| Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com
|||||| Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/
||||||
|||||| Vote for your favorite Outlook and Exchange utilities in the
|||||| Slipstick Ratings Raffle at http://www.slipstick.com/contest/
||||||
|||||| "Joe McCann" <microsoft.com> wrote in
|||||| message
|||||| news:com...
||||||| Oh yes.
|||||||
||||||| Recall that this is a Microsoft Exchange enabled profile, so I
||||||| can't create
||||||| a new profile (in the same user account) using Exchange without
||||||| first
||||||| deleting the old one. When I try to "remove" the old profile
||||||| using the
||||||| MAIL
||||||| icon in COntrol Panel(the one I created with the wizard the
||||||| first time
||||||| I
||||||| ran
||||||| Outlook 2003 with this user account on this machine) I get this
||||||| error:
||||||| "You cannot delete the account containing your mail, contacts
||||||| and calendar.
||||||| You will first need to create a new location for your personal
||||||| data. Fromt
||||||| he File menu, click Data File Management, and then click Add."
||||||| So, if I do all of that, making a PST file (or is it OST now? I
||||||| can't
||||||| remember) Ic an get into outlook just fine. Then I try to add
||||||| the exchange-enabled aspect again (which can be added without
||||||| problem), but
||||||| then
||||||| I can't "expand" its folder list.
|||||||
||||||| It's as though I can't communicate with Exchange for some
||||||| reason!? Only
||||||| on
||||||| this XP SP2 box... the rest of the network (production
||||||| environment) is
||||||| working just fine.
|||||||
||||||| Weird stuff.
|||||||
||||||| Any more ideas? Thanks in advance.
|||||||
||||||| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|||||||
|||||||| Have you tried creating a new mail profile?
||||||||
|||||||| --
|||||||| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||||||||
|||||||| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
|||||||| Due to
|||||||| the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my
|||||||| personal
|||||||| account will be deleted without reading.
||||||||
|||||||| After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Joe
|||||||| McCann asked:
||||||||
||||||||| How do I change the authentication?
|||||||||
||||||||| I can't get into Outlook at all, so I do not have the
||||||||| opportunity to change any settings therein. When I configure
||||||||| the account settings using the "Mail" icon in COntrol Panel
||||||||| there is no explicit "authentication method" header, but I
||||||||| can change between NTLM/Kerberos, Kerbos, and NTLM. Those
||||||||| are the three options. I have tried all three and I get the
||||||||| same error.
|||||||||
||||||||| Any other ideas? Thanks for the help.. your input is much
||||||||| appreciated :-)
|||||||||
||||||||| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|||||||||
|||||||||| What do you have set for the authentication type? I just
|||||||||| reinstalled a laptop with XP SP-2 and Office XP (for use in
|||||||||| answering questions in news groups - I much prefer Office
|||||||||| 2003). If you set the authentication to None, does it work?
||||||||||
|||||||||| --
|||||||||| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||||||||||
|||||||||| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
|||||||| Due
|||||||| to
|||||||||| the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to
|||||||||| my personal account will be deleted without reading.
||||||||||
|||||||||| After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Joe
|||||||||| McCann asked:
||||||||||
||||||||||| I've recently taken a dummy machine and formatted it,
||||||||||| reinstalling XP SP2 (from a slipstreamed CD) and started
||||||||||| from scratch. The computer exists in a domain in an
||||||||||| organizational unit having applied to it a GPO preventing
||||||||||| the use of Windows Firewall. Everything works great,
||||||||||| firewall is administratively disabled, but...
||||||||||| Microsoft Outlook 2003 (SP1) seemingly can't connect to
||||||||||| the Exchange (2003) server. During the initial "add
||||||||||| account" wizard it resolves the user names to their "full
||||||||||| name" just fine (and netbios server name to FQDN), but the
||||||||||| next step returns the error:
|||||||||||
||||||||||| "Unable to open your defualt e-mail folders."
||||||||||| This error can occur if you attempt to run Outlook from a
||||||||||| Terminal Server session when the OST file is in use by the
||||||||||| console session. To access this instance of Outlook, exit
||||||||||| the current Terminal Server session and start a new session
||||||||||| by using the following Run command (click Start, then click
||||||||||| Run):
||||||||||| mstsc.exe /CONSOLE
|||||||||||
||||||||||| The error seems to think that I'm trying to run Outlook
||||||||||| 2003 from a terminal server session, which I am most
||||||||||| assuredly not.
|||||||||||
||||||||||| Any ideas? Outlook 2003 sp1 works fine on all other
||||||||||| machines without xp sp2.
|||||||||||
||||||||||| Thanks for the help!! You're great for replying.

