Re: How to Correct Office XP Admin Install?

From: TS (maxview80_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/22/04

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    Yes, I knew that much already. The Office XP Resource Kit was used to
    make the original install
    I don't see how to make changes to an existing installation.

    "John" <jbielot@nospam.algonquin-industries.com> wrote in message news:<eTu$V71bEHA.1132@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>...
    > Office XP Resource Kit - Custom Installation will create a transform file
    > that you use to install Office.
    >
    > "TS" <maxview80@hotmail.com> wrote in message
    > news:a2592918.0407211023.300ab603@posting.google.com...
    > > We deployed Office XP via GPOs using an Admin Install point and custom
    > > MST files.
    > > It creates a new Outlook profile which is made as default and it also
    > > seems delete all the customizaions made in Word and other applications
    > > (custom toolbars etc.).
    > > The user can get their old Outlook profile back by changing it to
    > > default, but I don't see how to get their old Word, Excel etc..
    > > settings back.
    > >
    > > We would like to change the installation so it only creates the new
    > > Outlook profile if there is no existing profile. However, we still
    > > want the new profile created otherwise so it never prompts a new user
    > > to configure their own profile.
    > > We also want it to keep the users settings in all the rest of the
    > > Office apps if those settings exist, but if no previous user settings
    > > exist, use the settings we have customized.
    > >
    > > How is this done?


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