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Case study - automated installation of microsoft office 2007
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A dedicated install domain admin account is used to install the
product. This account could also be an account that has local admin rights on all clients
and read access to the setup files. It is safe to use the account in the logon script,
as passwords are always encrypted in FastTrack scripts.
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Step 1 - Create unattended setup file for Microsoft Office 2007
All the setup files for Microsoft Office 2007 are in this example located in a directory named Office2007
on a hidden share named \\AcmeServer\Installers$, where only domain admins have access.
Refer to
Microsoft Technet on Office 2007 deployment for more information on customization.
A new file (listed below) is created as \\AcmeServer\Installers$\Office2007\Acme.xml
to remove the office setup GUI during installation and a license key is provided. The PIDKEY
must be replaced by a valid license key.
<Configuration
Product="Standard">
<Display Level="None" CompletionNotice="no"
SuppressModal="yes" AcceptEula="yes"
/>
<PIDKEY Value=" XXXXXYYYYYXXXXXYYYYYXXXXX" />
</Configuration>
Step 2 - create an install script to execute installation as a domain admin
In the setup folder, one additional file is created to perform and register the
actual installation. This script will be launched from the logon script in the
context of a domain admin. The script shows a splash screen while installing
and on successful installation, it will make a local registration, making it
possible to query, if there is an office installation, so user settings can be
set in the users' context. This script could easily be expanded to make per-machine
modifications.
Splash Installing
Microsoft Office,Please wait...
Run Setup.Exe,/Config Acme.xml
If [LastExitCode]=0 Or [LastExitCode]=3010
Then
RegisterInstallation Microsoft Office,2007,1
Step 3 - execute the script from the logon script
As part of the prelogon.fsh logon script, that executes before the explorer process starts,
it is tested whether or not a RegisterInstallation command on Microsoft Office has ever been
issued on the machine. If not, the step 2 installation script is executed in the context of
the domain admin user "Installer" in the "Acme" domain, if there is more than 20GB of
available disk space.
If the Install.Fsh issues a "RegisterInstallation Microsoft Office,2007,1", the installation
was successful and the condition "If UserSettingsOnce Microsoft Office Then" will yield true once
in the executing user's context.
Effectively, if Microsoft Office is successfully installed on the computer, these steps will
be performed once for every user logging on to the computer:
- A shortcut to Word and Excel will be copied to the user's desktop. The user can then freely delete them if he/she wants to.
- The initials and full user name are copied from the domain information to ensure that documents are stamped with the correct user information.
- An outlook profile is created using newprof.exe from the office resource kit.
In this case the customer has used the resource kit util NewProf.exe and two PRF files and placed them in
fshbin folder on the netlogon share. Another way of importing a PRF file is to set registry keys and
point outlook to the prf file, which will import it when Outlook is run the first time as described in
this technet article.
The customer has different setups for desktop and portable computers and the correct one is selected using
the "If Portable" condition. A template PRF file is copied to a temporary file and the users' initials and
mailbox name is then set before import.
''====
INSTALL MICROSOFT OFFICE 2007 FOR EVERYONE ====
If Not Installed Microsoft
Office Then
RemoveSplash
If [FreeDiskSpace]<20 Then
ShowMessage "Microsoft
Office 2007 must installed on your computer, but you do
not have enough _
available diskspace.[Return][Return]Please
contact the IT department."
Else
RunScript \\AcmeServer\Installers$\Office2007\Install.fsh,Acme\Installer,TKtDV6ZmtLadiz/Kw==
If Installed Microsoft
Office Then
ShowMessage "Microsoft
Office 2007 is now installed under "Microsoft Office" in
your start menu. _
A shortcut to Excel and Word will be placed on
your desktop.[Return][Return]Press
"OK" to continue."
End If
End If
End If
''==== SET
MICROSOFT OFFICE 2007 USER SETTINGS ====
If UserSettingsOnce Microsoft Office Then
''Copy word and excel
shortcuts to users' desktop
CopyFile [StartMenuDir]\Programs\Microsoft Office\Microsoft
Office Word 2007.lnk, [UserDesktopDir]\Word
2007.lnk
CopyFile [StartMenuDir]\Programs\Microsoft Office\Microsoft
Office Excel 2007.lnk, [UserDesktopDir]\Excel
2007.lnk
''Set default user name to
domain name
WriteRegistry HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\Common\UserInfo\UserInitials,[UserName]
WriteRegistry HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\Common\UserInfo\UserName,[UserFullName]
WriteRegistry HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\Common\UserInfo\Company,Acme
Corp
''Remove pop-up
WriteRegistry HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\General\ShownOptIn,1,REG_DWORD
''Run newprof
for automatic Outlook profile setup
SetVar TempFile,[TempFile]
IF Portable Then
CopyFile Portable.PRF,[Var TempFile]
Else
CopyFile Desktop.PRF,[Var TempFile]
End If
WriteINI [Var TempFile],General,ProfileName,[Username]
WriteINI [Var TempFile],Service2,MailboxName,[UserFullName]
Run NewProf.Exe,-x -p [Var TempFile]
DeleteFile [Var TempFile]
End If
The result
The first time a domain user log on to a computer that does not already have Microsoft Office 2007, he/she will
see this while the installation is in progress. When the installation is complete, the explorer process
will start and the user will have Word and Excel icon on the desktop.