HELP.. Can not install Office 2003

Posted: 17 Aug 2004 05:56 AM PDT

Hello,

Please reply to this post with the contents of the file: Microsoft Office 2003 Setup(0001)_Task(0001).txt which is present on
the %temp% folder (open windows explorer and type the address as %temp%) for further troubleshooting.

Regards,
Jagadeesh Parameswaran,
Microsoft.

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Enabling Macros in Word 2003

Posted: 17 Aug 2004 04:11 AM PDT

Hi, Ron. What version of Winfax Pro do you have? Word 2002 requires
Winfax Pro 10.02 or later. I'm not sure what version works with Word
2003. In any case, you might be better off uninstalling the Winfax
add-in for Word, because many users experience startup problems when the
Winfax add-in is installed.

Ron O'Brien wrote:
 

Administrative install with Office 2k3 Professional ?

Posted: 17 Aug 2004 02:15 AM PDT

Hi Chris. I thought that would be the case. I might just check with
support as to what should be possible with Action Pack subscriptions becuase
rolling out office to workstations regularly without being able to use an
automated custom install is a bit of a nuisance.

Did you contact a support department specifc to Action Pack, or just general
support ? (which email address did you use)

--
Thanks,
Stuart Mackie [MCP, MSP]
www.stu.uk.com


"Chris Schatte" <com> wrote in message
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Install Office97 Upgrade without previous version

Posted: 16 Aug 2004 05:18 PM PDT

Hi, Stephen Mackey. See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=158069
"OFF97: Products That Qualify for the Office Upgrade" for a list of
products that qualify you to upgrade to Office 97. Just remember that
"all versions" in this article only means those versions that pre-date
Office 97. You might be able to pick up one of these products on ebay
for just a few dollars.

Stephen Mackey wrote: 

Installing Microsoft Office 97 on Windows 2000 Professional

Posted: 16 Aug 2004 02:46 PM PDT

I got it to run fine.

But I must note that I no longer use Office 97 as I installed Office 2003.


You might want to try setting up Compatibility Mode for Windows 2000 and
then enabling it on each individual Shortcut to an Office 97 Application.


To setup Compatibility Mode for Windows 2000, take a look at the following
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
279792 - How To Enable Application Compatibility-Mode Technology in Windows
2000 SP2 and SP3
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;279792



If that fails to work, go out and purchase Office 2000, Office XP, or Office
2003.



"Rick Romanowski" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:001c01c483da$867ec2a0$gbl... 

Number of users

Posted: 16 Aug 2004 10:10 AM PDT

Please be a bit more specific. Do you mean installations or users as in
user accounts?

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Cahaston asked:

| I had heard, the professional version of Office XP allowed
| up to 3 users before additional licenses were needed. How
| can I get this confirmed? And, does it apply to Office
| 2003 as well? Thanks for your help!

Controlling Outlook with Group Policy

Posted: 15 Aug 2004 10:13 PM PDT

To be precise:

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 \ Tools | Options \ Preferences \ E-mail
Options \ Advanced E-mail Options \ When sending a message

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"Arie Heinrich" <mvps.org.il> wrote in message
news:phx.gbl... 

Will Office install onto this comp?

Posted: 15 Aug 2004 08:14 PM PDT


"TrembL" <com> wrote in message
news:659d01c4833f$20040850$gbl... 


A friend of mine did that. He came over here had his laptop nicked, so got a
second hand laptop whilst here, the only thing you have to remember is your
dictionaries and keyboard settings are different as well as standard paper
size - we work on A4.
The PAL settings are just broadcast TV settings

Ron O'Brien

Office 2003 Setup /m switch

Posted: 13 Aug 2004 07:49 AM PDT

I think I found it. To use the /m switch with the setup wrapper (that in
turn passes it to msiexec where it is used), you must have ISMIF32.DLL
located somewhere in the path. See msiexec command line options:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/command_line_options.asp?frame=true

It is very possible that my test PC at work doesn't have the adv client on
it yet (I was testing from my CD installation, not an SMS push) or it has
issues.

Anyway these appear to be the requirements for using the /M switch:

1) ISMIF32.DLL present (normally there from an SMS client install, but
comes with some dev products like Visual Studio 6.0)

2) No extension (i.e. .MIF) should be supplied

3) Should not include path (mif will always be placed in %systemroot%)

4) Name specified must be 8 characters or less


I know I met 2-4, but I bet ISMIF32.DLL not being in the path is the
problem.

Thanks,
Frank

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